Sesame seed — Area harvested in Yemen
Yemen: Sesame seed — Area harvested was 20,499 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Yemen, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sesame seed — area harvested in Yemen stood at 20,499 ha.
The figure is down 10.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — area harvested in Yemen peaked at 33,133 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 8,047 ha, in 1970.
That places Yemen 33rd out of 72 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Yemen, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,642 ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,642 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 10,237 ha | -3.8% |
| 1964 | 10,842 ha | +5.9% |
| 1965 | 10,842 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 11,366 ha | +4.8% |
| 1967 | 11,406 ha | +0.4% |
| 1968 | 11,506 ha | +0.9% |
| 1969 | 11,647 ha | +1.2% |
| 1970 | 8,047 ha | -30.9% |
| 1971 | 12,047 ha | +49.7% |
| 1972 | 12,128 ha | +0.7% |
| 1973 | 12,128 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 11,628 ha | -4.1% |
| 1975 | 13,128 ha | +12.9% |
| 1976 | 13,868 ha | +5.6% |
| 1977 | 15,000 ha | +8.2% |
| 1978 | 15,200 ha | +1.3% |
| 1979 | 16,200 ha | +6.6% |
| 1980 | 14,000 ha | -13.6% |
| 1981 | 14,905 ha | +6.5% |
| 1982 | 15,106 ha | +1.3% |
| 1983 | 15,106 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 15,005 ha | -0.7% |
| 1985 | 13,000 ha | -13.4% |
| 1986 | 12,352 ha | -5.0% |
| 1987 | 15,740 ha | +27.4% |
| 1988 | 15,555 ha | -1.2% |
| 1989 | 21,943 ha | +41.1% |
| 1990 | 18,578 ha | -15.3% |
| 1991 | 16,794 ha | -9.6% |
| 1992 | 18,683 ha | +11.2% |
| 1993 | 19,495 ha | +4.3% |
| 1994 | 20,409 ha | +4.7% |
| 1995 | 23,104 ha | +13.2% |
| 1996 | 25,914 ha | +12.2% |
| 1997 | 29,493 ha | +13.8% |
| 1998 | 30,331 ha | +2.8% |
| 1999 | 30,975 ha | +2.1% |
| 2000 | 32,008 ha | +3.3% |
| 2001 | 33,133 ha | +3.5% |
| 2002 | 32,420 ha | -2.2% |
| 2003 | 32,515 ha | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 18,050 ha | -44.5% |
| 2005 | 18,794 ha | +4.1% |
| 2006 | 21,001 ha | +11.7% |
| 2007 | 21,776 ha | +3.7% |
| 2008 | 22,212 ha | +2.0% |
| 2009 | 22,613 ha | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 23,190 ha | +2.6% |
| 2011 | 22,716 ha | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 23,048 ha | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 23,193 ha | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 22,804 ha | -1.7% |
| 2015 | 21,664 ha | -5.0% |
| 2016 | 21,536 ha | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 21,428 ha | -0.5% |
| 2018 | 23,632 ha | +10.3% |
| 2019 | 20,621 ha | -12.7% |
| 2020 | 20,809 ha | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 21,195 ha | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 20,822 ha | -1.8% |
| 2023 | 20,494 ha | -1.6% |
| 2024 | 20,499 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,014 ha | 10,237 ha | 11,647 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,937 ha | 8,047 ha | 16,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,271 ha | 12,352 ha | 21,943 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 23,378 ha | 16,794 ha | 30,975 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 25,452 ha | 18,050 ha | 33,133 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 22,383 ha | 20,621 ha | 23,632 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 20,764 ha | 20,494 ha | 21,195 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Yemen
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -14.18 % change on previous year (2018)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2875 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2018)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 182.21 current US$ per person (2018)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.57 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.001 units per US$ of GDP (2018)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6297 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 28.75 (2018)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 28.75 (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — area harvested in Yemen?
- Sesame seed — area harvested in Yemen was 20,499 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 33,133 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,047 ha in 1970.
- How does Yemen rank for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Yemen ranks 33rd out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — area harvested rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Yemen data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sesame seed — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.