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World ranking: Sesame seed — Harvested area 2024
World ranking: Sesame seed — Harvested area 2024. Source: FAOSTAT. Calculations and presentation: Terra Cultiva.
| Rank | Country | Value | World share |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Sudan | 2.24M ha | 19.1 % |
| #2 | India | 1.55M ha | 13.2 % |
| #3 | Myanmar | 1.52M ha | 13.0 % |
| #4 | Pakistan | 738.8k ha | 6.3 % |
| #5 | Ethiopia | 608.1k ha | 5.2 % |
| #6 | Brazil | 608.0k ha | 5.2 % |
| #7 | South Sudan | 604.9k ha | 5.2 % |
| #8 | Chad | 572.2k ha | 4.9 % |
| #9 | Burkina Faso | 427.8k ha | 3.7 % |
| #10 | Tanzania | 366.5k ha | 3.1 % |
| #11 | Mozambique | 355.5k ha | 3.0 % |
| #12 | Nigeria | 350.0k ha | 3.0 % |
| #13 | China | 250.0k ha | 2.1 % |
| #14 | Niger | 249.0k ha | 2.1 % |
| #15 | Uganda | 215.0k ha | 1.8 % |
| #16 | Mali | 103.0k ha | 0.9 % |
| #17 | Cameroon | 60.0k ha | 0.5 % |
| #18 | Paraguay | 60.0k ha | 0.5 % |
| #19 | Mexico | 57.2k ha | 0.5 % |
| #20 | Senegal | 47.0k ha | 0.4 % |
| #21 | Venezuela | 46.9k ha | 0.4 % |
| #22 | Afghanistan | 45.3k ha | 0.4 % |
| #23 | Thailand | 45.0k ha | 0.4 % |
| #24 | Egypt | 43.2k ha | 0.4 % |
| #25 | Iran | 42.0k ha | 0.4 % |
| #26 | Central African Republic | 42.0k ha | 0.4 % |
| #27 | Somalia | 37.5k ha | 0.3 % |
| #28 | Guatemala | 35.0k ha | 0.3 % |
| #29 | Bangladesh | 30.7k ha | 0.3 % |
| #30 | Eritrea | 27.5k ha | 0.2 % |
| #31 | Bolivia | 27.2k ha | 0.2 % |
| #32 | Malawi | 26.3k ha | 0.2 % |
| #33 | Zimbabwe | 24.4k ha | 0.2 % |
| #34 | Vietnam | 23.0k ha | 0.2 % |
| #35 | Yemen | 20.5k ha | 0.2 % |
| #36 | Turkey | 20.4k ha | 0.2 % |
| #37 | South Korea | 18.9k ha | 0.2 % |
| #38 | Syria | 16.1k ha | 0.1 % |
| #39 | Haiti | 15.8k ha | 0.1 % |
| #40 | Ivory Coast | 15.0k ha | 0.1 % |
| #41 | Guinea | 14.2k ha | 0.1 % |
| #42 | Sri Lanka | 13.2k ha | 0.1 % |
| #43 | Cambodia | 13.0k ha | 0.1 % |
| #44 | Angola | 12.7k ha | 0.1 % |
| #45 | Benin | 12.0k ha | 0.1 % |
| #46 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 10.7k ha | 0.1 % |
| #47 | Sierra Leone | 9.1k ha | 0.1 % |
| #48 | Kenya | 8.7k ha | 0.1 % |
| #49 | Laos | 6.1k ha | 0.1 % |
| #50 | Togo | 5.7k ha | 0.0 % |
| #51 | Uzbekistan | 5.2k ha | 0.0 % |
| #52 | Colombia | 3.7k ha | 0.0 % |
| #53 | Saudi Arabia | 3.6k ha | 0.0 % |
| #54 | Taiwan | 1.8k ha | 0.0 % |
| #55 | Honduras | 1.3k ha | 0.0 % |
| #56 | Gambia | 1.2k ha | 0.0 % |
| #57 | El Salvador | 1.2k ha | 0.0 % |
| #58 | Iraq | 939 ha | 0.0 % |
| #59 | Tajikistan | 753 ha | 0.0 % |
| #60 | Republic of the Congo | 612 ha | 0.0 % |
| #61 | Morocco | 400 ha | 0.0 % |
| #62 | Costa Rica | 278 ha | 0.0 % |
| #63 | Peru | 230 ha | 0.0 % |
| #64 | Lebanon | 43 ha | 0.0 % |
| #65 | North Macedonia | 41 ha | 0.0 % |
| #66 | Jordan | 37 ha | 0.0 % |
| #67 | Japan | 26 ha | 0.0 % |
| #68 | Israel | 23 ha | 0.0 % |
| #69 | Ecuador | 22 ha | 0.0 % |
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