Sesame seed — Yield in Brazil
Brazil: Sesame seed — Yield was 656.9 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sesame seed — Yield in Brazil, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Brazil recorded 656.9 kg/ha for sesame seed — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 20.0% on the previous year and down 6.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — yield in Brazil peaked at 773.6 kg/ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 395.8 kg/ha, in 2020.
That places Brazil 40th out of 72 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Brazil, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 576.9 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 562.5 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1963 | 576.9 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1964 | 576.9 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 583.3 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1966 | 588.2 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1967 | 574.7 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1968 | 588.2 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1969 | 576.9 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1970 | 571.4 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1971 | 583.3 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1972 | 555.6 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1973 | 555.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 555.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 555.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 555.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 555.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 600 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1979 | 600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 571.4 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1989 | 600 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1990 | 600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 650 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1993 | 619 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1994 | 590.9 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1995 | 590.9 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 590.9 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 590.9 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 590.9 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 625 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2000 | 625 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 625 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 625 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 625 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 625 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 640 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 640 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 636.4 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 700 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 2009 | 666.7 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 2010 | 625 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2011 | 666.7 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2012 | 600 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 2013 | 666.7 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2014 | 700 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2015 | 750 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2016 | 740.7 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2017 | 750 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 773.6 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2019 | 548.6 kg/ha | -29.1% |
| 2020 | 395.8 kg/ha | -27.9% |
| 2021 | 535 kg/ha | +35.2% |
| 2022 | 482.3 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 2023 | 547.5 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 2024 | 656.9 kg/ha | +20.0% |
Brazil compared with similar countries
- Brazil's 656.9 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 804.7 kg/ha, 82% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Brazil's 656.9 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 713.75 kg/ha, 92% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sesame seed — Yield in Brazil 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +35.2% | 395.8 kg/ha | 535 kg/ha |
| 2019 | -29.1% | 773.6 kg/ha | 548.6 kg/ha |
| 2020 | -27.9% | 548.6 kg/ha | 395.8 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 578.28 kg/ha | 562.5 kg/ha | 588.2 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 568.83 kg/ha | 555.6 kg/ha | 600 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 597.14 kg/ha | 571.4 kg/ha | 600 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 604.85 kg/ha | 590.9 kg/ha | 650 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 640.81 kg/ha | 625 kg/ha | 700 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 682.13 kg/ha | 548.6 kg/ha | 773.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 523.5 kg/ha | 395.8 kg/ha | 656.9 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Brazil
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0609 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 652.04 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.95 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1182 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — yield in Brazil?
- Sesame seed — yield in Brazil was 656.9 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — yield recorded in Brazil?
- The highest recorded value was 773.6 kg/ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — yield recorded in Brazil?
- The lowest recorded value was 395.8 kg/ha in 2020.
- How does Brazil rank for sesame seed — yield?
- Brazil ranks 40th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — yield rising or falling in Brazil?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Brazil 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.