Sesame seed — Yield in China, mainland
China, mainland: Sesame seed — Yield was 1,520 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sesame seed — Yield in China, mainland, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
China, mainland recorded 1,520 kg/ha for sesame seed — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.1% on the previous year and up 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — yield in China, mainland peaked at 1,651 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 291.6 kg/ha, in 1961.
China, mainland ranks 6th of 82 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 382.8 kg/ha | 291.6 kg/ha | 449.2 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 447.6 kg/ha | 390.2 kg/ha | 505 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 522.82 kg/ha | 334.2 kg/ha | 657.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 856.01 kg/ha | 641.6 kg/ha | 1,066 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,118 kg/ha | 863.2 kg/ha | 1,307 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,452 kg/ha | 1,067 kg/ha | 1,651 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,584 kg/ha | 1,520 kg/ha | 1,620 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near China, mainland
- 3 Uzbekistan 1,765 kg/ha compare
- 4 Italy 1,677 kg/ha compare
- 5 Tajikistan 1,568 kg/ha compare
- 7 China 1,516 kg/ha compare
- 8 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1,424 kg/ha compare
- 9 Nigeria 1,286 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for China, mainland
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 427.43 million An (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 310,093 ha (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 81 kg/An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 57.06 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 702.56 million An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 1.09 million ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 56,478 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 61.61 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 1.03 million ha (2024)
- Bananas — Production 11.76 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — yield in China, mainland?
- Sesame seed — yield in China, mainland was 1,520 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — yield recorded in China, mainland?
- The highest recorded value was 1,651 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — yield recorded in China, mainland?
- The lowest recorded value was 291.6 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does China, mainland rank for sesame seed — yield?
- China, mainland ranks 6th out of 82 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — yield rising or falling in China, mainland?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this China, mainland 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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About this data
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.