Sesame seed — Seed 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 — Seed is currently reported for 31 countries. The highest value is 13 1000 t in Myanmar; the lowest is 0 1000 t in Syrian Arab Republic.
The median across all reporting countries is 1 1000 t, and the mean is 2.35 1000 t.
Over the past decade 5 countries rose and 7 fell. The largest increase was in Pakistan (up 400.0%), and the largest decrease in Paraguay (down 100.0%).
Sesame seed — Seed: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Myanmar | 13 1000 t | 2023 | up 8.3% | flat |
| 2 | China | 6 1000 t | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 2 | China, mainland | 6 1000 t | 2023 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 2 | India | 6 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 5 | Brazil | 5 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 5 | Pakistan | 5 1000 t | 2023 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 7 | Mozambique | 4 1000 t | 2023 | up 300.0% | rising |
| 7 | Nigeria | 4 1000 t | 2023 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 9 | Ethiopia | 3 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | falling |
| 9 | Uganda | 3 1000 t | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 11 | Burkina Faso | 2 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 11 | Niger | 2 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 13 | Bangladesh | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 13 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 13 | Republic of Korea | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 13 | Afghanistan | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 13 | Viet Nam | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 13 | Türkiye | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 13 | United Republic of Tanzania | 1 1000 t | 2023 | down 50.0% | rising |
| 13 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 1 1000 t | 2023 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 13 | Cameroon | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 13 | Vietnam | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 13 | Turkey | 1 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 13 | Thailand | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 13 | Guatemala | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 13 | Mexico | 1 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 27 | Paraguay | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 27 | Syria | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 27 | Morocco | 0 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 27 | Kenya | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 27 | Syrian Arab Republic | 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 174 1000 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 145 1000 t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 138 1000 t
- Africa 129 1000 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 126 1000 t
- Northern Africa 91 1000 t
- Asia 36 1000 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 26 1000 t
- Eastern Africa 22 1000 t
- Southern Asia 14 1000 t
- South-Eastern Asia 14 1000 t
- Western Africa 10 1000 t
- Americas 9 1000 t
- South America 7 1000 t
- Middle Africa 6 1000 t
- Eastern Asia 6 1000 t
- Western Asia 2 1000 t
- Central America 2 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.