Sesame seed — Yield in Benin
Benin: Sesame seed — Yield was 833.3 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sesame seed — Yield in Benin, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sesame seed — yield in Benin stood at 833.3 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — yield in Benin peaked at 909.1 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 200 kg/ha, in 1961.
Benin ranks 29th 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 Benin, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 200 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 210 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1963 | 220 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1964 | 230 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1965 | 240 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1966 | 250 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1967 | 266.7 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1968 | 275 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1969 | 250 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1970 | 258.8 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1971 | 270.5 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1972 | 272.3 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1973 | 240.4 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1974 | 236 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1975 | 250 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1976 | 232 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1977 | 250 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1978 | 250 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 250 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 400 kg/ha | +60.0% |
| 1981 | 500 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 1982 | 373.3 kg/ha | -25.3% |
| 1983 | 437.3 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 1984 | 558.9 kg/ha | +27.8% |
| 1985 | 435.6 kg/ha | -22.1% |
| 1986 | 424.5 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1987 | 370.4 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 1988 | 552.3 kg/ha | +49.1% |
| 1989 | 496.8 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1990 | 567.5 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 1991 | 538.3 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1992 | 553.5 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1993 | 590.5 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1994 | 613.1 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1995 | 629.5 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1996 | 604.6 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1997 | 577.1 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1998 | 660.7 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 1999 | 534.7 kg/ha | -19.1% |
| 2000 | 641.9 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 2001 | 654.5 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 789.9 kg/ha | +20.7% |
| 2003 | 654 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 2004 | 633 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2005 | 796.2 kg/ha | +25.8% |
| 2006 | 739.7 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2007 | 833.3 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 2008 | 785.7 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2009 | 692.3 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 2010 | 714.3 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2011 | 714.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 758 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2013 | 625 kg/ha | -17.5% |
| 2014 | 909.1 kg/ha | +45.5% |
| 2015 | 833.3 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2016 | 909.1 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2017 | 909.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 833.3 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2019 | 833.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 833.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 833.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 833.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 833.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 833.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Benin compared with similar countries
- Benin's 833.3 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 734.6 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Benin's 833.3 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 509.3 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sesame seed — Yield in Benin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | +60.0% | 250 kg/ha | 400 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 237.97 kg/ha | 200 kg/ha | 275 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 251 kg/ha | 232 kg/ha | 272.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 454.91 kg/ha | 370.4 kg/ha | 558.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 586.95 kg/ha | 534.7 kg/ha | 660.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 722.05 kg/ha | 633 kg/ha | 833.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 803.88 kg/ha | 625 kg/ha | 909.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 833.3 kg/ha | 833.3 kg/ha | 833.3 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Benin
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 8.16 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2292 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 380.06 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.6697 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4664 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 22.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 22.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 52.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — yield in Benin?
- Sesame seed — yield in Benin was 833.3 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — yield recorded in Benin?
- The highest recorded value was 909.1 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — yield recorded in Benin?
- The lowest recorded value was 200 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Benin rank for sesame seed — yield?
- Benin ranks 29th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — yield rising or falling in Benin?
- Over the last ten years it is down 8.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Benin 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.