Sesame seed — Yield in Jordan
Jordan: Sesame seed — Yield was 1,235 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sesame seed — Yield in Jordan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sesame seed — yield in Jordan stood at 1,235 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.6% on the previous year and up 154.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — yield in Jordan peaked at 7,410 kg/ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 70 kg/ha, in 1979.
That places Jordan 11th out of 82 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
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 | 426.46 kg/ha | 363.6 kg/ha | 549.5 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 219.14 kg/ha | 70 kg/ha | 384.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 357.43 kg/ha | 143.8 kg/ha | 724.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 971.94 kg/ha | 279.3 kg/ha | 1,719 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,068 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 3,233 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,859 kg/ha | 484.8 kg/ha | 7,410 kg/ha | 9 |
| 2020s | 1,334 kg/ha | 1,235 kg/ha | 1,622 kg/ha | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Jordan
- Agriculture share gdp 5.56 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 5.56 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
- Rural population 6.8% (2025)
- Rural population growth -4.0% (2025)
- Rural population 782,426 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 5.6% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 3.43 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 58,438 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — yield in Jordan?
- Sesame seed — yield in Jordan was 1,235 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — yield recorded in Jordan?
- The highest recorded value was 7,410 kg/ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — yield recorded in Jordan?
- The lowest recorded value was 70 kg/ha in 1979.
- How does Jordan rank for sesame seed — yield?
- Jordan ranks 11th out of 82 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — yield rising or falling in Jordan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 154.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Jordan 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.