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 3rd out of 72 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.
Sesame seed — Yield in Israel, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 253.5 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 445.6 kg/ha | +75.8% |
| 1963 | 471.4 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1964 | 591.6 kg/ha | +25.5% |
| 1965 | 814.2 kg/ha | +37.6% |
| 1966 | 415.9 kg/ha | -48.9% |
| 1967 | 524.2 kg/ha | +26.0% |
| 1968 | 452 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 1969 | 575.9 kg/ha | +27.4% |
| 1970 | 543.5 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1971 | 592.1 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1972 | 629.9 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1973 | 980.4 kg/ha | +55.6% |
| 1974 | 555.6 kg/ha | -43.3% |
| 1975 | 535.7 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1976 | 476.2 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1977 | 555.6 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1978 | 416.7 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 1979 | 526.3 kg/ha | +26.3% |
| 1980 | 609.8 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 1981 | 263.2 kg/ha | -56.8% |
| 1982 | 208.3 kg/ha | -20.9% |
| 1983 | 285.7 kg/ha | +37.2% |
| 1984 | 500 kg/ha | +75.0% |
| 1985 | 800 kg/ha | +60.0% |
| 1986 | 869.6 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1987 | 952.4 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1988 | 1,000 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1989 | 1,250 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 1990 | 1,515 kg/ha | +21.2% |
| 1991 | 1,515 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 1,429 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1993 | 1,696 kg/ha | +18.7% |
| 1994 | 1,774 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1995 | 1,853 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1996 | 2,500 kg/ha | +34.9% |
| 1997 | 2,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 1,333 kg/ha | -46.7% |
| 1999 | 1,765 kg/ha | +32.4% |
| 2000 | 1,773 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 1,792 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 1,816 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2003 | 1,871 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2004 | 1,894 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2005 | 1,912 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 1,930 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 1,961 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2008 | 1,997 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2009 | 1,947 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2010 | 2,061 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2011 | 2,023 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 2,000 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2013 | 2,005 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2014 | 2,009 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2015 | 2,015 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 2,009 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 2,018 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 2,028 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 2,035 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2020 | 2,036 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 2,041 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2022 | 2,027 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2023 | 2,032 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 2,036 kg/ha | +0.2% |
Israel compared with similar countries
- Israel's 2,036 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 905.6 kg/ha, 2.2× the median. (9 countries reporting)
- Israel's 2,036 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,000 kg/ha, 2.0× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sesame seed — Yield in Israel 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | +75.8% | 253.5 kg/ha | 445.6 kg/ha |
| 1984 | +75.0% | 285.7 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha |
| 1985 | +60.0% | 500 kg/ha | 800 kg/ha |
| 1981 | -56.8% | 609.8 kg/ha | 263.2 kg/ha |
| 1973 | +55.6% | 629.9 kg/ha | 980.4 kg/ha |
| 1966 | -48.9% | 814.2 kg/ha | 415.9 kg/ha |
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 Central African Republic 4,870 kg/ha compare
- 1 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1,424 kg/ha compare
- 2 Lebanon 4,796 kg/ha compare
- 2 Viet Nam 849.6 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
More agriculture & rural data for Israel
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.5 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0129 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 696.75 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7021 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0842 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.3% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (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 3rd out of 72 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.