World ranking: Sesame seed — Production 2024
World ranking: Sesame seed — Production 2024. Source: FAOSTAT. Calculations and presentation: Terra Cultiva.
| Rank | Country | Value | World share |
|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | India | 866.1k t | 13.0 % |
| #2 | Myanmar | 720.0k t | 10.8 % |
| #3 | Sudan | 626.2k t | 9.4 % |
| #4 | Nigeria | 450.0k t | 6.7 % |
| #5 | Pakistan | 435.9k t | 6.5 % |
| #6 | Ethiopia | 435.5k t | 6.5 % |
| #7 | Brazil | 399.4k t | 6.0 % |
| #8 | China | 380.0k t | 5.7 % |
| #9 | Chad | 291.4k t | 4.4 % |
| #10 | Tanzania | 272.7k t | 4.1 % |
| #11 | Burkina Faso | 272.2k t | 4.1 % |
| #12 | Central African Republic | 204.4k t | 3.1 % |
| #13 | South Sudan | 175.6k t | 2.6 % |
| #14 | Mozambique | 173.8k t | 2.6 % |
| #15 | Niger | 141.0k t | 2.1 % |
| #16 | Uganda | 140.0k t | 2.1 % |
| #17 | Cameroon | 75.0k t | 1.1 % |
| #18 | Mali | 51.2k t | 0.8 % |
| #19 | Senegal | 45.0k t | 0.7 % |
| #20 | Mexico | 44.1k t | 0.7 % |
| #21 | Egypt | 41.7k t | 0.6 % |
| #22 | Paraguay | 37.2k t | 0.6 % |
| #23 | Thailand | 31.0k t | 0.5 % |
| #24 | Guatemala | 30.0k t | 0.4 % |
| #25 | Bangladesh | 30.0k t | 0.4 % |
| #26 | Iran | 29.0k t | 0.4 % |
| #27 | Afghanistan | 28.8k t | 0.4 % |
| #28 | Yemen | 20.5k t | 0.3 % |
| #29 | Venezuela | 20.4k t | 0.3 % |
| #30 | Vietnam | 19.6k t | 0.3 % |
| #31 | Somalia | 16.5k t | 0.2 % |
| #32 | Bolivia | 15.2k t | 0.2 % |
| #33 | Turkey | 14.4k t | 0.2 % |
| #34 | Syria | 12.0k t | 0.2 % |
| #35 | Zimbabwe | 11.5k t | 0.2 % |
| #36 | Malawi | 10.9k t | 0.2 % |
| #37 | Sri Lanka | 10.5k t | 0.2 % |
| #38 | Cambodia | 10.0k t | 0.1 % |
| #39 | Benin | 10.0k t | 0.1 % |
| #40 | Uzbekistan | 9.2k t | 0.1 % |
| #41 | South Korea | 9.0k t | 0.1 % |
| #42 | Laos | 8.7k t | 0.1 % |
| #43 | Sierra Leone | 7.0k t | 0.1 % |
| #44 | Kenya | 6.0k t | 0.1 % |
| #45 | Eritrea | 4.9k t | 0.1 % |
| #46 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 4.6k t | 0.1 % |
| #47 | Saudi Arabia | 4.4k t | 0.1 % |
| #48 | Haiti | 4.2k t | 0.1 % |
| #49 | Guinea | 3.4k t | 0.1 % |
| #50 | Angola | 3.3k t | 0.0 % |
| #51 | Colombia | 3.3k t | 0.0 % |
| #52 | Ivory Coast | 3.1k t | 0.0 % |
| #53 | Togo | 1.9k t | 0.0 % |
| #54 | Taiwan | 1.6k t | 0.0 % |
| #55 | Gambia | 1.4k t | 0.0 % |
| #56 | Tajikistan | 1.2k t | 0.0 % |
| #57 | Honduras | 1.2k t | 0.0 % |
| #58 | Iraq | 1.2k t | 0.0 % |
| #59 | El Salvador | 964 t | 0.0 % |
| #60 | Morocco | 280 t | 0.0 % |
| #61 | Republic of the Congo | 277 t | 0.0 % |
| #62 | Peru | 227 t | 0.0 % |
| #63 | Lebanon | 208 t | 0.0 % |
| #64 | Costa Rica | 164 t | 0.0 % |
| #65 | Israel | 47 t | 0.0 % |
| #66 | Jordan | 45 t | 0.0 % |
| #67 | North Macedonia | 42 t | 0.0 % |
| #68 | Ecuador | 18 t | 0.0 % |
| #69 | Japan | 14 t | 0.0 % |