Sesame seed — Yield in Israel
Israel: Sesame seed — Yield was 2,036 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sesame seed — Yield in Israel, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Israel recorded 2,036 kg/ha for sesame seed — yield in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.2% on the previous year and up 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — yield in Israel peaked at 2,500 kg/ha in 1996 and was at its lowest, 208.3 kg/ha, in 1982.
That places Israel 2nd out of 82 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 504.92 kg/ha | 253.5 kg/ha | 814.2 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 581.2 kg/ha | 416.7 kg/ha | 980.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 673.9 kg/ha | 208.3 kg/ha | 1,250 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,788 kg/ha | 1,333 kg/ha | 2,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,889 kg/ha | 1,773 kg/ha | 1,997 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,020 kg/ha | 2,000 kg/ha | 2,061 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,034 kg/ha | 2,027 kg/ha | 2,041 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Israel
- 1 Lebanon 4,796 kg/ha compare
- 3 Uzbekistan 1,765 kg/ha compare
- 4 Italy 1,677 kg/ha compare
- 5 Tajikistan 1,568 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Israel
- Agriculture share gdp 1.29 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 1.29 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
- Rural population 8.4% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 852,511 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 1.3% (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 6.97 billion current US$ (2024)
- Bananas — Production 197,001 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — yield in Israel?
- Sesame seed — yield in Israel was 2,036 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — yield recorded in Israel?
- The highest recorded value was 2,500 kg/ha in 1996.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — yield recorded in Israel?
- The lowest recorded value was 208.3 kg/ha in 1982.
- How does Israel rank for sesame seed — yield?
- Israel ranks 2nd out of 82 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — yield rising or falling in Israel?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Israel 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.