Sesame seed — Yield in Europe
Europe: Sesame seed — Yield was 1,016 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sesame seed — Yield in Europe, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Europe recorded 1,016 kg/ha for sesame seed — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.1% on the previous year and down 9.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — yield in Europe peaked at 1,322 kg/ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 256.8 kg/ha, in 1962.
Europe ranks 5th of 22 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sesame seed — Yield in Europe, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 284 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 256.8 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1963 | 351.6 kg/ha | +36.9% |
| 1964 | 344.9 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1965 | 354.9 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1966 | 329.8 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1967 | 362.6 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 1968 | 284.4 kg/ha | -21.6% |
| 1969 | 281.1 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1970 | 356.1 kg/ha | +26.7% |
| 1971 | 357.9 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1972 | 353 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1973 | 344.1 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1974 | 352.9 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1975 | 359 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1976 | 272 kg/ha | -24.2% |
| 1977 | 304.4 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1978 | 315.9 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1979 | 364.2 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 1980 | 432.2 kg/ha | +18.7% |
| 1981 | 619.9 kg/ha | +43.4% |
| 1982 | 568.1 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1983 | 547.5 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1984 | 611.3 kg/ha | +11.7% |
| 1985 | 929.9 kg/ha | +52.1% |
| 1986 | 643.8 kg/ha | -30.8% |
| 1987 | 572.6 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1988 | 802.3 kg/ha | +40.1% |
| 1989 | 699.2 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 1990 | 863.8 kg/ha | +23.5% |
| 1991 | 695.1 kg/ha | -19.5% |
| 1992 | 814.8 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 1993 | 829.2 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1994 | 821.7 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 874.6 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1996 | 895.8 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1997 | 584.2 kg/ha | -34.8% |
| 1998 | 770.5 kg/ha | +31.9% |
| 1999 | 749.2 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2000 | 877.9 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 2001 | 1,072 kg/ha | +22.1% |
| 2002 | 841.7 kg/ha | -21.5% |
| 2003 | 982.9 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 2004 | 980.9 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 825.8 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 2006 | 824.9 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2007 | 687 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 2008 | 861.4 kg/ha | +25.4% |
| 2009 | 931.2 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2010 | 1,001 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2011 | 1,065 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2012 | 1,133 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 2013 | 1,322 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 2014 | 1,124 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 2015 | 1,257 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 2016 | 1,225 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2017 | 1,065 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 2018 | 1,085 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2019 | 1,075 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 1,014 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2021 | 1,027 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 1,006 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2023 | 1,016 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 1,016 kg/ha | +0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 316.68 kg/ha | 256.8 kg/ha | 362.6 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 337.95 kg/ha | 272 kg/ha | 364.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 642.68 kg/ha | 432.2 kg/ha | 929.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 789.89 kg/ha | 584.2 kg/ha | 895.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 888.57 kg/ha | 687 kg/ha | 1,072 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,135 kg/ha | 1,001 kg/ha | 1,322 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,016 kg/ha | 1,006 kg/ha | 1,027 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Europe
- 2 Lebanon 4,796 kg/ha compare
- 2 Viet Nam 849.6 kg/ha compare
- 3 Israel 2,036 kg/ha compare
- 4 United Republic of Tanzania 744.1 kg/ha compare
- 4 Uzbekistan 1,765 kg/ha compare
- 5 Italy 1,677 kg/ha compare
- 5 Syrian Arab Republic 743.3 kg/ha compare
- 6 Tajikistan 1,568 kg/ha compare
- 6 Türkiye 707.6 kg/ha compare
- 7 China, mainland 1,520 kg/ha compare
- 7 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 690.5 kg/ha compare
- 8 China 1,516 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — yield in Europe?
- Sesame seed — yield in Europe was 1,016 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — yield recorded in Europe?
- The highest recorded value was 1,322 kg/ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — yield recorded in Europe?
- The lowest recorded value was 256.8 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Europe rank for sesame seed — yield?
- Europe ranks 5th out of 22 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — yield rising or falling in Europe?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Europe 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.