Sesame seed — Yield in Asia
Asia: Sesame seed — Yield was 605.2 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sesame seed — Yield in Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Asia recorded 605.2 kg/ha for sesame seed — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 4.1% on the previous year and down 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — yield in Asia peaked at 635.9 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 217.6 kg/ha, in 1961.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sesame seed — Yield in Asia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 217.6 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 247.4 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 1963 | 239.6 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1964 | 254 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1965 | 225.8 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1966 | 219.5 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1967 | 240.2 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1968 | 242.4 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1969 | 258.1 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1970 | 280.6 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1971 | 256.6 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1972 | 237.3 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1973 | 259.9 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1974 | 247.3 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1975 | 263.2 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1976 | 255.4 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1977 | 270 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1978 | 290.7 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1979 | 257.8 kg/ha | -11.3% |
| 1980 | 239 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1981 | 325.8 kg/ha | +36.3% |
| 1982 | 296.3 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1983 | 308.1 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1984 | 343.9 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 1985 | 358.2 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1986 | 338.8 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1987 | 361.4 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1988 | 357.3 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1989 | 352.4 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1990 | 386.9 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1991 | 342.4 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1992 | 408.8 kg/ha | +19.4% |
| 1993 | 367.5 kg/ha | -10.1% |
| 1994 | 397.9 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1995 | 436.8 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1996 | 447.6 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1997 | 483.1 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1998 | 483.4 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1999 | 470.5 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2000 | 471 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2001 | 521.2 kg/ha | +10.7% |
| 2002 | 507.1 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2003 | 497.9 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2004 | 509.8 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2005 | 521.4 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 535.5 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2007 | 555.4 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2008 | 571.5 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2009 | 523 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 2010 | 573.5 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 2011 | 603.5 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2012 | 603.1 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 618.8 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 635.9 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 569.3 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 2016 | 585.1 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 594.6 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2018 | 598 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 562.9 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 2020 | 579.1 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2021 | 594.8 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 578.9 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2023 | 631.1 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 2024 | 605.2 kg/ha | -4.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 238.29 kg/ha | 217.6 kg/ha | 258.1 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 261.88 kg/ha | 237.3 kg/ha | 290.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 328.12 kg/ha | 239 kg/ha | 361.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 422.49 kg/ha | 342.4 kg/ha | 483.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 521.38 kg/ha | 471 kg/ha | 571.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 594.47 kg/ha | 562.9 kg/ha | 635.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 597.82 kg/ha | 578.9 kg/ha | 631.1 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Asia
- 5 Italy 1,677 kg/ha compare
- 5 Syrian Arab Republic 743.3 kg/ha compare
- 6 Tajikistan 1,568 kg/ha compare
- 6 Türkiye 707.6 kg/ha compare
- 7 China, mainland 1,520 kg/ha compare
- 7 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 690.5 kg/ha compare
- 8 China 1,516 kg/ha compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 561.2 kg/ha compare
- 9 Nigeria 1,286 kg/ha compare
- 10 Cameroon 1,250 kg/ha compare
- 11 Jordan 1,235 kg/ha compare
- 11 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 434.4 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — yield in Asia?
- Sesame seed — yield in Asia was 605.2 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — yield recorded in Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 635.9 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — yield recorded in Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 217.6 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Asia rank for sesame seed — yield?
- Asia ranks 8th out of 13 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — yield rising or falling in Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Asia 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.