Ethiopia vs Sudan: Sesame seed production

Ethiopia

435,456 tonnes

in 2024

Sudan

626,173 tonnes

in 2024

Ethiopia rank

6th

Sudan rank

3rd

Sesame seed production over time

Sudan currently reports 626,173 tonnes against 435,456 tonnes in Ethiopia, a difference of 190,717 tonnes.

That makes Sudan's figure about 1.4 times Ethiopia's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 13 shared years of data; in 2012 it was Ethiopia ahead.

Ethiopia ranks 6th and Sudan ranks 3rd of 78 countries.

Indicator: Sesame seed production
Unit: tonnes
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 79 places, 4,362 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Sesame seed production is measured in tonnes.