Sesame seed — Yield in Ethiopia
Ethiopia: Sesame seed — Yield was 716.1 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sesame seed — Yield in Ethiopia, 1993–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sesame seed — yield in Ethiopia is 716.1 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.7% on the previous year and up 2.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — yield in Ethiopia peaked at 1,005 kg/ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 409.4 kg/ha, in 2000.
That places Ethiopia 36th out of 72 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Sesame seed — Yield in Ethiopia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 695.3 kg/ha | — |
| 1994 | 699.7 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 741.9 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1996 | 735.3 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1997 | 714.3 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1998 | 552.4 kg/ha | -22.7% |
| 1999 | 549 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 409.4 kg/ha | -25.4% |
| 2001 | 445.6 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 2002 | 661.8 kg/ha | +48.5% |
| 2003 | 677.4 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 671.5 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2005 | 847.1 kg/ha | +26.2% |
| 2006 | 725.6 kg/ha | -14.3% |
| 2007 | 707 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2008 | 1,005 kg/ha | +42.1% |
| 2009 | 824.9 kg/ha | -17.9% |
| 2010 | 831.4 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 827.5 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 718.6 kg/ha | -13.2% |
| 2013 | 745.3 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2014 | 700.7 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2015 | 666.7 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 2016 | 727.1 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 2017 | 792.1 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2018 | 756.6 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2019 | 768.5 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2020 | 756.7 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2021 | 754.1 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 739 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 751.1 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2024 | 716.1 kg/ha | -4.7% |
Ethiopia compared with similar countries
- Ethiopia's 716.1 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 566.5 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Ethiopia's 716.1 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 509.3 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sesame seed — Yield in Ethiopia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | +48.5% | 445.6 kg/ha | 661.8 kg/ha |
| 2008 | +42.1% | 707 kg/ha | 1,005 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 669.7 kg/ha | 549 kg/ha | 741.9 kg/ha | 7 |
| 2000s | 697.49 kg/ha | 409.4 kg/ha | 1,005 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 753.45 kg/ha | 666.7 kg/ha | 831.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 743.4 kg/ha | 716.1 kg/ha | 756.7 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Ethiopia
More agriculture & rural data for Ethiopia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -20.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3282 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 306.11 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.93 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0008 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7589 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 32.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 32.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 9.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — yield in Ethiopia?
- Sesame seed — yield in Ethiopia was 716.1 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — yield recorded in Ethiopia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,005 kg/ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — yield recorded in Ethiopia?
- The lowest recorded value was 409.4 kg/ha in 2000.
- How does Ethiopia rank for sesame seed — yield?
- Ethiopia ranks 36th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — yield rising or falling in Ethiopia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ethiopia 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.