Sesame seed — Yield in Lebanon
Lebanon: Sesame seed — Yield was 4,796 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sesame seed — Yield in Lebanon, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Lebanon recorded 4,796 kg/ha for sesame seed — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 15.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — yield in Lebanon peaked at 4,931 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 702.9 kg/ha, in 1968.
That places Lebanon 2nd 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 Lebanon, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,111 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1963 | 900 kg/ha | -19.0% |
| 1964 | 933.3 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1965 | 1,000 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1966 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 746.6 kg/ha | -25.3% |
| 1968 | 702.9 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1969 | 727.3 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1970 | 835.8 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 1971 | 750 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1972 | 879.4 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 1973 | 840 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1974 | 862.6 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1975 | 857.1 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1976 | 857.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 833.3 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1978 | 1,000 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1979 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 800 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 1981 | 812.5 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1982 | 850 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1983 | 750 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1984 | 1,000 kg/ha | +33.3% |
| 1985 | 1,250 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 1986 | 1,471 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 1987 | 1,500 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1988 | 1,333 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1989 | 1,250 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1990 | 1,364 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1991 | 1,347 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1992 | 1,440 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 1993 | 1,482 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1994 | 1,547 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1995 | 1,647 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1996 | 1,781 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1997 | 1,800 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1998 | 1,800 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 2,083 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 2002 | 3,333 kg/ha | +60.0% |
| 2003 | 3,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 3,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 3,252 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2006 | 3,125 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2007 | 3,048 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2008 | 3,256 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2009 | 3,385 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2010 | 3,505 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2011 | 3,710 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2012 | 3,863 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2013 | 4,016 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2014 | 4,168 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 4,321 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2016 | 4,474 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2017 | 4,626 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2018 | 4,779 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2019 | 4,931 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2020 | 4,704 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2021 | 4,803 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 4,811 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 4,772 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2024 | 4,796 kg/ha | +0.5% |
Lebanon compared with similar countries
- Lebanon's 4,796 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 734.6 kg/ha, 6.5× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Lebanon's 4,796 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,000 kg/ha, 4.8× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sesame seed — Yield in Lebanon 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 | +60.0% | 2,083 kg/ha | 3,333 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 902.36 kg/ha | 702.9 kg/ha | 1,111 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 871.53 kg/ha | 750 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,102 kg/ha | 750 kg/ha | 1,500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,629 kg/ha | 1,347 kg/ha | 2,083 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,258 kg/ha | 3,048 kg/ha | 3,385 kg/ha | 8 |
| 2010s | 4,239 kg/ha | 3,505 kg/ha | 4,931 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 4,777 kg/ha | 4,704 kg/ha | 4,811 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Lebanon
- 1 Central African Republic 4,870 kg/ha compare
- 1 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1,424 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 Italy 1,677 kg/ha compare
- 5 Syrian Arab Republic 743.3 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Lebanon
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 39.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0105 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 46.75 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.03 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0904 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.0% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — yield in Lebanon?
- Sesame seed — yield in Lebanon was 4,796 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — yield recorded in Lebanon?
- The highest recorded value was 4,931 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — yield recorded in Lebanon?
- The lowest recorded value was 702.9 kg/ha in 1968.
- How does Lebanon rank for sesame seed — yield?
- Lebanon ranks 2nd out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — yield rising or falling in Lebanon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Lebanon 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.