Sesame seed — Yield in Italy
Italy: Sesame seed — Yield was 1,677 kg/ha in 2017. ▲ Rising
Sesame seed — Yield in Italy, 1961–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Italy recorded 1,677 kg/ha for sesame seed — yield in 2017.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.9% on the previous year and up 192.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — yield in Italy peaked at 1,712 kg/ha in 2013 and was at its lowest, 250 kg/ha, in 1993.
Italy ranks 5th of 72 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 49 years of available data.
Sesame seed — Yield in Italy, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 762.2 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 652 kg/ha | -14.5% |
| 1963 | 707.3 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1964 | 677.9 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1965 | 658.7 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1966 | 694.2 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1967 | 689.1 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1968 | 620 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1969 | 608.7 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1970 | 711.8 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 1971 | 746.4 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1972 | 764.2 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1973 | 760.6 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1974 | 702.2 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1975 | 762.9 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1976 | 700.6 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1977 | 712.5 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1978 | 718.4 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1979 | 728.3 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1980 | 795.1 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1981 | 711.7 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 1982 | 638.3 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1983 | 739.3 kg/ha | +15.8% |
| 1984 | 728.2 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1985 | 698.9 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1986 | 727.3 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1987 | 750 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1988 | 476.2 kg/ha | -36.5% |
| 1989 | 666.7 kg/ha | +40.0% |
| 1990 | 666.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 600 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1992 | 600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 250 kg/ha | -58.3% |
| 2002 | 800 kg/ha | +220.0% |
| 2003 | 1,000 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 2004 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 812.5 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 2006 | 750 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2007 | 573.7 kg/ha | -23.5% |
| 2008 | 850 kg/ha | +48.2% |
| 2009 | 986.1 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 2010 | 1,124 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 2011 | 1,233 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 2012 | 1,340 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2013 | 1,712 kg/ha | +27.7% |
| 2014 | 1,268 kg/ha | -25.9% |
| 2015 | 1,592 kg/ha | +25.5% |
| 2016 | 1,645 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2017 | 1,677 kg/ha | +1.9% |
Italy compared with similar countries
- Italy's 1,677 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 905.6 kg/ha, 1.9× the median. (9 countries reporting)
- Italy's 1,677 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,016 kg/ha, 1.7× the median. (7 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sesame seed — Yield in Italy 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 | +220.0% | 250 kg/ha | 800 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 674.46 kg/ha | 608.7 kg/ha | 762.2 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 730.79 kg/ha | 700.6 kg/ha | 764.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 693.17 kg/ha | 476.2 kg/ha | 795.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 529.17 kg/ha | 250 kg/ha | 666.7 kg/ha | 4 |
| 2000s | 846.54 kg/ha | 573.7 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 8 |
| 2010s | 1,449 kg/ha | 1,124 kg/ha | 1,712 kg/ha | 8 |
Countries ranked near Italy
- 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 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
More agriculture & rural data for Italy
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0207 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.54 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.3131 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3032 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — yield in Italy?
- Sesame seed — yield in Italy was 1,677 kg/ha in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — yield recorded in Italy?
- The highest recorded value was 1,712 kg/ha in 2013.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — yield recorded in Italy?
- The lowest recorded value was 250 kg/ha in 1993.
- How does Italy rank for sesame seed — yield?
- Italy ranks 5th out of 72 countries with data for 2017.
- Is sesame seed — yield rising or falling in Italy?
- Over the last ten years it is up 192.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Italy 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.