Sesame seed — Production in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Sesame seed — Production was 435,456 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sesame seed — Production in Ethiopia, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Ethiopia recorded 435,456 t for sesame seed — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.4% on the previous year and up 36.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — production in Ethiopia peaked at 497,973 t in 2016 and was at its lowest, 15,634 t, in 2000.
Ethiopia ranks 6th of 72 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sesame seed — Production in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 19,200 t | — |
| 1994 | 20,000 t | +4.2% |
| 1995 | 23,000 t | +15.0% |
| 1996 | 25,000 t | +8.7% |
| 1997 | 20,000 t | -20.0% |
| 1998 | 21,956 t | +9.8% |
| 1999 | 17,677 t | -19.5% |
| 2000 | 15,634 t | -11.6% |
| 2001 | 18,878 t | +20.7% |
| 2002 | 38,900 t | +106.1% |
| 2003 | 62,000 t | +59.4% |
| 2004 | 61,462 t | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 115,388 t | +87.7% |
| 2006 | 148,861 t | +29.0% |
| 2007 | 149,388 t | +0.4% |
| 2008 | 186,772 t | +25.0% |
| 2009 | 260,534 t | +39.5% |
| 2010 | 376,230 t | +44.4% |
| 2011 | 475,310 t | +26.3% |
| 2012 | 353,480 t | -25.6% |
| 2013 | 262,560 t | -25.7% |
| 2014 | 318,830 t | +21.4% |
| 2015 | 417,990 t | +31.1% |
| 2016 | 497,973 t | +19.1% |
| 2017 | 493,382 t | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 434,046 t | -12.0% |
| 2019 | 494,761 t | +14.0% |
| 2020 | 495,977 t | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 493,918 t | -0.4% |
| 2022 | 348,471 t | -29.4% |
| 2023 | 446,122 t | +28.0% |
| 2024 | 435,456 t | -2.4% |
Ethiopia compared with similar countries
- Ethiopia's 435,456 t is above the median for low income countries, which is 140,000 t, 3.1× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Ethiopia's 435,456 t is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 45,000 t, 9.7× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 20,976 t | 17,677 t | 25,000 t | 7 |
| 2000s | 105,782 t | 15,634 t | 260,534 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 412,456 t | 262,560 t | 497,973 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 443,989 t | 348,471 t | 495,977 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
- 3 Sudan 626,173 t compare
- 4 Nigeria 450,000 t compare
- 4 United Republic of Tanzania 272,670 t compare
- 5 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 29,000 t compare
- 5 Pakistan 435,928 t compare
- 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 20,362 t compare
- 7 Brazil 399,400 t compare
- 7 Viet Nam 19,576 t compare
- 8 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 15,238 t compare
- 8 China 381,641 t compare
- 9 China, mainland 380,000 t compare
- 9 Türkiye 14,439 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Ethiopia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -20.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3282 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 306.11 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0008 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7589 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 32.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 32.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — production in Ethiopia?
- Sesame seed — production in Ethiopia was 435,456 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — production recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 497,973 t in 2016.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — production recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,634 t in 2000.
- How does Ethiopia rank for sesame seed — production?
- Ethiopia ranks 6th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — production rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 36.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Ethiopia 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.