Sesame seed — Production by country
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What the numbers show
Sesame seed — Production is currently reported for 61 countries. The highest value is 802 1000 t in India; the lowest is 0 1000 t in Morocco.
The median across all reporting countries is 14 1000 t, and the mean is 86.02 1000 t.
Over the past decade 22 countries rose and 23 fell. The largest increase was in Brazil (up 3,512.5%), and the largest decrease in Italy (down 100.0%).
Sesame seed — Production: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 802 1000 t | 2023 | up 12.2% | falling |
| 2 | Myanmar | 742 1000 t | 2023 | down 9.2% | falling |
| 3 | China | 455 1000 t | 2023 | down 27.2% | falling |
| 4 | China, mainland | 453 1000 t | 2023 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 5 | Nigeria | 420 1000 t | 2023 | down 28.2% | flat |
| 6 | Pakistan | 301 1000 t | 2023 | up 840.6% | volatile |
| 7 | Brazil | 289 1000 t | 2023 | up 3,512.5% | volatile |
| 8 | United Republic of Tanzania | 267 1000 t | 2023 | down 36.4% | rising |
| 9 | Burkina Faso | 247 1000 t | 2023 | up 80.3% | rising |
| 10 | Ethiopia | 200 1000 t | 2023 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 11 | Mozambique | 163 1000 t | 2023 | up 317.9% | rising |
| 12 | Uganda | 140 1000 t | 2023 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 13 | Niger | 102 1000 t | 2023 | up 82.1% | rising |
| 14 | Cameroon | 70 1000 t | 2023 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 15 | Mexico | 51 1000 t | 2023 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 16 | Egypt | 50 1000 t | 2023 | up 51.5% | rising |
| 17 | Paraguay | 44 1000 t | 2023 | up 46.7% | falling |
| 18 | Senegal | 36 1000 t | 2023 | up 800.0% | volatile |
| 19 | Thailand | 32 1000 t | 2023 | up 10.3% | falling |
| 20 | Bangladesh | 31 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 21 | Guatemala | 30 1000 t | 2023 | down 43.4% | falling |
| 22 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 29 1000 t | 2023 | down 58.0% | falling |
| 23 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 22 1000 t | 2023 | up 83.3% | rising |
| 23 | Viet Nam | 22 1000 t | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 23 | Vietnam | 22 1000 t | 2023 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 26 | Yemen | 20 1000 t | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 27 | Uzbekistan | 17 1000 t | 2023 | up 325.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Turkey | 16 1000 t | 2023 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 28 | Türkiye | 16 1000 t | 2023 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 30 | Afghanistan | 14 1000 t | 2023 | down 56.2% | falling |
| 30 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 14 1000 t | 2023 | up 55.6% | rising |
| 32 | Sri Lanka | 11 1000 t | 2023 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 33 | Cambodia | 10 1000 t | 2023 | down 61.5% | falling |
| 33 | Malawi | 10 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 35 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 9 1000 t | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 35 | Laos | 9 1000 t | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 35 | Syria | 9 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 35 | Republic of Korea | 9 1000 t | 2023 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 35 | Syrian Arab Republic | 9 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 40 | Colombia | 5 1000 t | 2023 | up 150.0% | rising |
| 40 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 5 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 42 | Haiti | 4 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 42 | Kenya | 4 1000 t | 2023 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 42 | Saudi Arabia | 4 1000 t | 2023 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 42 | Caribbean | 4 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 42 | Sierra Leone | 4 1000 t | 2023 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 47 | Cote d'Ivoire | 3 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 47 | Guinea | 3 1000 t | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 47 | Côte d'Ivoire | 3 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 47 | Angola | 3 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 51 | Guinea-Bissau | 2 1000 t | 2018 | — | rising |
| 51 | China, Taiwan Province of | 2 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 51 | Nicaragua | 2 1000 t | 2023 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 54 | Tajikistan | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 54 | Iraq | 1 1000 t | 2023 | down 87.5% | volatile |
| 54 | Honduras | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 54 | Greece | 1 1000 t | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 54 | Gambia | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 54 | El Salvador | 1 1000 t | 2023 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 60 | Italy | 0 1000 t | 2018 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Morocco | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 6,778 1000 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 4,444 1000 t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 4,050 1000 t
- Africa 3,779 1000 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 3,370 1000 t
- Asia 2,537 1000 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 1,441 1000 t
- Northern Africa 1,418 1000 t
- Southern Asia 1,188 1000 t
- Eastern Africa 1,001 1000 t
- Western Africa 876 1000 t
- South-Eastern Asia 815 1000 t
- Middle Africa 485 1000 t
- Eastern Asia 464 1000 t
- Americas 462 1000 t
- South America 373 1000 t
- Central America 85 1000 t
- Western Asia 51 1000 t
- Central Asia 18 1000 t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 4 1000 t
- European Union (27) 1 1000 t
- Europe 0 1000 t
- Southern Europe 0 1000 t
About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.