Sesame seed — Production in South Sudan
South Sudan: Sesame seed — Production was 175,612 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sesame seed — Production in South Sudan, 2012–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
South Sudan recorded 175,612 t for sesame seed — production in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.8% on the previous year and up 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — production in South Sudan peaked at 225,000 t in 2013 and was at its lowest, 175,000 t, in 2014.
That places South Sudan 14th out of 72 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 13 years of available data.
Sesame seed — Production in South Sudan, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 200,000 t | — |
| 2013 | 225,000 t | +12.5% |
| 2014 | 175,000 t | -22.2% |
| 2015 | 189,510 t | +8.3% |
| 2016 | 188,100 t | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 183,582 t | -2.4% |
| 2018 | 181,427 t | -1.2% |
| 2019 | 179,254 t | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 176,879 t | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 176,846 t | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 178,535 t | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 177,074 t | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 175,612 t | -0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 190,234 t | 175,000 t | 225,000 t | 8 |
| 2020s | 176,989 t | 175,612 t | 178,535 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near South Sudan
- 11 Chad 291,397 t compare
- 12 Burkina Faso 272,201 t compare
- 13 Central African Republic 204,399 t compare
- 15 Mozambique 173,819 t compare
- 16 Niger 141,025 t compare
- 17 Uganda 140,000 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for South Sudan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 17.13 % change on previous year (2015)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1036 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2015)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 111.85 current US$ per person (2015)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.66 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0008 units per US$ of GDP (2015)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7832 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 10.36 (2015)
- Rural population 9.55 million (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.6% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.24 billion current US$ (2015)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — production in South Sudan?
- Sesame seed — production in South Sudan was 175,612 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — production recorded in South Sudan?
- The highest recorded value was 225,000 t in 2013.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — production recorded in South Sudan?
- The lowest recorded value was 175,000 t in 2014.
- How does South Sudan rank for sesame seed — production?
- South Sudan ranks 14th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — production rising or falling in South Sudan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this South Sudan 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.