Sesame seed — Yield in Cambodia
Cambodia: Sesame seed — Yield was 769.2 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sesame seed — Yield in Cambodia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Cambodia recorded 769.2 kg/ha for sesame seed — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 24.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — yield in Cambodia peaked at 1,138 kg/ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 297.6 kg/ha, in 1980.
Cambodia ranks 35th 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 Cambodia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 800 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 670.9 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 1963 | 647.4 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1964 | 666.7 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1965 | 666.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 671.2 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1967 | 653.3 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1968 | 644.9 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1969 | 701.3 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1970 | 641 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1971 | 846.2 kg/ha | +32.0% |
| 1972 | 660 kg/ha | -22.0% |
| 1973 | 650 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1974 | 666.7 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1975 | 611.1 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1976 | 588.2 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1977 | 562.5 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1978 | 500 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1979 | 357.1 kg/ha | -28.6% |
| 1980 | 297.6 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 1981 | 465.8 kg/ha | +56.5% |
| 1982 | 355.5 kg/ha | -23.7% |
| 1983 | 367 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1984 | 444.4 kg/ha | +21.1% |
| 1985 | 545.5 kg/ha | +22.7% |
| 1986 | 500 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1987 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 363.6 kg/ha | -27.3% |
| 1989 | 500 kg/ha | +37.5% |
| 1990 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 461.5 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1993 | 467.8 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1994 | 444.4 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1995 | 457.8 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1996 | 470.1 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1997 | 408.8 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 1998 | 539.2 kg/ha | +31.9% |
| 1999 | 511.3 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2000 | 543.6 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2001 | 513.5 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2002 | 563.6 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2003 | 646 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 2004 | 852.4 kg/ha | +32.0% |
| 2005 | 1,138 kg/ha | +33.5% |
| 2006 | 621.1 kg/ha | -45.4% |
| 2007 | 668.2 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2008 | 760.6 kg/ha | +13.8% |
| 2009 | 799.3 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2010 | 619.4 kg/ha | -22.5% |
| 2011 | 785.9 kg/ha | +26.9% |
| 2012 | 728.8 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 2013 | 1,047 kg/ha | +43.7% |
| 2014 | 617.9 kg/ha | -41.0% |
| 2015 | 724.7 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 2016 | 932 kg/ha | +28.6% |
| 2017 | 782.4 kg/ha | -16.1% |
| 2018 | 769.2 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 716.4 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2020 | 767.4 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2021 | 777.5 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 769.2 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2023 | 769.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 769.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Cambodia compared with similar countries
- Cambodia's 769.2 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 734.6 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Cambodia's 769.2 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 688.9 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 680.27 kg/ha | 644.9 kg/ha | 800 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 608.28 kg/ha | 357.1 kg/ha | 846.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 433.94 kg/ha | 297.6 kg/ha | 545.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 476.09 kg/ha | 408.8 kg/ha | 539.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 710.64 kg/ha | 513.5 kg/ha | 1,138 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 772.37 kg/ha | 617.9 kg/ha | 1,047 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 770.5 kg/ha | 767.4 kg/ha | 777.5 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Cambodia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.49 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1611 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 462.77 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7882 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5889 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 3.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — yield in Cambodia?
- Sesame seed — yield in Cambodia was 769.2 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — yield recorded in Cambodia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,138 kg/ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — yield recorded in Cambodia?
- The lowest recorded value was 297.6 kg/ha in 1980.
- How does Cambodia rank for sesame seed — yield?
- Cambodia ranks 35th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — yield rising or falling in Cambodia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cambodia 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.