Sesame seed — Protein supply quantity (t) by country
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...
What the numbers show
Sesame seed — Protein supply quantity (t) is currently reported for 153 countries. The highest value is 114,565 t in China; the lowest is 0 t in Cabo Verde.
The median across all reporting countries is 114.66 t, and the mean is 3,707 t.
Over the past decade 69 countries rose and 54 fell. The largest increase was in Zimbabwe (up 192,236.0%), and the largest decrease in Argentina (down 100.0%).
Sesame seed — Protein supply quantity: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 114,565 t | 2023 | up 36.6% | rising |
| 2 | China, mainland | 113,662 t | 2023 | up 37.1% | rising |
| 3 | India | 54,283 t | 2023 | up 129.6% | rising |
| 4 | Myanmar | 50,412 t | 2023 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 5 | Nigeria | 27,945 t | 2023 | down 10.0% | volatile |
| 6 | Burkina Faso | 24,214 t | 2023 | up 872.1% | volatile |
| 7 | Brazil | 18,695 t | 2023 | up 886.6% | volatile |
| 8 | Niger | 17,371 t | 2023 | up 101.2% | rising |
| 9 | Turkey | 12,458 t | 2023 | up 61.4% | rising |
| 9 | Türkiye | 12,458 t | 2023 | up 61.4% | rising |
| 11 | Israel | 10,449 t | 2023 | up 47.2% | rising |
| 12 | Uganda | 9,802 t | 2023 | up 18.7% | flat |
| 13 | Egypt | 6,702 t | 2023 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 14 | Cameroon | 6,266 t | 2023 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 15 | Republic of Korea | 5,115 t | 2023 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 16 | Ethiopia | 4,972 t | 2023 | up 743.8% | volatile |
| 17 | United States | 4,870 t | 2023 | down 19.4% | falling |
| 18 | Thailand | 4,503 t | 2023 | up 129.7% | rising |
| 19 | Guatemala | 4,280 t | 2023 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 20 | Jordan | 3,241 t | 2023 | up 185.7% | rising |
| 21 | Senegal | 2,975 t | 2023 | up 86,373.8% | volatile |
| 22 | Syria | 2,914 t | 2023 | down 14.6% | volatile |
| 22 | Syrian Arab Republic | 2,914 t | 2023 | down 14.6% | volatile |
| 24 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 2,852 t | 2023 | — | falling |
| 25 | Greece | 2,479 t | 2023 | down 20.2% | rising |
| 26 | Tunisia | 2,438 t | 2023 | up 6.9% | flat |
| 27 | Zimbabwe | 2,231 t | 2023 | up 192,236.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Indonesia | 2,021 t | 2023 | up 19.2% | flat |
| 29 | Uzbekistan | 1,977 t | 2023 | up 215.4% | rising |
| 30 | Cambodia | 1,846 t | 2023 | down 60.0% | falling |
| 31 | Russia | 1,684 t | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 31 | Russian Federation | 1,684 t | 2023 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 33 | Canada | 1,564 t | 2023 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 34 | Yemen | 1,549 t | 2023 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 35 | Iraq | 1,541 t | 2023 | up 51.7% | rising |
| 36 | Afghanistan | 1,533 t | 2023 | down 40.4% | rising |
| 37 | Lebanon | 1,504 t | 2023 | down 40.7% | falling |
| 38 | Algeria | 1,437 t | 2023 | up 76.6% | rising |
| 39 | Laos | 1,316 t | 2023 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 39 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1,316 t | 2023 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 41 | Morocco | 1,310 t | 2023 | up 86.6% | rising |
| 42 | Paraguay | 1,305 t | 2023 | up 35.4% | volatile |
| 43 | Sri Lanka | 1,295 t | 2023 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 44 | United Arab Emirates | 1,286 t | 2023 | down 22.4% | falling |
| 45 | Oman | 866.33 t | 2023 | up 4,639.2% | volatile |
| 46 | Caribbean | 852.75 t | 2023 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 47 | Spain | 828.33 t | 2023 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 48 | China, Taiwan Province of | 821.04 t | 2023 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 49 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 820.29 t | 2023 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 50 | United Kingdom | 764.44 t | 2023 | down 40.9% | falling |
| 50 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 764.44 t | 2023 | down 40.9% | falling |
| 52 | Haiti | 754.49 t | 2023 | up 6.0% | rising |
| 53 | Tajikistan | 600.67 t | 2023 | up 420.9% | volatile |
| 54 | Kuwait | 589.47 t | 2023 | up 0.4% | rising |
| 55 | Angola | 563.03 t | 2023 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 56 | Sierra Leone | 532.58 t | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 57 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 488.29 t | 2023 | down 24.9% | rising |
| 58 | Peru | 471.93 t | 2023 | up 223.9% | rising |
| 59 | Philippines | 436.84 t | 2023 | up 96.7% | rising |
| 60 | Romania | 353.6 t | 2023 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 61 | Cote d'Ivoire | 341.82 t | 2023 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 61 | Côte d'Ivoire | 341.82 t | 2023 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 63 | Colombia | 339.8 t | 2023 | down 4.3% | falling |
| 64 | Kenya | 318.1 t | 2023 | down 86.9% | falling |
| 65 | Nepal | 314.95 t | 2023 | up 92.1% | rising |
| 66 | Norway | 291.85 t | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 67 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 271.51 t | 2023 | down 62.4% | volatile |
| 68 | Libya | 261.65 t | 2023 | up 352.8% | volatile |
| 69 | Cyprus | 260.73 t | 2023 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 70 | Switzerland | 207.17 t | 2023 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 71 | El Salvador | 171.57 t | 2023 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 72 | Hungary | 167.08 t | 2023 | down 16.4% | flat |
| 73 | New Zealand | 163.93 t | 2023 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 73 | Australia and New Zealand | 163.93 t | 2023 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 75 | Bulgaria | 159.03 t | 2023 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 76 | Sweden | 158.72 t | 2023 | down 49.5% | falling |
| 77 | North Macedonia | 114.66 t | 2023 | down 8.3% | flat |
| 78 | Austria | 94.93 t | 2023 | down 79.7% | falling |
| 79 | Guinea | 89.21 t | 2023 | up 1,913.8% | volatile |
| 80 | Croatia | 83.13 t | 2023 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 81 | Bahrain | 77.19 t | 2023 | — | falling |
| 82 | China, Hong Kong SAR | 68.89 t | 2023 | down 51.4% | falling |
| 83 | Dominican Republic | 67.87 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 84 | Qatar | 67.63 t | 2023 | — | rising |
| 85 | Ireland | 59.29 t | 2023 | down 33.9% | falling |
| 86 | Ecuador | 58.2 t | 2023 | up 93.5% | rising |
| 87 | Malaysia | 54.84 t | 2023 | down 54.4% | falling |
| 88 | Georgia | 52.75 t | 2023 | up 438.8% | volatile |
| 89 | Slovakia | 52.18 t | 2023 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 90 | Congo | 48.45 t | 2023 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 91 | Chile | 48.42 t | 2023 | down 48.5% | falling |
| 92 | Finland | 41.34 t | 2023 | down 49.7% | falling |
| 93 | Moldova | 38.76 t | 2023 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 93 | Republic of Moldova | 38.76 t | 2023 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 95 | Latvia | 32.87 t | 2023 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 96 | Montenegro | 28.09 t | 2023 | up 174.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Luxembourg | 26.5 t | 2023 | up 1,238.4% | rising |
| 98 | Uruguay | 25.36 t | 2023 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 99 | Armenia | 21.65 t | 2023 | up 194.6% | volatile |
| 100 | Malta | 21.31 t | 2023 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 101 | Mauritius | 20.68 t | 2023 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 102 | Slovenia | 20.37 t | 2023 | up 18.8% | flat |
| 103 | Mexico | 19.7 t | 2023 | down 99.6% | volatile |
| 104 | Trinidad and Tobago | 15.71 t | 2023 | up 53.4% | falling |
| 105 | China, Macao SAR | 12.67 t | 2023 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 106 | Nicaragua | 9.85 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 107 | Melanesia | 8.45 t | 2023 | up 40.4% | rising |
| 108 | Djibouti | 7.58 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 109 | Maldives | 6.18 t | 2023 | up 274.5% | volatile |
| 110 | Jamaica | 5.6 t | 2023 | up 72.8% | rising |
| 111 | Botswana | 5.02 t | 2023 | up 696.8% | volatile |
| 112 | Barbados | 4.73 t | 2023 | down 20.1% | falling |
| 113 | Fiji | 4.6 t | 2023 | up 132.3% | rising |
| 114 | New Caledonia | 3.62 t | 2023 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 115 | Mongolia | 3.6 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 116 | Namibia | 3.51 t | 2023 | up 38.2% | volatile |
| 117 | Gabon | 3.11 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 118 | Guyana | 2.95 t | 2023 | up 1,080.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Zambia | 1.31 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 120 | Bahamas | 1.29 t | 2023 | down 43.7% | volatile |
| 121 | Grenada | 1.04 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 122 | Polynesia | 0.99 t | 2023 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 123 | French Polynesia | 0.98 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 124 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.68 t | 2023 | up 94.3% | volatile |
| 125 | Cuba | 0.67 t | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 126 | Lesotho | 0.64 t | 2023 | up 966.7% | volatile |
| 127 | Eswatini | 0.57 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 128 | Suriname | 0.5 t | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 129 | Liberia | 0.36 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 130 | Belize | 0.33 t | 2023 | down 53.5% | volatile |
| 131 | East Timor | 0.3 t | 2023 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 131 | Timor-Leste | 0.3 t | 2023 | up 25.0% | volatile |
| 133 | Malawi | 0.17 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 134 | Solomon Islands | 0.15 t | 2023 | down 85.6% | volatile |
| 135 | Vanuatu | 0.08 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 136 | Bhutan | 0.05 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 136 | Rwanda | 0.05 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 136 | Micronesia | 0.05 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 139 | Marshall Islands | 0.04 t | 2023 | — | rising |
| 140 | Nauru | 0.01 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 140 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.01 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 140 | Samoa | 0.01 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 140 | Nauru | 0.01 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 144 | Argentina | 0 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Ghana | 0 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 144 | Gambia | 0 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Kiribati | 0 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 144 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 144 | Saint Lucia | 0 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 144 | Seychelles | 0 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Tonga | 0 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 144 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 144 | Cabo Verde | 0 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 505,254 t
- Asia 290,347 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 198,375 t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 181,946 t
- Africa 173,551 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 142,163 t
- Eastern Asia 129,492 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 112,597 t
- Western Africa 76,061 t
- South-Eastern Asia 60,591 t
- Southern Asia 60,284 t
- Middle Africa 40,001 t
- Western Asia 37,402 t
- Americas 32,987 t
- Eastern Africa 32,331 t
- Northern Africa 25,148 t
- South America 21,219 t
- Europe 8,196 t
- Northern America 6,434 t
- European Union (27) 5,327 t
- United States of America 4,870 t
- Central America 4,482 t
- Southern Europe 3,575 t
- Central Asia 2,578 t
- Eastern Europe 2,455 t
- Northern Europe 1,349 t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 893.17 t
- Western Europe 816.9 t
- Oceania 173.42 t
- Southern Africa 9.73 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.