Sesame seed — Production in Jordan
Jordan: Sesame seed — Production was 45.27 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sesame seed — Production in Jordan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Jordan recorded 45.27 t for sesame seed — production in 2024.
The figure is down 6.1% on the previous year and up 182.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — production in Jordan peaked at 2,200 t in 1961 and was at its lowest, 0 t, in 2019.
Jordan ranks 65th of 72 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sesame seed — Production in Jordan, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,200 t | — |
| 1962 | 1,900 t | -13.6% |
| 1963 | 1,700 t | -10.5% |
| 1964 | 1,690 t | -0.6% |
| 1965 | 1,400 t | -17.2% |
| 1966 | 800 t | -42.9% |
| 1967 | 400 t | -50.0% |
| 1968 | 500 t | +25.0% |
| 1969 | 181 t | -63.8% |
| 1970 | 192 t | +6.1% |
| 1971 | 210 t | +9.4% |
| 1972 | 307 t | +46.2% |
| 1973 | 107 t | -65.1% |
| 1974 | 133 t | +24.3% |
| 1975 | 49 t | -63.2% |
| 1976 | 110 t | +124.5% |
| 1977 | 129 t | +17.3% |
| 1978 | 44 t | -65.9% |
| 1979 | 7 t | -84.1% |
| 1980 | 20 t | +185.7% |
| 1981 | 51 t | +155.0% |
| 1982 | 57 t | +11.8% |
| 1983 | 47 t | -17.5% |
| 1984 | 47 t | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 121 t | +157.4% |
| 1986 | 20 t | -83.5% |
| 1987 | 24 t | +20.0% |
| 1988 | 128 t | +433.3% |
| 1989 | 23 t | -82.0% |
| 1990 | 102 t | +343.5% |
| 1991 | 105 t | +2.9% |
| 1992 | 232 t | +121.0% |
| 1993 | 301 t | +29.7% |
| 1994 | 102 t | -66.1% |
| 1995 | 123 t | +20.6% |
| 1996 | 207 t | +68.3% |
| 1997 | 46 t | -77.8% |
| 1998 | 179 t | +289.1% |
| 1999 | 12 t | -93.3% |
| 2000 | 218 t | +1716.7% |
| 2001 | 4 t | -98.2% |
| 2002 | 97 t | +2325.0% |
| 2003 | 75 t | -22.7% |
| 2004 | 90 t | +20.0% |
| 2005 | 97 t | +7.8% |
| 2006 | 24 t | -75.3% |
| 2007 | 22 t | -8.3% |
| 2008 | 17 t | -22.7% |
| 2009 | 60 t | +252.9% |
| 2010 | 118 t | +96.7% |
| 2011 | 63 t | -46.6% |
| 2012 | 5 t | -92.1% |
| 2013 | 1 t | -80.0% |
| 2014 | 16 t | +1500.0% |
| 2015 | 41 t | +156.2% |
| 2016 | 24 t | -41.5% |
| 2017 | 6 t | -75.0% |
| 2018 | 103 t | +1616.7% |
| 2019 | 0 t | -100.0% |
| 2020 | 0 t | — |
| 2021 | 139 t | — |
| 2022 | 41.3 t | -70.3% |
| 2023 | 48.2 t | +16.7% |
| 2024 | 45.27 t | -6.1% |
Jordan compared with similar countries
- Jordan's 45.27 t is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,253 t, 1% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Jordan's 45.27 t is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,154 t, 4% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sesame seed — Production in Jordan changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +2325.0% | 4 t | 97 t |
| 2000 | +1716.7% | 12 t | 218 t |
| 2018 | +1616.7% | 6 t | 103 t |
| 2014 | +1500.0% | 1 t | 16 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,197 t | 181 t | 2,200 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 128.8 t | 7 t | 307 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 53.8 t | 20 t | 128 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 140.9 t | 12 t | 301 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 70.4 t | 4 t | 218 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 37.7 t | 0 t | 118 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 54.75 t | 0 t | 139 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Jordan
More agriculture & rural data for Jordan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 11.52 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0556 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 297.43 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -3.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0679 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 5.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 5.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — production in Jordan?
- Sesame seed — production in Jordan was 45.27 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — production recorded in Jordan?
- The highest recorded value was 2,200 t in 1961.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — production recorded in Jordan?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 t in 2019.
- How does Jordan rank for sesame seed — production?
- Jordan ranks 65th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — production rising or falling in Jordan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 182.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Jordan 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.