Sesame seed — Production in Senegal
Senegal: Sesame seed — Production was 45,000 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sesame seed — Production in Senegal, 1994–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Senegal recorded 45,000 t for sesame seed — production in 2024.
That represents a change of down 25.0% on the previous year and up 509.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — production in Senegal peaked at 60,036 t in 2023 and was at its lowest, 660 t, in 2000.
Senegal ranks 20th of 82 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2,415 t | 1,086 t | 4,216 t | 6 |
| 2000s | 12,650 t | 660 t | 31,839 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 9,037 t | 3,655 t | 18,552 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 43,827 t | 36,110 t | 60,036 t | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Senegal
- Agriculture share gdp 17.08 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 17.08 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 44.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.1% (2025)
- Rural population 8.37 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 17.1% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.32 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 38,625 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — production in Senegal?
- Sesame seed — production in Senegal was 45,000 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — production recorded in Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 60,036 t in 2023.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — production recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 660 t in 2000.
- How does Senegal rank for sesame seed — production?
- Senegal ranks 20th out of 82 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — production rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 509.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Senegal 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.