Sesame seed — Yield in Ecuador
Ecuador: Sesame seed — Yield was 804.7 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sesame seed — Yield in Ecuador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Ecuador recorded 804.7 kg/ha for sesame seed — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — yield in Ecuador peaked at 4,333 kg/ha in 1995 and was at its lowest, 15.8 kg/ha, in 1994.
That places Ecuador 30th out of 72 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sesame seed — Yield in Ecuador, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,134 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,048 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 1963 | 1,003 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1964 | 964.8 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1965 | 752.3 kg/ha | -22.0% |
| 1966 | 891.6 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 1967 | 686.1 kg/ha | -23.0% |
| 1968 | 665.7 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1969 | 758.3 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 1970 | 837.1 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 1971 | 957 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 1972 | 700.9 kg/ha | -26.8% |
| 1973 | 893 kg/ha | +27.4% |
| 1974 | 865.5 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1975 | 899.9 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1976 | 900.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 486.6 kg/ha | -45.9% |
| 1978 | 567.5 kg/ha | +16.6% |
| 1979 | 542.2 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1980 | 560 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1981 | 550 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1982 | 453.3 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 1983 | 520 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 1984 | 416.7 kg/ha | -19.9% |
| 1985 | 371.4 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 1986 | 454.3 kg/ha | +22.3% |
| 1987 | 455 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1988 | 750 kg/ha | +64.8% |
| 1989 | 550 kg/ha | -26.7% |
| 1990 | 888.9 kg/ha | +61.6% |
| 1991 | 787.5 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 1992 | 345.5 kg/ha | -56.1% |
| 1993 | 340.9 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1994 | 15.8 kg/ha | -95.4% |
| 1995 | 4,333 kg/ha | +27325.9% |
| 1996 | 500 kg/ha | -88.5% |
| 1997 | 540 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1998 | 663.6 kg/ha | +22.9% |
| 1999 | 550 kg/ha | -17.1% |
| 2000 | 560 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 550 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2002 | 771.4 kg/ha | +40.3% |
| 2003 | 777.8 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 878.8 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 2005 | 866.7 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2006 | 785.7 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 2007 | 785.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 793.1 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 757.6 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2010 | 787.4 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2011 | 800.5 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2012 | 797.4 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2013 | 796 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2014 | 801.5 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 809.9 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 802.3 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2017 | 804.5 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 805.5 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 804.1 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 804.7 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 804.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 804.5 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 804.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 804.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Ecuador compared with similar countries
- Ecuador's 804.7 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 804.7 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Ecuador's 804.7 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 713.75 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sesame seed — Yield in Ecuador 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | +27325.9% | 15.8 kg/ha | 4,333 kg/ha |
| 1994 | -95.4% | 340.9 kg/ha | 15.8 kg/ha |
| 1996 | -88.5% | 4,333 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha |
| 1988 | +64.8% | 455 kg/ha | 750 kg/ha |
| 1990 | +61.6% | 550 kg/ha | 888.9 kg/ha |
| 1992 | -56.1% | 787.5 kg/ha | 345.5 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 878.21 kg/ha | 665.7 kg/ha | 1,134 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 764.99 kg/ha | 486.6 kg/ha | 957 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 508.07 kg/ha | 371.4 kg/ha | 750 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 896.55 kg/ha | 15.8 kg/ha | 4,333 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 752.68 kg/ha | 550 kg/ha | 878.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 800.91 kg/ha | 787.4 kg/ha | 809.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 804.68 kg/ha | 804.5 kg/ha | 804.8 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Ecuador
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.097 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 691.36 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4287 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3661 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 9.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 9.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 3.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — yield in Ecuador?
- Sesame seed — yield in Ecuador was 804.7 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — yield recorded in Ecuador?
- The highest recorded value was 4,333 kg/ha in 1995.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — yield recorded in Ecuador?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.8 kg/ha in 1994.
- How does Ecuador rank for sesame seed — yield?
- Ecuador ranks 30th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — yield rising or falling in Ecuador?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Ecuador 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.