Sesame seed — Production in Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Iran (Islamic Republic of): Sesame seed — Production was 29,000 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sesame seed — Production in Iran (Islamic Republic of), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sesame seed — production in Iran (Islamic Republic of) is 29,000 t, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 9.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — production in Iran (Islamic Republic of) peaked at 69,343 t in 2013 and was at its lowest, 3,000 t, in 1972.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sesame seed — Production in Iran (Islamic Republic of), year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,000 t | — |
| 1962 | 6,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 7,000 t | +16.7% |
| 1964 | 6,000 t | -14.3% |
| 1965 | 6,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 8,000 t | +33.3% |
| 1967 | 7,000 t | -12.5% |
| 1968 | 8,000 t | +14.3% |
| 1969 | 8,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 6,000 t | -25.0% |
| 1971 | 4,500 t | -25.0% |
| 1972 | 3,000 t | -33.3% |
| 1973 | 4,500 t | +50.0% |
| 1974 | 4,000 t | -11.1% |
| 1975 | 4,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 4,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 4,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 4,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 4,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 5,000 t | +25.0% |
| 1981 | 6,500 t | +30.0% |
| 1982 | 8,500 t | +30.8% |
| 1983 | 10,500 t | +23.5% |
| 1984 | 12,500 t | +19.0% |
| 1985 | 14,500 t | +16.0% |
| 1986 | 16,500 t | +13.8% |
| 1987 | 18,582 t | +12.6% |
| 1988 | 18,987 t | +2.2% |
| 1989 | 18,766 t | -1.2% |
| 1990 | 18,000 t | -4.1% |
| 1991 | 16,086 t | -10.6% |
| 1992 | 24,546 t | +52.6% |
| 1993 | 19,600 t | -20.1% |
| 1994 | 8,821 t | -55.0% |
| 1995 | 20,024 t | +127.0% |
| 1996 | 23,022 t | +15.0% |
| 1997 | 21,768 t | -5.4% |
| 1998 | 26,702 t | +22.7% |
| 1999 | 24,482 t | -8.3% |
| 2000 | 30,518 t | +24.7% |
| 2001 | 20,356 t | -33.3% |
| 2002 | 25,288 t | +24.2% |
| 2003 | 25,158 t | -0.5% |
| 2004 | 19,072 t | -24.2% |
| 2005 | 37,252 t | +95.3% |
| 2006 | 24,154 t | -35.2% |
| 2007 | 27,862 t | +15.4% |
| 2008 | 34,248 t | +22.9% |
| 2009 | 51,300 t | +49.8% |
| 2010 | 45,483 t | -11.3% |
| 2011 | 66,590 t | +46.4% |
| 2012 | 66,378 t | -0.3% |
| 2013 | 69,343 t | +4.5% |
| 2014 | 31,992 t | -53.9% |
| 2015 | 28,000 t | -12.5% |
| 2016 | 29,000 t | +3.6% |
| 2017 | 29,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 29,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 29,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 29,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 29,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 29,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 29,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 29,000 t | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,889 t | 6,000 t | 8,000 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,200 t | 3,000 t | 6,000 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,034 t | 5,000 t | 18,987 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 20,305 t | 8,821 t | 26,702 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 29,521 t | 19,072 t | 51,300 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 42,379 t | 28,000 t | 69,343 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 29,000 t | 29,000 t | 29,000 t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — production in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
- Sesame seed — production in Iran (Islamic Republic of) was 29,000 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — production recorded in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
- The highest recorded value was 69,343 t in 2013.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — production recorded in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,000 t in 1972.
- How does Iran (Islamic Republic of) rank for sesame seed — production?
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) ranks 5th out of 13 regions with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — production rising or falling in Iran (Islamic Republic of)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Iran (Islamic Republic of) 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.