Sesame seed — Yield by country
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...
What the numbers show
Sesame seed — Yield is currently reported for 82 countries. The highest value is 4,796 kg/ha in Lebanon; the lowest is 32 kg/ha in Bulgaria.
The median across all reporting countries is 695.65 kg/ha, and the mean is 803.63 kg/ha.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 150.
Over the past decade 44 countries rose and 37 fell. The largest increase was in USSR (up 461.2%), and the largest decrease in Yugoslav SFR (down 80.0%).
Sesame seed — Yield: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lebanon | 4,796 kg/ha | 2024 | up 15.0% | volatile |
| 2 | Israel | 2,036 kg/ha | 2024 | up 1.4% | volatile |
| 3 | Uzbekistan | 1,765 kg/ha | 2024 | up 30.1% | volatile |
| 4 | Italy | 1,677 kg/ha | 2017 | up 192.4% | rising |
| 5 | Tajikistan | 1,568 kg/ha | 2024 | up 58.9% | volatile |
| 6 | China, mainland | 1,520 kg/ha | 2024 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 7 | China | 1,516 kg/ha | 2024 | up 3.4% | volatile |
| 8 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 1,424 kg/ha | 2024 | up 11.7% | rising |
| 9 | Nigeria | 1,286 kg/ha | 2024 | up 65.5% | volatile |
| 10 | Cameroon | 1,250 kg/ha | 2024 | down 4.3% | volatile |
| 11 | Jordan | 1,235 kg/ha | 2024 | up 154.8% | volatile |
| 12 | Iraq | 1,229 kg/ha | 2024 | down 24.6% | rising |
| 13 | Saudi Arabia | 1,216 kg/ha | 2024 | down 28.1% | rising |
| 14 | Gambia | 1,147 kg/ha | 2024 | up 205.4% | volatile |
| 15 | USSR | 1,122 kg/ha | 1990 | up 461.2% | volatile |
| 16 | North Macedonia | 1,016 kg/ha | 2024 | down 7.0% | falling |
| 17 | Yemen | 1,000 kg/ha | 2024 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 18 | Cyprus | 1,000 kg/ha | 2017 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 19 | Peru | 986.6 kg/ha | 2024 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 20 | Bangladesh | 976 kg/ha | 2024 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 21 | Egypt | 965.5 kg/ha | 2024 | down 29.7% | rising |
| 22 | Senegal | 957.4 kg/ha | 2024 | down 3.7% | rising |
| 23 | Palestine | 952.7 kg/ha | 2022 | up 35.6% | rising |
| 24 | China, Taiwan Province of | 911.5 kg/ha | 2024 | down 12.3% | rising |
| 25 | Greece | 905.6 kg/ha | 2017 | up 35.6% | rising |
| 26 | Honduras | 893.2 kg/ha | 2024 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 27 | Colombia | 884.8 kg/ha | 2024 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 28 | Guatemala | 857.1 kg/ha | 2024 | down 38.7% | rising |
| 29 | Viet Nam | 849.6 kg/ha | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 30 | Benin | 833.3 kg/ha | 2024 | down 8.3% | rising |
| 31 | Ecuador | 804.7 kg/ha | 2024 | up 0.4% | volatile |
| 32 | Sri Lanka | 797.9 kg/ha | 2024 | down 18.0% | rising |
| 33 | El Salvador | 790.3 kg/ha | 2024 | down 6.4% | falling |
| 34 | Sierra Leone | 774 kg/ha | 2024 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 35 | Mexico | 770.6 kg/ha | 2024 | up 14.3% | rising |
| 36 | Cambodia | 769.2 kg/ha | 2024 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 37 | United Republic of Tanzania | 744.1 kg/ha | 2024 | up 27.9% | rising |
| 38 | Syrian Arab Republic | 743.3 kg/ha | 2024 | down 4.6% | rising |
| 39 | Ethiopia | 716.1 kg/ha | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 40 | Türkiye | 707.6 kg/ha | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 41 | Morocco | 700 kg/ha | 2024 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 42 | Kenya | 691.3 kg/ha | 2024 | up 65.6% | rising |
| 43 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 690.5 kg/ha | 2024 | down 13.8% | rising |
| 44 | Thailand | 688.9 kg/ha | 2024 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 45 | Brazil | 656.9 kg/ha | 2024 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 46 | Uganda | 651.2 kg/ha | 2024 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 47 | Burkina Faso | 636.3 kg/ha | 2024 | up 0.1% | rising |
| 48 | Afghanistan | 635.9 kg/ha | 2024 | down 68.2% | volatile |
| 49 | Paraguay | 620 kg/ha | 2024 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 50 | Panama | 604.3 kg/ha | 2018 | up 10.4% | flat |
| 51 | Costa Rica | 590.6 kg/ha | 2024 | down 1.6% | rising |
| 52 | Pakistan | 590 kg/ha | 2024 | up 47.2% | rising |
| 53 | Ethiopia PDR | 580.6 kg/ha | 1992 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 54 | Nicaragua | 572.8 kg/ha | 2023 | down 22.9% | falling |
| 55 | Niger | 566.5 kg/ha | 2024 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 56 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 561.2 kg/ha | 2024 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 57 | India | 557.8 kg/ha | 2024 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 58 | Japan | 531.8 kg/ha | 2024 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 59 | Chad | 509.3 kg/ha | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 60 | Dominican Republic | 500 kg/ha | 1990 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 61 | Mali | 497.3 kg/ha | 2024 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 62 | Mozambique | 488.9 kg/ha | 2024 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 63 | Republic of Korea | 477.4 kg/ha | 2024 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 64 | Myanmar | 473.7 kg/ha | 2024 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 65 | Zimbabwe | 470.7 kg/ha | 2024 | — | rising |
| 66 | Congo | 452.9 kg/ha | 2024 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 67 | Somalia | 441 kg/ha | 2024 | up 20.5% | falling |
| 68 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 434.4 kg/ha | 2024 | down 4.8% | falling |
| 69 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 425.1 kg/ha | 2024 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 70 | Malawi | 415.3 kg/ha | 2024 | up 51.5% | rising |
| 71 | Togo | 331.5 kg/ha | 2024 | up 3.0% | rising |
| 72 | South Sudan | 290.3 kg/ha | 2024 | down 3.8% | flat |
| 73 | Sudan | 279.2 kg/ha | 2024 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 74 | Haiti | 264.8 kg/ha | 2024 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 74 | Caribbean | 264.8 kg/ha | 2024 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 76 | Angola | 259.4 kg/ha | 2024 | down 0.6% | falling |
| 77 | Sudan (former) | 244.9 kg/ha | 2011 | up 31.4% | falling |
| 78 | Guinea | 238 kg/ha | 2024 | up 11.0% | rising |
| 79 | Côte d'Ivoire | 208.8 kg/ha | 2024 | up 2.6% | falling |
| 80 | Yugoslav SFR | 200 kg/ha | 1991 | down 80.0% | volatile |
| 81 | Eritrea | 177.1 kg/ha | 2024 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 82 | Bulgaria | 32 kg/ha | 1979 | down 62.5% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Central African Republic 4,870 kg/ha
- Central Asia 1,740 kg/ha
- Eastern Asia 1,443 kg/ha
- Eastern Europe 1,122 kg/ha
- European Union (27) 1,066 kg/ha
- Europe 1,016 kg/ha
- Southern Europe 1,016 kg/ha
- Western Asia 855.2 kg/ha
- Middle Africa 829.2 kg/ha
- Central America 800.8 kg/ha
- Western Africa 799.2 kg/ha
- Americas 649.2 kg/ha
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.