Sesame seed — Production in Egypt
Egypt: Sesame seed — Production was 41,708 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sesame seed — Production in Egypt, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, sesame seed — production in Egypt stood at 41,708 t.
The figure is up 5.8% on the previous year and up 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — production in Egypt peaked at 61,400 t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 8,000 t, in 1967.
Egypt ranks 22nd of 72 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sesame seed — Production in Egypt, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,469 t | — |
| 1962 | 16,931 t | +61.7% |
| 1963 | 25,553 t | +50.9% |
| 1964 | 23,466 t | -8.2% |
| 1965 | 22,496 t | -4.1% |
| 1966 | 11,263 t | -49.9% |
| 1967 | 8,000 t | -29.0% |
| 1968 | 10,000 t | +25.0% |
| 1969 | 16,000 t | +60.0% |
| 1970 | 20,000 t | +25.0% |
| 1971 | 20,567 t | +2.8% |
| 1972 | 24,000 t | +16.7% |
| 1973 | 21,000 t | -12.5% |
| 1974 | 13,910 t | -33.8% |
| 1975 | 17,000 t | +22.2% |
| 1976 | 13,009 t | -23.5% |
| 1977 | 17,693 t | +36.0% |
| 1978 | 9,213 t | -47.9% |
| 1979 | 16,000 t | +73.7% |
| 1980 | 15,918 t | -0.5% |
| 1981 | 16,567 t | +4.1% |
| 1982 | 20,343 t | +22.8% |
| 1983 | 11,000 t | -45.9% |
| 1984 | 11,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 9,000 t | -18.2% |
| 1986 | 10,000 t | +11.1% |
| 1987 | 14,000 t | +40.0% |
| 1988 | 14,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 12,000 t | -14.3% |
| 1990 | 22,000 t | +83.3% |
| 1991 | 30,000 t | +36.4% |
| 1992 | 28,295 t | -5.7% |
| 1993 | 31,000 t | +9.6% |
| 1994 | 27,703 t | -10.6% |
| 1995 | 32,300 t | +16.6% |
| 1996 | 36,807 t | +14.0% |
| 1997 | 32,987 t | -10.4% |
| 1998 | 26,225 t | -20.5% |
| 1999 | 33,553 t | +27.9% |
| 2000 | 36,811 t | +9.7% |
| 2001 | 34,849 t | -5.3% |
| 2002 | 36,930 t | +6.0% |
| 2003 | 36,961 t | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 37,382 t | +1.1% |
| 2005 | 37,140 t | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 41,530 t | +11.8% |
| 2007 | 42,212 t | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 36,882 t | -12.6% |
| 2009 | 51,037 t | +38.4% |
| 2010 | 46,146 t | -9.6% |
| 2011 | 44,427 t | -3.7% |
| 2012 | 32,745 t | -26.3% |
| 2013 | 32,847 t | +0.3% |
| 2014 | 38,760 t | +18.0% |
| 2015 | 49,818 t | +28.5% |
| 2016 | 40,421 t | -18.9% |
| 2017 | 36,224 t | -10.4% |
| 2018 | 35,763 t | -1.3% |
| 2019 | 36,150 t | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 61,400 t | +69.8% |
| 2021 | 53,206 t | -13.3% |
| 2022 | 50,821 t | -4.5% |
| 2023 | 39,419 t | -22.4% |
| 2024 | 41,708 t | +5.8% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 41,708 t is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 7,600 t, 5.5× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 41,708 t is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,154 t, 36.1× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16,020 t | 8,000 t | 25,553 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 17,239 t | 9,213 t | 24,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,383 t | 9,000 t | 20,343 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 30,087 t | 22,000 t | 36,807 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 39,173 t | 34,849 t | 51,037 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 39,330 t | 32,745 t | 49,818 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 49,311 t | 39,419 t | 61,400 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
More agriculture & rural data for Egypt
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1655 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 510.76 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.571 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — production in Egypt?
- Sesame seed — production in Egypt was 41,708 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — production recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 61,400 t in 2020.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — production recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,000 t in 1967.
- How does Egypt rank for sesame seed — production?
- Egypt ranks 22nd out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — production rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sesame seed — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.