Sesame seed — Yield in Central Asia
Central Asia: Sesame seed — Yield was 1,740 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sesame seed — Yield in Central Asia, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sesame seed — yield in Central Asia stood at 1,740 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 15.4% on the previous year and up 33.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — yield in Central Asia peaked at 2,056 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 136.5 kg/ha, in 1994.
That places Central Asia 1st out of 22 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sesame seed — Yield in Central Asia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 215.9 kg/ha | — |
| 1993 | 255.9 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 1994 | 136.5 kg/ha | -46.7% |
| 1995 | 249.2 kg/ha | +82.6% |
| 1996 | 933.7 kg/ha | +274.7% |
| 1997 | 511 kg/ha | -45.3% |
| 1998 | 402.9 kg/ha | -21.2% |
| 1999 | 667.9 kg/ha | +65.8% |
| 2000 | 817.6 kg/ha | +22.4% |
| 2001 | 743 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 2002 | 946.3 kg/ha | +27.4% |
| 2003 | 731.2 kg/ha | -22.7% |
| 2004 | 560.8 kg/ha | -23.3% |
| 2005 | 565.8 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 775 kg/ha | +37.0% |
| 2007 | 764 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2008 | 422.7 kg/ha | -44.7% |
| 2009 | 1,014 kg/ha | +140.0% |
| 2010 | 1,160 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 2011 | 970.9 kg/ha | -16.3% |
| 2012 | 843.7 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 2013 | 1,225 kg/ha | +45.2% |
| 2014 | 1,306 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2015 | 795 kg/ha | -39.1% |
| 2016 | 1,087 kg/ha | +36.8% |
| 2017 | 1,251 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 2018 | 1,532 kg/ha | +22.5% |
| 2019 | 1,798 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 2020 | 1,513 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 2021 | 1,639 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2022 | 1,849 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 2023 | 2,056 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 2024 | 1,740 kg/ha | -15.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sesame seed — Yield in Central Asia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | +274.7% | 249.2 kg/ha | 933.7 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 421.62 kg/ha | 136.5 kg/ha | 933.7 kg/ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 734.09 kg/ha | 422.7 kg/ha | 1,014 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,197 kg/ha | 795 kg/ha | 1,798 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,760 kg/ha | 1,513 kg/ha | 2,056 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central Asia
- 1 Central African Republic 4,870 kg/ha compare
- 1 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1,424 kg/ha compare
- 2 Lebanon 4,796 kg/ha compare
- 2 Viet Nam 849.6 kg/ha compare
- 3 Israel 2,036 kg/ha compare
- 4 United Republic of Tanzania 744.1 kg/ha compare
- 4 Uzbekistan 1,765 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Central Asia
- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Value 1.81 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant) -0.2181 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Gross Production 3.49 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of sheep, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production Value -0.7329 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 2.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.65 % change on previous year (2024)
- Milk, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 3.77 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of chickens, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross Production 5.34 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — yield in Central Asia?
- Sesame seed — yield in Central Asia was 1,740 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — yield recorded in Central Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 2,056 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — yield recorded in Central Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 136.5 kg/ha in 1994.
- How does Central Asia rank for sesame seed — yield?
- Central Asia ranks 1st out of 22 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — yield rising or falling in Central Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Central 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.