Sesame seed — Production in Thailand
Thailand: Sesame seed — Production was 31,000 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sesame seed — Production in Thailand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Thailand recorded 31,000 t for sesame seed — production in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 3.1% on the previous year and up 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — production in Thailand peaked at 48,840 t in 2011 and was at its lowest, 12,400 t, in 1961.
Thailand ranks 25th of 72 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sesame seed — Production in Thailand, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12,400 t | — |
| 1962 | 16,000 t | +29.0% |
| 1963 | 16,000 t | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 13,100 t | -18.1% |
| 1965 | 18,300 t | +39.7% |
| 1966 | 19,900 t | +8.7% |
| 1967 | 22,700 t | +14.1% |
| 1968 | 21,900 t | -3.5% |
| 1969 | 18,600 t | -15.1% |
| 1970 | 20,200 t | +8.6% |
| 1971 | 21,300 t | +5.4% |
| 1972 | 21,300 t | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 23,400 t | +9.9% |
| 1974 | 31,100 t | +32.9% |
| 1975 | 20,900 t | -32.8% |
| 1976 | 20,600 t | -1.4% |
| 1977 | 23,400 t | +13.6% |
| 1978 | 29,900 t | +27.8% |
| 1979 | 21,700 t | -27.4% |
| 1980 | 27,100 t | +24.9% |
| 1981 | 28,500 t | +5.2% |
| 1982 | 22,400 t | -21.4% |
| 1983 | 16,300 t | -27.2% |
| 1984 | 22,100 t | +35.6% |
| 1985 | 25,400 t | +14.9% |
| 1986 | 31,800 t | +25.2% |
| 1987 | 27,300 t | -14.2% |
| 1988 | 27,296 t | -0.0% |
| 1989 | 27,474 t | +0.7% |
| 1990 | 29,200 t | +6.3% |
| 1991 | 31,955 t | +9.4% |
| 1992 | 31,545 t | -1.3% |
| 1993 | 32,800 t | +4.0% |
| 1994 | 31,800 t | -3.0% |
| 1995 | 33,500 t | +5.3% |
| 1996 | 34,300 t | +2.4% |
| 1997 | 35,000 t | +2.0% |
| 1998 | 36,100 t | +3.1% |
| 1999 | 37,400 t | +3.6% |
| 2000 | 38,780 t | +3.7% |
| 2001 | 38,572 t | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 39,532 t | +2.5% |
| 2003 | 40,484 t | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 41,031 t | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 42,144 t | +2.7% |
| 2006 | 41,054 t | -2.6% |
| 2007 | 42,939 t | +4.6% |
| 2008 | 44,290 t | +3.1% |
| 2009 | 46,039 t | +3.9% |
| 2010 | 47,542 t | +3.3% |
| 2011 | 48,840 t | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 30,064 t | -38.4% |
| 2013 | 29,111 t | -3.2% |
| 2014 | 28,800 t | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 28,604 t | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 30,000 t | +4.9% |
| 2017 | 30,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 31,000 t | +3.3% |
| 2019 | 31,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 31,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 31,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 31,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 32,000 t | +3.2% |
| 2024 | 31,000 t | -3.1% |
Thailand compared with similar countries
- Thailand's 31,000 t is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,253 t, 9.5× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Thailand's 31,000 t is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 31,000 t, 1.0× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sesame seed — Production in Thailand changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | -38.4% | 48,840 t | 30,064 t |
| 1965 | +39.7% | 13,100 t | 18,300 t |
| 1975 | -32.8% | 31,100 t | 20,900 t |
| 1984 | +35.6% | 16,300 t | 22,100 t |
| 1974 | +32.9% | 23,400 t | 31,100 t |
| 1979 | -27.4% | 29,900 t | 21,700 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17,656 t | 12,400 t | 22,700 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 23,380 t | 20,200 t | 31,100 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 25,567 t | 16,300 t | 31,800 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 33,360 t | 29,200 t | 37,400 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 41,486 t | 38,572 t | 46,039 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 33,496 t | 28,604 t | 48,840 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 31,200 t | 31,000 t | 32,000 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
- 22 Egypt 41,708 t compare
- 23 Paraguay 37,200 t compare
- 24 Ethiopia PDR 36,000 t compare
- 26 Guatemala 30,000 t compare
- 27 Bangladesh 29,997 t compare
- 28 Afghanistan 28,799 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Thailand
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0875 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 704.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.51 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.372 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — production in Thailand?
- Sesame seed — production in Thailand was 31,000 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — production recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 48,840 t in 2011.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — production recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,400 t in 1961.
- How does Thailand rank for sesame seed — production?
- Thailand ranks 25th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — production rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Thailand 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.