Sesame seed — Yield in Congo
Congo: Sesame seed — Yield was 452.9 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sesame seed — Yield in Congo, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sesame seed — yield in Congo stood at 452.9 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and down 2.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — yield in Congo peaked at 515.5 kg/ha in 2006 and was at its lowest, 333.3 kg/ha, in 1968.
Congo ranks 60th of 72 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sesame seed — Yield in Congo, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 357.1 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 357.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 357.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 357.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 357.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 357.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 357.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 333.3 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1969 | 333.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 333.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 333.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 333.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 333.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 399 kg/ha | +19.7% |
| 1975 | 398.6 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1976 | 398.3 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1977 | 408.2 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1978 | 420 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1979 | 431.4 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1980 | 442.3 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1981 | 452.8 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1982 | 462.3 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1983 | 471.7 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1984 | 471.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 471.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 481.1 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1987 | 490.6 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1988 | 500 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1989 | 509.4 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1990 | 483.2 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1991 | 482.1 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1992 | 488.5 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 492.7 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 500 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1995 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 491.5 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1998 | 500 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1999 | 496.1 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 498.3 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 500.6 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 502.8 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2003 | 507.2 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2004 | 502.9 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2005 | 502.2 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 515.5 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2007 | 505.9 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2008 | 498.4 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2009 | 490.3 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2010 | 500 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2011 | 465.9 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 2012 | 416.7 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 2013 | 443.5 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2014 | 462.1 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2015 | 452.7 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2016 | 458.7 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 460.5 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 458.1 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 456.4 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 456.1 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 456.4 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 455.2 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2023 | 454 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 452.9 kg/ha | -0.2% |
Congo compared with similar countries
- Congo's 452.9 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 734.6 kg/ha, 62% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Congo's 452.9 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 509.3 kg/ha, 89% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 351.81 kg/ha | 333.3 kg/ha | 357.1 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 378.87 kg/ha | 333.3 kg/ha | 431.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 475.36 kg/ha | 442.3 kg/ha | 509.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 493.41 kg/ha | 482.1 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 502.41 kg/ha | 490.3 kg/ha | 515.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 457.46 kg/ha | 416.7 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 454.92 kg/ha | 452.9 kg/ha | 456.4 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Congo
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 11.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1011 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 254.21 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3588 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 10.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 10.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.4% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — yield in Congo?
- Sesame seed — yield in Congo was 452.9 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — yield recorded in Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 515.5 kg/ha in 2006.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — yield recorded in Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 333.3 kg/ha in 1968.
- How does Congo rank for sesame seed — yield?
- Congo ranks 60th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — yield rising or falling in Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Congo 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.