Sesame seed — Yield in Angola
Angola: Sesame seed — Yield was 259.4 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sesame seed — Yield in Angola, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sesame seed — yield in Angola stood at 259.4 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and down 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — yield in Angola peaked at 500 kg/ha in 1970 and was at its lowest, 250 kg/ha, in 1969.
Angola ranks 67th of 72 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sesame seed — Yield in Angola, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 266.7 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 266.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 300 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1964 | 428.6 kg/ha | +42.9% |
| 1965 | 357.1 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1966 | 400 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 1967 | 342.9 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 1968 | 333.3 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1969 | 250 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 1970 | 500 kg/ha | +100.0% |
| 1971 | 333.3 kg/ha | -33.3% |
| 1972 | 333.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 333.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 333.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 333.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 333.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 357.1 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1978 | 285.7 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 1979 | 285.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 285.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 285.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 285.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 285.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 285.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 285.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 285.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 285.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 285.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 285.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 281.5 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1991 | 261.2 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1992 | 261.9 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 265.3 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 263.8 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1995 | 261.5 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1996 | 269.4 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1997 | 279.4 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1998 | 285.7 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1999 | 261.5 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 2000 | 264.1 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 261.8 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 260.5 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 260 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 253.1 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2005 | 268 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2006 | 282.1 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2007 | 276.5 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 274.7 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 272.9 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 270.3 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 272.7 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 250 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2013 | 250 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 260.9 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2015 | 263.4 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 258.1 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2017 | 261.1 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 260.4 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 260.9 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 261.8 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 260.5 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2022 | 260 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 259.7 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 259.4 kg/ha | -0.1% |
Angola compared with similar countries
- Angola's 259.4 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 734.6 kg/ha, 35% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Angola's 259.4 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 509.3 kg/ha, 51% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sesame seed — Yield in Angola changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | +100.0% | 250 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha |
| 1964 | +42.9% | 300 kg/ha | 428.6 kg/ha |
| 1971 | -33.3% | 500 kg/ha | 333.3 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 327.26 kg/ha | 250 kg/ha | 428.6 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 342.83 kg/ha | 285.7 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 285.7 kg/ha | 285.7 kg/ha | 285.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 269.12 kg/ha | 261.2 kg/ha | 285.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 267.37 kg/ha | 253.1 kg/ha | 282.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 260.78 kg/ha | 250 kg/ha | 272.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 260.28 kg/ha | 259.4 kg/ha | 261.8 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Angola
- 64 South Sudan 290.3 kg/ha compare
- 65 Sudan 279.2 kg/ha compare
- 66 Haiti 264.8 kg/ha compare
- 68 Sudan (former) 244.9 kg/ha compare
- 69 Guinea 238 kg/ha compare
- 70 Yugoslav SFR 200 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Angola
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 38.81 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2524 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 789.91 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2141 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2854 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 25.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 25.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — yield in Angola?
- Sesame seed — yield in Angola was 259.4 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — yield recorded in Angola?
- The highest recorded value was 500 kg/ha in 1970.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — yield recorded in Angola?
- The lowest recorded value was 250 kg/ha in 1969.
- How does Angola rank for sesame seed — yield?
- Angola ranks 67th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — yield rising or falling in Angola?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Angola 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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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.