Sesame seed — Production in Western Asia
Western Asia: Sesame seed — Production was 52,866 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sesame seed — Production in Western Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, sesame seed — production in Western Asia stood at 52,866 t.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.5% on the previous year and down 5.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — production in Western Asia peaked at 80,512 t in 1968 and was at its lowest, 45,164 t, in 1973.
That places Western Asia 15th out of 24 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sesame seed — Production in Western Asia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 63,732 t | — |
| 1962 | 63,794 t | +0.1% |
| 1963 | 62,222 t | -2.5% |
| 1964 | 59,484 t | -4.4% |
| 1965 | 58,719 t | -1.3% |
| 1966 | 58,285 t | -0.7% |
| 1967 | 71,391 t | +22.5% |
| 1968 | 80,512 t | +12.8% |
| 1969 | 68,645 t | -14.7% |
| 1970 | 60,326 t | -12.1% |
| 1971 | 71,309 t | +18.2% |
| 1972 | 59,016 t | -17.2% |
| 1973 | 45,164 t | -23.5% |
| 1974 | 57,332 t | +26.9% |
| 1975 | 63,734 t | +11.2% |
| 1976 | 62,363 t | -2.2% |
| 1977 | 59,588 t | -4.4% |
| 1978 | 62,196 t | +4.4% |
| 1979 | 58,346 t | -6.2% |
| 1980 | 65,518 t | +12.3% |
| 1981 | 58,768 t | -10.3% |
| 1982 | 58,444 t | -0.6% |
| 1983 | 68,966 t | +18.0% |
| 1984 | 68,063 t | -1.3% |
| 1985 | 75,582 t | +11.0% |
| 1986 | 73,259 t | -3.1% |
| 1987 | 74,896 t | +2.2% |
| 1988 | 77,457 t | +3.4% |
| 1989 | 70,172 t | -9.4% |
| 1990 | 72,561 t | +3.4% |
| 1991 | 75,638 t | +4.2% |
| 1992 | 72,695 t | -3.9% |
| 1993 | 71,252 t | -2.0% |
| 1994 | 68,463 t | -3.9% |
| 1995 | 69,273 t | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 70,687 t | +2.0% |
| 1997 | 67,823 t | -4.1% |
| 1998 | 73,473 t | +8.3% |
| 1999 | 65,156 t | -11.3% |
| 2000 | 64,030 t | -1.7% |
| 2001 | 61,741 t | -3.6% |
| 2002 | 73,234 t | +18.6% |
| 2003 | 71,363 t | -2.6% |
| 2004 | 78,286 t | +9.7% |
| 2005 | 79,731 t | +1.8% |
| 2006 | 76,925 t | -3.5% |
| 2007 | 68,754 t | -10.6% |
| 2008 | 71,018 t | +3.3% |
| 2009 | 63,060 t | -11.2% |
| 2010 | 72,451 t | +14.9% |
| 2011 | 69,489 t | -4.1% |
| 2012 | 58,948 t | -15.2% |
| 2013 | 54,032 t | -8.3% |
| 2014 | 55,751 t | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 50,103 t | -10.1% |
| 2016 | 49,856 t | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 51,468 t | +3.2% |
| 2018 | 45,443 t | -11.7% |
| 2019 | 50,116 t | +10.3% |
| 2020 | 62,340 t | +24.4% |
| 2021 | 55,583 t | -10.8% |
| 2022 | 52,332 t | -5.8% |
| 2023 | 51,560 t | -1.5% |
| 2024 | 52,866 t | +2.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 65,198 t | 58,285 t | 80,512 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 59,937 t | 45,164 t | 71,309 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 69,112 t | 58,444 t | 77,457 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 70,702 t | 65,156 t | 75,638 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 70,814 t | 61,741 t | 79,731 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 55,766 t | 45,443 t | 72,451 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 54,936 t | 51,560 t | 62,340 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
- 12 Burkina Faso 272,201 t compare
- 13 Central African Republic 204,399 t compare
- 14 South Sudan 175,612 t compare
- 15 Mozambique 173,819 t compare
- 16 Niger 141,025 t compare
- 17 Uganda 140,000 t compare
- 18 Cameroon 75,000 t compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — production in Western Asia?
- Sesame seed — production in Western Asia was 52,866 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — production recorded in Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 80,512 t in 1968.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — production recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 45,164 t in 1973.
- How does Western Asia rank for sesame seed — production?
- Western Asia ranks 15th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — production rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Western 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.