Sesame seed — Yield in Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo: Sesame seed — Yield was 425.1 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sesame seed — Yield in Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Democratic Republic of the Congo recorded 425.1 kg/ha for sesame seed — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.4% on the previous year and down 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — yield in Democratic Republic of the Congo peaked at 550 kg/ha in 1989 and was at its lowest, 273.8 kg/ha, in 1978.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sesame seed — Yield in Democratic Republic of the Congo, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 342.3 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 444.8 kg/ha | +29.9% |
| 1963 | 319 kg/ha | -28.3% |
| 1964 | 336.2 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1965 | 443.2 kg/ha | +31.8% |
| 1966 | 411.9 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1967 | 436.7 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1968 | 450 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1969 | 454.5 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1970 | 456 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1971 | 444.4 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1972 | 451.9 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1973 | 446.6 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1974 | 459.5 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1975 | 442.5 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1976 | 442.1 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1977 | 410.3 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1978 | 273.8 kg/ha | -33.3% |
| 1979 | 450 kg/ha | +64.4% |
| 1980 | 451 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1981 | 447.6 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1982 | 444.4 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1983 | 446.4 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1984 | 452.2 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1985 | 453 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1986 | 450.5 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1987 | 450.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 547.7 kg/ha | +21.5% |
| 1989 | 550 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 500 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1991 | 504.5 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 501.2 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1993 | 501.4 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 506 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1995 | 500 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1996 | 513.1 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1997 | 521 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1998 | 529 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1999 | 519.6 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2000 | 506 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2001 | 530.1 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2002 | 450 kg/ha | -15.1% |
| 2003 | 450 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 450 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 450 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 450 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 450 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 450 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 450 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 447.7 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2011 | 448.2 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 447.3 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 445 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2014 | 442.9 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2015 | 443.5 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 439.8 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2017 | 435.6 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 432.3 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 429.4 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2020 | 426.2 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2021 | 427.6 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 428.1 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 426.6 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 425.1 kg/ha | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 404.29 kg/ha | 319 kg/ha | 454.5 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 427.71 kg/ha | 273.8 kg/ha | 459.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 469.34 kg/ha | 444.4 kg/ha | 550 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 509.58 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 529 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 463.61 kg/ha | 450 kg/ha | 530.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 441.17 kg/ha | 429.4 kg/ha | 448.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 426.72 kg/ha | 425.1 kg/ha | 428.1 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — yield in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Sesame seed — yield in Democratic Republic of the Congo was 425.1 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — yield recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The highest recorded value was 550 kg/ha in 1989.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — yield recorded in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- The lowest recorded value was 273.8 kg/ha in 1978.
- How does Democratic Republic of the Congo rank for sesame seed — yield?
- Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 12th out of 13 regions with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — yield rising or falling in Democratic Republic of the Congo?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Democratic Republic of the 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.