Sesame seed — Yield in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)

Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs): Sesame seed — Yield was 495.3 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
495.3 kg/ha
Change on year
up 4.0%
Rank
18th
of 22 groups
All-time high
554.2 kg/ha
in 2011
All-time low
226.7 kg/ha
in 2000
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Sesame seed — Yield in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), 1961–2024

0200400600196119922024

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.

Analysis

Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) recorded 495.3 kg/ha for sesame seed — yield in 2024.

The figure is up 4.0% on the previous year and up 5.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, sesame seed — yield in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) peaked at 554.2 kg/ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 226.7 kg/ha, in 2000.

Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 18th of 22 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.

Sesame seed — Yield in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), year by year

Annual values for Sesame seed — Yield in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), 1961 to 2024.
Year kg/ha Change
1961 472 kg/ha
1962 423.4 kg/ha -10.3%
1963 366.1 kg/ha -13.5%
1964 375.7 kg/ha +2.6%
1965 385.7 kg/ha +2.7%
1966 360.5 kg/ha -6.5%
1967 364.8 kg/ha +1.2%
1968 330.6 kg/ha -9.4%
1969 353 kg/ha +6.8%
1970 392.9 kg/ha +11.3%
1971 387.9 kg/ha -1.3%
1972 327.3 kg/ha -15.6%
1973 329.3 kg/ha +0.6%
1974 333.8 kg/ha +1.4%
1975 321.3 kg/ha -3.7%
1976 331.7 kg/ha +3.2%
1977 321.4 kg/ha -3.1%
1978 310.1 kg/ha -3.5%
1979 320.7 kg/ha +3.4%
1980 316.2 kg/ha -1.4%
1981 342.6 kg/ha +8.3%
1982 365.6 kg/ha +6.7%
1983 296.5 kg/ha -18.9%
1984 269.6 kg/ha -9.1%
1985 232.7 kg/ha -13.7%
1986 308.1 kg/ha +32.4%
1987 307.3 kg/ha -0.3%
1988 256.5 kg/ha -16.5%
1989 239.6 kg/ha -6.6%
1990 340.2 kg/ha +42.0%
1991 322 kg/ha -5.3%
1992 283.6 kg/ha -11.9%
1993 247.2 kg/ha -12.8%
1994 229.9 kg/ha -7.0%
1995 286 kg/ha +24.4%
1996 287.6 kg/ha +0.6%
1997 254.1 kg/ha -11.6%
1998 277.4 kg/ha +9.2%
1999 232.4 kg/ha -16.2%
2000 226.7 kg/ha -2.5%
2001 288.3 kg/ha +27.2%
2002 310.7 kg/ha +7.8%
2003 327 kg/ha +5.2%
2004 341.4 kg/ha +4.4%
2005 362.2 kg/ha +6.1%
2006 356 kg/ha -1.7%
2007 429.1 kg/ha +20.5%
2008 388.1 kg/ha -9.6%
2009 437.8 kg/ha +12.8%
2010 511.9 kg/ha +16.9%
2011 554.2 kg/ha +8.3%
2012 538.6 kg/ha -2.8%
2013 430.3 kg/ha -20.1%
2014 471.3 kg/ha +9.5%
2015 527.5 kg/ha +11.9%
2016 514.6 kg/ha -2.4%
2017 513.8 kg/ha -0.2%
2018 478.7 kg/ha -6.8%
2019 476.4 kg/ha -0.5%
2020 429.1 kg/ha -9.9%
2021 417.2 kg/ha -2.8%
2022 446.5 kg/ha +7.0%
2023 476.2 kg/ha +6.7%
2024 495.3 kg/ha +4.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 381.31 kg/ha 330.6 kg/ha 472 kg/ha 9
1970s 337.64 kg/ha 310.1 kg/ha 392.9 kg/ha 10
1980s 293.47 kg/ha 232.7 kg/ha 365.6 kg/ha 10
1990s 276.04 kg/ha 229.9 kg/ha 340.2 kg/ha 10
2000s 346.73 kg/ha 226.7 kg/ha 437.8 kg/ha 10
2010s 501.73 kg/ha 430.3 kg/ha 554.2 kg/ha 10
2020s 452.86 kg/ha 417.2 kg/ha 495.3 kg/ha 5

Countries ranked near Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)

  1. 15 USSR 1,122 kg/ha compare
  2. 16 North Macedonia 1,016 kg/ha compare
  3. 17 Yemen 1,000 kg/ha compare
  4. 18 Cyprus 1,000 kg/ha compare
  5. 19 Peru 986.6 kg/ha compare
  6. 20 Bangladesh 976 kg/ha compare
  7. 21 Egypt 965.5 kg/ha compare

See the full ranking of 107 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is sesame seed — yield in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
Sesame seed — yield in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) was 495.3 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest sesame seed — yield recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
The highest recorded value was 554.2 kg/ha in 2011.
What is the lowest sesame seed — yield recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
The lowest recorded value was 226.7 kg/ha in 2000.
How does Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) rank for sesame seed — yield?
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 18th out of 22 groups with data for 2024.
Is sesame seed — yield rising or falling in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
Over the last ten years it is up 5.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 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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Indicator
Sesame seed — Yield
Unit
kg/ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
107 places, 5,944 data points, 1961–2024
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