Sesame seed — Yield in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Sesame seed — Yield was 976 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sesame seed — Yield in Bangladesh, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Bangladesh recorded 976 kg/ha for sesame seed — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 9.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — yield in Bangladesh peaked at 1,277 kg/ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 438.4 kg/ha, in 1964.
Bangladesh ranks 20th of 72 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sesame seed — Yield in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 459.7 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 498.3 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1963 | 486.5 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1964 | 438.4 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 1965 | 485.9 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1966 | 545.8 kg/ha | +12.3% |
| 1967 | 584.3 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1968 | 594.3 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1969 | 607.6 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1970 | 610.2 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1971 | 609.8 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 542.1 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1973 | 584.6 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1974 | 557 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1975 | 531.8 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1976 | 538 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1977 | 546.3 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1978 | 650 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 1979 | 526.3 kg/ha | -19.0% |
| 1980 | 533.3 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1981 | 550 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1982 | 580 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1983 | 553.7 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1984 | 540.5 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1985 | 583.9 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1986 | 580.2 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1987 | 598 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1988 | 555.2 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1989 | 570.6 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1990 | 585 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1991 | 561.3 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1992 | 599.6 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1993 | 880.1 kg/ha | +46.8% |
| 1994 | 607.3 kg/ha | -31.0% |
| 1995 | 619.3 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1996 | 578.9 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1997 | 613.7 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1998 | 615.5 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 589.8 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2000 | 597.8 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2001 | 597.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 641 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2003 | 653.8 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 956.3 kg/ha | +46.3% |
| 2005 | 1,277 kg/ha | +33.5% |
| 2006 | 809.6 kg/ha | -36.6% |
| 2007 | 806.5 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2008 | 864.2 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2009 | 908.7 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2010 | 888.9 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2011 | 891.9 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 899 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 907.8 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 889 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 936.1 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2016 | 915.7 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2017 | 906.2 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 927.9 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 924.2 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 944.4 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 934.7 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 939.9 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 966.7 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2024 | 976 kg/ha | +1.0% |
Bangladesh compared with similar countries
- Bangladesh's 976 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 734.6 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sesame seed — Yield in Bangladesh 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | +46.8% | 599.6 kg/ha | 880.1 kg/ha |
| 2004 | +46.3% | 653.8 kg/ha | 956.3 kg/ha |
| 2006 | -36.6% | 1,277 kg/ha | 809.6 kg/ha |
| 1994 | -31.0% | 880.1 kg/ha | 607.3 kg/ha |
| 2005 | +33.5% | 956.3 kg/ha | 1,277 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 522.31 kg/ha | 438.4 kg/ha | 607.6 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 569.61 kg/ha | 526.3 kg/ha | 650 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 564.54 kg/ha | 533.3 kg/ha | 598 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 625.05 kg/ha | 561.3 kg/ha | 880.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 811.26 kg/ha | 597.8 kg/ha | 1,277 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 908.67 kg/ha | 888.9 kg/ha | 936.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 952.34 kg/ha | 934.7 kg/ha | 976 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
More agriculture & rural data for Bangladesh
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.73 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1142 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 296.72 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6676 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 11.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 11.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 6.0% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — yield in Bangladesh?
- Sesame seed — yield in Bangladesh was 976 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — yield recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 1,277 kg/ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — yield recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 438.4 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does Bangladesh rank for sesame seed — yield?
- Bangladesh ranks 20th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — yield rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bangladesh 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.