Sesame seed — Production in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Sesame seed — Production was 668,161 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sesame seed — Production in Northern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Northern Africa recorded 668,161 t for sesame seed — production in 2024.
The figure is up 4.4% on the previous year and down 12.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — production in Northern Africa peaked at 1.59 million t in 2020 and was at its lowest, 103,170 t, in 1990.
That places Northern Africa 10th out of 24 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sesame seed — Production in Northern Africa, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 242,499 t | — |
| 1962 | 158,961 t | -34.4% |
| 1963 | 199,483 t | +25.5% |
| 1964 | 207,196 t | +3.9% |
| 1965 | 182,614 t | -11.9% |
| 1966 | 144,293 t | -21.0% |
| 1967 | 194,398 t | +34.7% |
| 1968 | 164,030 t | -15.6% |
| 1969 | 190,040 t | +15.9% |
| 1970 | 317,050 t | +66.8% |
| 1971 | 316,617 t | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 364,050 t | +15.0% |
| 1973 | 265,050 t | -27.2% |
| 1974 | 237,960 t | -10.2% |
| 1975 | 250,070 t | +5.1% |
| 1976 | 250,079 t | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 280,773 t | +12.3% |
| 1978 | 225,293 t | -19.8% |
| 1979 | 238,100 t | +5.7% |
| 1980 | 237,018 t | -0.5% |
| 1981 | 258,647 t | +9.1% |
| 1982 | 160,423 t | -38.0% |
| 1983 | 217,080 t | +35.3% |
| 1984 | 141,080 t | -35.0% |
| 1985 | 143,150 t | +1.5% |
| 1986 | 226,300 t | +58.1% |
| 1987 | 247,500 t | +9.4% |
| 1988 | 208,700 t | -15.7% |
| 1989 | 153,110 t | -26.6% |
| 1990 | 103,170 t | -32.6% |
| 1991 | 128,200 t | +24.3% |
| 1992 | 295,594 t | +130.6% |
| 1993 | 207,387 t | -29.8% |
| 1994 | 199,072 t | -4.0% |
| 1995 | 346,686 t | +74.2% |
| 1996 | 454,184 t | +31.0% |
| 1997 | 315,421 t | -30.6% |
| 1998 | 289,596 t | -8.2% |
| 1999 | 364,053 t | +25.7% |
| 2000 | 320,111 t | -12.1% |
| 2001 | 332,549 t | +3.9% |
| 2002 | 218,150 t | -34.4% |
| 2003 | 363,261 t | +66.5% |
| 2004 | 437,738 t | +20.5% |
| 2005 | 315,584 t | -27.9% |
| 2006 | 443,147 t | +40.4% |
| 2007 | 286,322 t | -35.4% |
| 2008 | 388,242 t | +35.6% |
| 2009 | 370,537 t | -4.6% |
| 2010 | 295,226 t | -20.3% |
| 2011 | 408,564 t | +38.4% |
| 2012 | 221,355 t | -45.8% |
| 2013 | 595,222 t | +168.9% |
| 2014 | 760,258 t | +27.7% |
| 2015 | 379,900 t | -50.0% |
| 2016 | 566,364 t | +49.1% |
| 2017 | 818,224 t | +44.5% |
| 2018 | 996,561 t | +21.8% |
| 2019 | 1.25 million t | +25.1% |
| 2020 | 1.59 million t | +27.3% |
| 2021 | 1.11 million t | -30.3% |
| 2022 | 896,601 t | -18.9% |
| 2023 | 639,799 t | -28.6% |
| 2024 | 668,161 t | +4.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 187,057 t | 144,293 t | 242,499 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 274,504 t | 225,293 t | 364,050 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 199,301 t | 141,080 t | 258,647 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 270,336 t | 103,170 t | 454,184 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 347,564 t | 218,150 t | 443,147 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 628,862 t | 221,355 t | 1.25 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 979,514 t | 639,799 t | 1.59 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern Africa
- 7 Brazil 399,400 t compare
- 8 China 381,641 t compare
- 9 China, mainland 380,000 t compare
- 10 Sudan (former) 363,000 t compare
- 11 Chad 291,397 t compare
- 12 Burkina Faso 272,201 t compare
- 13 Central African Republic 204,399 t compare
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- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 0 % change on previous year (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — production in Northern Africa?
- Sesame seed — production in Northern Africa was 668,161 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — production recorded in Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1.59 million t in 2020.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — production recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 103,170 t in 1990.
- How does Northern Africa rank for sesame seed — production?
- Northern Africa ranks 10th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — production rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Northern 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.