Sesame seed — Production in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Sesame seed — Production was 578,936 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sesame seed — Production in Middle Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, sesame seed — production in Middle Africa stood at 578,936 t.
That represents a change of up 19.5% on the previous year and up 26.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — production in Middle Africa peaked at 599,747 t in 2019 and was at its lowest, 15,736 t, in 1961.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sesame seed — Production in Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,736 t | — |
| 1962 | 25,178 t | +60.0% |
| 1963 | 19,834 t | -21.2% |
| 1964 | 21,598 t | +8.9% |
| 1965 | 21,508 t | -0.4% |
| 1966 | 22,431 t | +4.3% |
| 1967 | 27,429 t | +22.3% |
| 1968 | 36,370 t | +32.6% |
| 1969 | 44,177 t | +21.5% |
| 1970 | 37,847 t | -14.3% |
| 1971 | 37,187 t | -1.7% |
| 1972 | 35,650 t | -4.1% |
| 1973 | 37,755 t | +5.9% |
| 1974 | 37,807 t | +0.1% |
| 1975 | 37,913 t | +0.3% |
| 1976 | 41,531 t | +9.5% |
| 1977 | 41,324 t | -0.5% |
| 1978 | 27,541 t | -33.4% |
| 1979 | 33,935 t | +23.2% |
| 1980 | 31,346 t | -7.6% |
| 1981 | 34,195 t | +9.1% |
| 1982 | 34,845 t | +1.9% |
| 1983 | 33,250 t | -4.6% |
| 1984 | 30,352 t | -8.7% |
| 1985 | 35,144 t | +15.8% |
| 1986 | 42,457 t | +20.8% |
| 1987 | 43,050 t | +1.4% |
| 1988 | 48,183 t | +11.9% |
| 1989 | 47,450 t | -1.5% |
| 1990 | 49,254 t | +3.8% |
| 1991 | 47,821 t | -2.9% |
| 1992 | 51,159 t | +7.0% |
| 1993 | 47,818 t | -6.5% |
| 1994 | 51,816 t | +8.4% |
| 1995 | 48,095 t | -7.2% |
| 1996 | 52,331 t | +8.8% |
| 1997 | 66,590 t | +27.2% |
| 1998 | 71,037 t | +6.7% |
| 1999 | 66,852 t | -5.9% |
| 2000 | 83,254 t | +24.5% |
| 2001 | 97,896 t | +17.6% |
| 2002 | 79,078 t | -19.2% |
| 2003 | 77,665 t | -1.8% |
| 2004 | 76,126 t | -2.0% |
| 2005 | 74,832 t | -1.7% |
| 2006 | 119,662 t | +59.9% |
| 2007 | 106,009 t | -11.4% |
| 2008 | 107,872 t | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 131,277 t | +21.7% |
| 2010 | 333,721 t | +154.2% |
| 2011 | 327,572 t | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 382,782 t | +16.9% |
| 2013 | 302,775 t | -20.9% |
| 2014 | 459,188 t | +51.7% |
| 2015 | 459,516 t | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 508,321 t | +10.6% |
| 2017 | 519,420 t | +2.2% |
| 2018 | 550,662 t | +6.0% |
| 2019 | 599,747 t | +8.9% |
| 2020 | 465,873 t | -22.3% |
| 2021 | 460,378 t | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 470,960 t | +2.3% |
| 2023 | 484,660 t | +2.9% |
| 2024 | 578,936 t | +19.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 26,029 t | 15,736 t | 44,177 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 36,849 t | 27,541 t | 41,531 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 38,027 t | 30,352 t | 48,183 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 55,277 t | 47,818 t | 71,037 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 95,367 t | 74,832 t | 131,277 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 444,370 t | 302,775 t | 599,747 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 492,161 t | 460,378 t | 578,936 t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — production in Middle Africa?
- Sesame seed — production in Middle Africa was 578,936 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — production recorded in Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 599,747 t in 2019.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — production recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,736 t in 1961.
- How does Middle Africa rank for sesame seed — production?
- Middle Africa ranks 3rd out of 13 regions with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — production rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Middle Africa 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.