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How much sesame seed does Myanmar produce?

Myanmar is the 2nd largest producer of sesame seed: 720,000 tonnes in 2024, 11% of the world's 6.7 million tonnes (FAOSTAT).

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Myanmar's sesame seed production

Myanmar sesame seed production, 2024
World rankProduction (tonnes)Share of worldTen-year growthYear
2720,000 tonnes11%-1.1% a year2024

FAOSTAT Crops and livestock products (QCL), 2024. World total is the sum of reporting countries.

Myanmar sesame seed production monthly prices, tonnes, Jan 1961 to Jan 2024Line chart of myanmar sesame seed production monthly prices in tonnes from Jan 1961 to Jan 2024: Myanmar sesame seed production from 64,738 to 720,000, peaking at 840,000.0200,000400,000600,000800,000196519701975198019851990199520002005201020152020tonnes
Myanmar sesame seed production

Share of world output over time

Myanmar's share of world sesame seed production in selected years
19902000201020202024
9.1%15%18%10%11%

Average annual share by decade: 1960s 5.5%, 1970s 8.1%, 1980s 10%, 1990s 11%, 2000s 18%, 2010s 14%, 2020s 11%. See the concentration-over-time report.

How much sesame seed Myanmar uses

Myanmar's domestic supply of sesame seed was 562 thousand tonnes in 2023, 12% of the world's. Food supply was 4.7 kg per person a year, 3rd highest of 109 countries with a million or more people. It produced 112% of what it used (self-sufficiency) and imported 0%. FAO's item is "Sesame seed". Consumption · Self-sufficiency.

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