Sesame Seed

Discover production data of Sesame Seed. Get production volume, price data, trends, and more. The information below is based on the FAO code 0289 (Sesame seed).

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April, 2025

Worldwide origin market price of Sesame Seed

2 country’s domestic price data

Production Trends Overview of Top 10 Countries

In 2022, Sudan was the largest producer of Sesame Seed, followed by India, Myanmar [Burma], Tanzania, Nigeria, China, Burkina Faso, Chad, Central African Republic, Ethiopia. This ranking is based on available production data and may exclude countries with missing records.

Sudan

Rank 1

1.2B kg

0.00%

+1.79%

+57.71%

India

Rank 2

788.7M kg

-3.44%

+14.42%

+5.58%

Myanmar [Burma]

Rank 3

760.9M kg

+2.99%

+2.21%

-0.44%

Tanzania

Rank 4

700.0M kg

0.00%

+2.94%

+12.90%

Nigeria

Rank 5

450.0M kg

+2.27%

-11.76%

-28.83%

China

Rank 6

435.3M kg

-4.41%

-6.79%

+18.77%

Burkina Faso

Rank 7

208.8M kg

+11.99%

-44.28%

+27.48%

Chad

Rank 8

201.9M kg

+2.54%

-7.25%

+27.22%

Central African Republic

Rank 9

190.9M kg

+3.00%

-36.65%

-31.48%

Ethiopia

Rank 10

180.0M kg

-10.00%

-31.47%

-29.66%

Trends of Top 10 Producers

This is the production trends of the top 10 producers of Sesame Seed from 2008 to 2022.

	Country	Production %	Production Volume
	Country	Production %	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021	2022
1	Global		5.31B	4.74B	5.84B	6.14B	8.16B	8.22B	7.50B	7.07B	7.11B	6.88B	7.07B	7.76B	7.69B	7.61B	7.29B
2	Sudan	18.28%	-	-	-	-	187.00M	562.00M	721.00M	329.00M	525.00M	781.00M	960.00M	1.21B	1.53B	1.23B	1.23B
3	India	11.7%	640.30M	588.40M	893.00M	810.00M	685.00M	715.00M	828.00M	850.00M	747.00M	747.03M	755.43M	689.31M	657.50M	816.81M	788.74M
4	Myanmar [Burma]	11.29%	840.00M	790.10M	787.40M	832.10M	794.60M	817.10M	801.60M	828.27M	812.95M	764.32M	715.44M	744.50M	657.99M	738.82M	760.93M
5	Tanzania	10.39%	46.77M	90.00M	144.42M	357.16M	456.00M	420.00M	540.00M	680.00M	730.00M	620.00M	640.00M	680.00M	710.00M	700.00M	700.00M
6	Nigeria	6.68%	121.61M	119.71M	149.41M	229.17M	994.80M	584.98M	434.99M	432.90M	593.60M	632.32M	480.00M	510.00M	195.43M	440.00M	450.00M
7	China	6.46%	586.29M	621.96M	587.00M	605.00M	639.37M	623.49M	629.90M	450.00M	352.00M	366.50M	431.50M	467.00M	456.90M	455.40M	435.30M
8	Burkina Faso	3.1%	51.92M	56.25M	90.65M	84.76M	100.49M	137.35M	321.84M	235.08M	163.92M	163.79M	253.94M	374.70M	384.61M	186.45M	208.80M
9	Chad	3%	40.52M	61.42M	126.04M	72.61M	124.63M	125.88M	204.85M	152.62M	153.61M	158.72M	172.54M	217.69M	202.07M	196.90M	201.91M
10	Central African Republic	2.83%	49.03M	50.01M	186.79M	202.11M	199.47M	119.82M	189.75M	237.70M	278.25M	278.64M	289.79M	301.38M	179.95M	185.35M	190.92M

Shares of Top 10 Producers

Discover the production share of top Sesame Seed producing countries in 2022.

Sudan held the largest share of Sesame Seed production quantity at 18.28%. Its production quantity decreased by 0.00% between 2021 and 2022, reaching 1.23B.

Note: Share percentages are calculated based on countries with reported production data and may not include those without available records.

Rank

Country

2022

Production Quantity

2022

1-Year Growth in Qty

2021-2022

3-Year Growth in Qty

2019-2022

5-Year Growth in Qty

2017-2022

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