Sesame seed — Yield in Egypt
Egypt: Sesame seed — Yield was 965.5 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sesame seed — Yield in Egypt, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Egypt recorded 965.5 kg/ha for sesame seed — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.8% on the previous year and down 29.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — yield in Egypt peaked at 1,389 kg/ha in 1973 and was at its lowest, 870.2 kg/ha, in 1967.
Egypt ranks 21st of 72 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sesame seed — Yield in Egypt, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 929.4 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 970 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1963 | 1,031 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1964 | 992 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1965 | 1,031 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1966 | 884.6 kg/ha | -14.2% |
| 1967 | 870.2 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1968 | 991.9 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 1969 | 1,088 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1970 | 1,161 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1971 | 1,198 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1972 | 1,360 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 1973 | 1,389 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1974 | 1,221 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1975 | 1,226 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1976 | 1,006 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 1977 | 1,053 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1978 | 939.9 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1979 | 1,027 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1980 | 981 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1981 | 980.6 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1982 | 1,038 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1983 | 1,009 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1984 | 1,007 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1985 | 974 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1986 | 1,081 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1987 | 1,149 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1988 | 1,149 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,143 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1990 | 1,247 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1991 | 1,253 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 1,240 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1993 | 1,292 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1994 | 1,125 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 1995 | 1,071 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1996 | 1,167 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1997 | 1,207 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1998 | 1,174 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1999 | 1,184 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2000 | 1,211 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 1,222 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2002 | 1,215 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 1,222 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2004 | 1,263 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2005 | 1,305 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2006 | 1,308 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 1,317 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2008 | 1,307 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2009 | 1,206 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2010 | 1,250 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2011 | 1,316 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2012 | 1,304 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 1,308 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 1,373 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2015 | 1,361 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2016 | 1,378 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2017 | 1,365 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2018 | 1,249 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 2019 | 1,242 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 1,358 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2021 | 1,377 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 1,280 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2023 | 1,059 kg/ha | -17.3% |
| 2024 | 965.5 kg/ha | -8.8% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 965.5 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 734.6 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 965.5 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,000 kg/ha, 97% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 976.54 kg/ha | 870.2 kg/ha | 1,088 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,158 kg/ha | 939.9 kg/ha | 1,389 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,051 kg/ha | 974 kg/ha | 1,149 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,196 kg/ha | 1,071 kg/ha | 1,292 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,258 kg/ha | 1,206 kg/ha | 1,317 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,315 kg/ha | 1,242 kg/ha | 1,378 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,208 kg/ha | 965.5 kg/ha | 1,377 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Egypt
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1655 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 510.76 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.571 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — yield in Egypt?
- Sesame seed — yield in Egypt was 965.5 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — yield recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 1,389 kg/ha in 1973.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — yield recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 870.2 kg/ha in 1967.
- How does Egypt rank for sesame seed — yield?
- Egypt ranks 21st out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — yield rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt 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.