Sesame seed — Production in Southern Asia
Southern Asia: Sesame seed — Production was 1.40 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sesame seed — Production in Southern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, sesame seed — production in Southern Asia stood at 1.40 million t. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 17.5% on the previous year and up 44.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — production in Southern Asia peaked at 1.40 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 439,886 t, in 1961.
Southern Asia ranks 6th of 24 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sesame seed — Production in Southern Asia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 439,886 t | — |
| 1962 | 559,844 t | +27.3% |
| 1963 | 506,090 t | -9.6% |
| 1964 | 548,058 t | +8.3% |
| 1965 | 488,004 t | -11.0% |
| 1966 | 484,424 t | -0.7% |
| 1967 | 519,915 t | +7.3% |
| 1968 | 498,992 t | -4.0% |
| 1969 | 524,901 t | +5.2% |
| 1970 | 639,860 t | +21.9% |
| 1971 | 521,251 t | -18.5% |
| 1972 | 451,637 t | -13.4% |
| 1973 | 556,656 t | +23.3% |
| 1974 | 465,086 t | -16.5% |
| 1975 | 555,241 t | +19.4% |
| 1976 | 500,963 t | -9.8% |
| 1977 | 599,903 t | +19.7% |
| 1978 | 615,234 t | +2.6% |
| 1979 | 456,442 t | -25.8% |
| 1980 | 555,814 t | +21.8% |
| 1981 | 705,027 t | +26.8% |
| 1982 | 669,248 t | -5.1% |
| 1983 | 676,745 t | +1.1% |
| 1984 | 627,695 t | -7.2% |
| 1985 | 619,840 t | -1.3% |
| 1986 | 561,114 t | -9.5% |
| 1987 | 690,451 t | +23.1% |
| 1988 | 788,606 t | +14.2% |
| 1989 | 858,164 t | +8.8% |
| 1990 | 952,465 t | +11.0% |
| 1991 | 825,306 t | -13.4% |
| 1992 | 899,004 t | +8.9% |
| 1993 | 702,454 t | -21.9% |
| 1994 | 710,801 t | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 668,579 t | -5.9% |
| 1996 | 782,511 t | +17.0% |
| 1997 | 711,775 t | -9.0% |
| 1998 | 665,580 t | -6.5% |
| 1999 | 589,552 t | -11.4% |
| 2000 | 650,818 t | +10.4% |
| 2001 | 836,966 t | +28.6% |
| 2002 | 537,958 t | -35.7% |
| 2003 | 893,207 t | +66.0% |
| 2004 | 795,510 t | -10.9% |
| 2005 | 790,780 t | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 740,383 t | -6.4% |
| 2007 | 883,174 t | +19.3% |
| 2008 | 782,632 t | -11.4% |
| 2009 | 745,982 t | -4.7% |
| 2010 | 1.05 million t | +40.8% |
| 2011 | 983,357 t | -6.4% |
| 2012 | 855,058 t | -13.0% |
| 2013 | 893,556 t | +4.5% |
| 2014 | 969,493 t | +8.5% |
| 2015 | 989,629 t | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 891,421 t | -9.9% |
| 2017 | 893,341 t | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 829,457 t | -7.2% |
| 2019 | 821,784 t | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 1.03 million t | +25.3% |
| 2021 | 1.01 million t | -2.0% |
| 2022 | 656,171 t | -35.0% |
| 2023 | 1.19 million t | +81.6% |
| 2024 | 1.40 million t | +17.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 507,790 t | 439,886 t | 559,844 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 536,227 t | 451,637 t | 639,860 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 675,270 t | 555,814 t | 858,164 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 750,803 t | 589,552 t | 952,465 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 765,741 t | 537,958 t | 893,207 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 917,757 t | 821,784 t | 1.05 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.06 million t | 656,171 t | 1.40 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Asia
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- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate -0.1606 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 2.5 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing -1.48 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Production 32.32 million t (2024)
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- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Production 15.50 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — production in Southern Asia?
- Sesame seed — production in Southern Asia was 1.40 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — production recorded in Southern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.40 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — production recorded in Southern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 439,886 t in 1961.
- How does Southern Asia rank for sesame seed — production?
- Southern Asia ranks 6th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — production rising or falling in Southern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Southern Asia 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.