Sesame seed — Yield in Gambia
Gambia: Sesame seed — Yield was 1,147 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sesame seed — Yield in Gambia, 1990–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sesame seed — yield in Gambia stood at 1,147 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of up 7.4% on the previous year and up 205.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — yield in Gambia peaked at 1,147 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 138.9 kg/ha, in 2010.
Gambia ranks 14th of 72 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sesame seed — Yield in Gambia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 200 kg/ha | — |
| 1991 | 209.3 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1992 | 214.9 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1993 | 220.2 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1994 | 225 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1995 | 226.2 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1996 | 199.7 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1997 | 200 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 300 kg/ha | +50.0% |
| 1999 | 300 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 301.4 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2001 | 322.9 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2002 | 328.6 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2003 | 315.5 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2004 | 315.1 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 316.2 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 318.1 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2007 | 309.9 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2008 | 352.1 kg/ha | +13.6% |
| 2009 | 227.9 kg/ha | -35.3% |
| 2010 | 138.9 kg/ha | -39.1% |
| 2011 | 341.9 kg/ha | +146.1% |
| 2012 | 366.5 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2013 | 321.7 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 2014 | 375.6 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 2015 | 673.4 kg/ha | +79.3% |
| 2016 | 514.8 kg/ha | -23.6% |
| 2017 | 238.7 kg/ha | -53.6% |
| 2018 | 182.2 kg/ha | -23.7% |
| 2019 | 540.9 kg/ha | +196.9% |
| 2020 | 735.6 kg/ha | +36.0% |
| 2021 | 840.5 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 2022 | 948.4 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 2023 | 1,067 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 2024 | 1,147 kg/ha | +7.4% |
Gambia compared with similar countries
- Gambia's 1,147 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 566.5 kg/ha, 2.0× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Gambia's 1,147 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 509.3 kg/ha, 2.3× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sesame seed — Yield in Gambia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | +196.9% | 182.2 kg/ha | 540.9 kg/ha |
| 2011 | +146.1% | 138.9 kg/ha | 341.9 kg/ha |
| 2015 | +79.3% | 375.6 kg/ha | 673.4 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 229.53 kg/ha | 199.7 kg/ha | 300 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 310.77 kg/ha | 227.9 kg/ha | 352.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 369.46 kg/ha | 138.9 kg/ha | 673.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 947.76 kg/ha | 735.6 kg/ha | 1,147 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Gambia
- 11 Jordan 1,235 kg/ha compare
- 11 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 434.4 kg/ha compare
- 12 Democratic Republic of the Congo 425.1 kg/ha compare
- 12 Iraq 1,229 kg/ha compare
- 13 Saudi Arabia 1,216 kg/ha compare
- 15 USSR 1,122 kg/ha
- 16 North Macedonia 1,016 kg/ha compare
- 17 Yemen 1,000 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Gambia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 25.87 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2385 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 219.17 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2766 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3501 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.8% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 23.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — yield in Gambia?
- Sesame seed — yield in Gambia was 1,147 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — yield recorded in Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,147 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — yield recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 138.9 kg/ha in 2010.
- How does Gambia rank for sesame seed — yield?
- Gambia ranks 14th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — yield rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 205.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Gambia 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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About this data
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.