Sesame seed — Yield in Morocco
Morocco: Sesame seed — Yield was 700 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sesame seed — Yield in Morocco, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Morocco recorded 700 kg/ha for sesame seed — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — yield in Morocco peaked at 1,193 kg/ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 500 kg/ha, in 1988.
Morocco ranks 37th of 72 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sesame seed — Yield in Morocco, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 600 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 615.4 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1970 | 588.2 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1971 | 588.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 588.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 588.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 588.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 583.3 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1976 | 583.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 615.4 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1978 | 615.4 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 666.7 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 1980 | 666.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 615.4 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1982 | 615.4 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 615.4 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 615.4 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 600 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1986 | 600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 625 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1988 | 500 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 1989 | 616.7 kg/ha | +23.3% |
| 1990 | 585 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1991 | 607 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1992 | 618.7 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1993 | 630.6 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1994 | 642.5 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1995 | 654.7 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 671.4 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1997 | 682.1 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1998 | 693.3 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 750 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2000 | 590.9 kg/ha | -21.2% |
| 2001 | 809.5 kg/ha | +37.0% |
| 2002 | 689.3 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 2003 | 684.2 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 776.5 kg/ha | +13.5% |
| 2005 | 794.3 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 811.5 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 840 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2008 | 850 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2009 | 1,000 kg/ha | +17.6% |
| 2010 | 900 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 2011 | 955.5 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 2012 | 1,193 kg/ha | +24.8% |
| 2013 | 600 kg/ha | -49.7% |
| 2014 | 711.4 kg/ha | +18.6% |
| 2015 | 1,033 kg/ha | +45.3% |
| 2016 | 786.1 kg/ha | -23.9% |
| 2017 | 1,193 kg/ha | +51.8% |
| 2018 | 1,101 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2019 | 1,101 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 780.9 kg/ha | -29.1% |
| 2021 | 689.5 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 2022 | 700 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2023 | 700 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 700 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Morocco compared with similar countries
- Morocco's 700 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 734.6 kg/ha, 95% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Morocco's 700 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,000 kg/ha, 70% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sesame seed — Yield in Morocco 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | +51.8% | 786.1 kg/ha | 1,193 kg/ha |
| 2013 | -49.7% | 1,193 kg/ha | 600 kg/ha |
| 2015 | +45.3% | 711.4 kg/ha | 1,033 kg/ha |
| 2001 | +37.0% | 590.9 kg/ha | 809.5 kg/ha |
| 2020 | -29.1% | 1,101 kg/ha | 780.9 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 601.71 kg/ha | 600 kg/ha | 615.4 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 600.51 kg/ha | 583.3 kg/ha | 666.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 607 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 666.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 653.53 kg/ha | 585 kg/ha | 750 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 784.62 kg/ha | 590.9 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 957.37 kg/ha | 600 kg/ha | 1,193 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 714.08 kg/ha | 689.5 kg/ha | 780.9 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Morocco
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1055 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 500.5 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0275 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3687 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 10.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 10.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — yield in Morocco?
- Sesame seed — yield in Morocco was 700 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — yield recorded in Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 1,193 kg/ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — yield recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 500 kg/ha in 1988.
- How does Morocco rank for sesame seed — yield?
- Morocco ranks 37th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — yield rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Morocco 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.