Sesame seed — Yield in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Sesame seed — Yield was 829.2 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sesame seed — Yield in Middle Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Middle Africa recorded 829.2 kg/ha for sesame seed — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 10.9% on the previous year and down 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — yield in Middle Africa peaked at 1,234 kg/ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 254.2 kg/ha, in 1961.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sesame seed — Yield in Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 254.2 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 337.6 kg/ha | +32.8% |
| 1963 | 288.1 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 1964 | 305.7 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1965 | 291.1 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1966 | 320.6 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1967 | 306.2 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 1968 | 297.6 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1969 | 357.8 kg/ha | +20.2% |
| 1970 | 333.3 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1971 | 356.8 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1972 | 391.4 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1973 | 397.1 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1974 | 384.2 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1975 | 360.8 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1976 | 352 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1977 | 333.8 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 1978 | 269.1 kg/ha | -19.4% |
| 1979 | 301.1 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1980 | 271.6 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1981 | 296.9 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 1982 | 299 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1983 | 286.8 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1984 | 269.8 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1985 | 296.2 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1986 | 333.9 kg/ha | +12.7% |
| 1987 | 326.1 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1988 | 382.5 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 1989 | 376.7 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1990 | 441.2 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 1991 | 418.5 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1992 | 415.1 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1993 | 405.8 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1994 | 383.7 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1995 | 421.1 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1996 | 455.7 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 1997 | 454.7 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 441.3 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1999 | 440.9 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 437 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2001 | 514.7 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 2002 | 487.9 kg/ha | -5.2% |
| 2003 | 451.5 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2004 | 491.3 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 2005 | 473.4 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2006 | 465.6 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2007 | 481 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 456.9 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2009 | 417.8 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 2010 | 995 kg/ha | +138.2% |
| 2011 | 1,068 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2012 | 1,105 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 847.9 kg/ha | -23.3% |
| 2014 | 871.3 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 1,077 kg/ha | +23.7% |
| 2016 | 1,234 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 2017 | 1,215 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 1,173 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2019 | 1,129 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2020 | 859.9 kg/ha | -23.8% |
| 2021 | 880.4 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 922.6 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2023 | 930.4 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 829.2 kg/ha | -10.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sesame seed — Yield in Middle Africa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | +138.2% | 417.8 kg/ha | 995 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 306.54 kg/ha | 254.2 kg/ha | 357.8 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 347.96 kg/ha | 269.1 kg/ha | 397.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 313.95 kg/ha | 269.8 kg/ha | 382.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 427.8 kg/ha | 383.7 kg/ha | 455.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 467.71 kg/ha | 417.8 kg/ha | 514.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,072 kg/ha | 847.9 kg/ha | 1,234 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 884.5 kg/ha | 829.2 kg/ha | 930.4 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
- 1 Central African Republic 4,870 kg/ha compare
- 1 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1,424 kg/ha compare
- 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 Italy 1,677 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
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — yield in Middle Africa?
- Sesame seed — yield in Middle Africa was 829.2 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — yield recorded in Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1,234 kg/ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — yield recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 254.2 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Middle Africa rank for sesame seed — yield?
- Middle Africa ranks 3rd out of 13 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — yield rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Middle Africa 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.