Sesame seed — Yield in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Sesame seed — Yield was 635.9 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sesame seed — Yield in Afghanistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Afghanistan recorded 635.9 kg/ha for sesame seed — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 9.2% on the previous year and down 68.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — yield in Afghanistan peaked at 2,667 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 466.2 kg/ha, in 2019.
Afghanistan ranks 48th of 82 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 610.64 kg/ha | 572.3 kg/ha | 668.7 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 583.58 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 671.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 565.11 kg/ha | 542 kg/ha | 600 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 664.05 kg/ha | 611.1 kg/ha | 777.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 674.65 kg/ha | 657.1 kg/ha | 688.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,915 kg/ha | 466.2 kg/ha | 2,667 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 706.18 kg/ha | 635.9 kg/ha | 858.1 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Afghanistan
- Agriculture share gdp 34.29 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 34.29 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 21.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2019)
- Rural population 74.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 2.4% (2025)
- Rural population 32.47 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 34.3% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.10 billion current US$ (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Production 1.34 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — yield in Afghanistan?
- Sesame seed — yield in Afghanistan was 635.9 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — yield recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 2,667 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — yield recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 466.2 kg/ha in 2019.
- How does Afghanistan rank for sesame seed — yield?
- Afghanistan ranks 48th out of 82 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — yield rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 68.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sesame seed — Yield. 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.