Sesame seed — Yield in Mali
Mali: Sesame seed — Yield was 497.3 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sesame seed — Yield in Mali, 1979–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sesame seed — yield in Mali stood at 497.3 kg/ha.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and up 19.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — yield in Mali peaked at 544.6 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 224.9 kg/ha, in 2007.
That places Mali 55th out of 72 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 46 years of available data.
Sesame seed — Yield in Mali, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1979 | 300 kg/ha | — |
| 1980 | 300.5 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1981 | 300.1 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1982 | 300.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 300 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1984 | 300.3 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1985 | 300 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1986 | 300 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 300.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 299.9 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 300 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 307.3 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1991 | 309.2 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1992 | 311.1 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1993 | 312.9 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 314.8 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1995 | 316.7 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1996 | 318.5 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1997 | 309.9 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1998 | 301.2 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1999 | 290.9 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2000 | 296.7 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2001 | 299.8 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 390.2 kg/ha | +30.2% |
| 2003 | 373.7 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 2004 | 350 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2005 | 284.7 kg/ha | -18.7% |
| 2006 | 298.7 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2007 | 224.9 kg/ha | -24.7% |
| 2008 | 287.2 kg/ha | +27.7% |
| 2009 | 426 kg/ha | +48.3% |
| 2010 | 410.9 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2011 | 392.8 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2012 | 252.3 kg/ha | -35.8% |
| 2013 | 535.7 kg/ha | +112.3% |
| 2014 | 417.6 kg/ha | -22.0% |
| 2015 | 544.6 kg/ha | +30.4% |
| 2016 | 469.7 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 2017 | 413.9 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 2018 | 471.8 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 2019 | 513.9 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2020 | 445.4 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 2021 | 464 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2022 | 522.7 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 2023 | 498 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2024 | 497.3 kg/ha | -0.1% |
Mali compared with similar countries
- Mali's 497.3 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 566.5 kg/ha, 88% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Mali's 497.3 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 509.3 kg/ha, 98% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sesame seed — Yield in Mali 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | +112.3% | 252.3 kg/ha | 535.7 kg/ha |
| 2009 | +48.3% | 287.2 kg/ha | 426 kg/ha |
| 2012 | -35.8% | 392.8 kg/ha | 252.3 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 300 kg/ha | 300 kg/ha | 300 kg/ha | 1 |
| 1980s | 300.1 kg/ha | 299.9 kg/ha | 300.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 309.25 kg/ha | 290.9 kg/ha | 318.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 323.19 kg/ha | 224.9 kg/ha | 426 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 442.32 kg/ha | 252.3 kg/ha | 544.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 485.48 kg/ha | 445.4 kg/ha | 522.7 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mali
- 52 Japan 531.8 kg/ha compare
- 53 Chad 509.3 kg/ha compare
- 54 Dominican Republic 500 kg/ha compare
- 56 Mozambique 488.9 kg/ha compare
- 57 Republic of Korea 477.4 kg/ha compare
- 58 Myanmar 473.7 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Mali
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3302 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 394.01 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.03 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6779 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 33.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 33.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 8.4% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — yield in Mali?
- Sesame seed — yield in Mali was 497.3 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — yield recorded in Mali?
- The highest recorded value was 544.6 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — yield recorded in Mali?
- The lowest recorded value was 224.9 kg/ha in 2007.
- How does Mali rank for sesame seed — yield?
- Mali ranks 55th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — yield rising or falling in Mali?
- Over the last ten years it is up 19.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mali 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.