Sesame seed — Yield in Nigeria
Nigeria: Sesame seed — Yield was 1,286 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sesame seed — Yield in Nigeria, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Nigeria recorded 1,286 kg/ha for sesame seed — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 65.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — yield in Nigeria peaked at 1,993 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 280 kg/ha, in 1961.
Nigeria ranks 9th of 72 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sesame seed — Yield in Nigeria, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 280 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 285.7 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1963 | 286.5 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1964 | 287.2 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1965 | 290.5 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1966 | 290.9 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1967 | 286.5 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1968 | 289.5 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1969 | 290 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1970 | 280.4 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1971 | 280.7 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1972 | 282.1 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1973 | 291.7 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1974 | 295.1 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1975 | 288 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1976 | 296 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1977 | 296.9 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1978 | 292.3 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1979 | 300 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1980 | 303.7 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1981 | 300 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1982 | 303.4 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1983 | 300 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1984 | 300.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 299.9 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1986 | 334.3 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 1987 | 397.7 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 1988 | 400 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1989 | 400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 401.3 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 401.9 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 442 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1995 | 451.1 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1996 | 460.4 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1997 | 471.4 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1998 | 461.5 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1999 | 480.2 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2000 | 476.8 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 483.7 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2002 | 439.8 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 2003 | 479 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 2004 | 472.7 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 510.2 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 2006 | 507.6 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 393.3 kg/ha | -22.5% |
| 2008 | 383.5 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2009 | 388.4 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2010 | 460.3 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 2011 | 705.1 kg/ha | +53.2% |
| 2012 | 1,993 kg/ha | +182.7% |
| 2013 | 1,110 kg/ha | -44.3% |
| 2014 | 776.9 kg/ha | -30.0% |
| 2015 | 920.9 kg/ha | +18.5% |
| 2016 | 639.3 kg/ha | -30.6% |
| 2017 | 624.4 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2018 | 665.2 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 2019 | 668.8 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 556.1 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 2021 | 868.4 kg/ha | +56.2% |
| 2022 | 1,235 kg/ha | +42.3% |
| 2023 | 1,286 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2024 | 1,286 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 1,286 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 734.6 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 1,286 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 509.3 kg/ha, 2.5× the median. (25 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sesame seed — Yield in Nigeria 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | +182.7% | 705.1 kg/ha | 1,993 kg/ha |
| 2021 | +56.2% | 556.1 kg/ha | 868.4 kg/ha |
| 2011 | +53.2% | 460.3 kg/ha | 705.1 kg/ha |
| 2013 | -44.3% | 1,993 kg/ha | 1,110 kg/ha |
| 2022 | +42.3% | 868.4 kg/ha | 1,235 kg/ha |
| 2016 | -30.6% | 920.9 kg/ha | 639.3 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 287.42 kg/ha | 280 kg/ha | 290.9 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 290.32 kg/ha | 280.4 kg/ha | 300 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 333.91 kg/ha | 299.9 kg/ha | 400 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 436.98 kg/ha | 400 kg/ha | 480.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 453.5 kg/ha | 383.5 kg/ha | 510.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 856.43 kg/ha | 460.3 kg/ha | 1,993 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,046 kg/ha | 556.1 kg/ha | 1,286 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
- 6 Tajikistan 1,568 kg/ha compare
- 6 Türkiye 707.6 kg/ha compare
- 7 China, mainland 1,520 kg/ha compare
- 7 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 690.5 kg/ha compare
- 8 China 1,516 kg/ha compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 561.2 kg/ha compare
- 10 Cameroon 1,250 kg/ha compare
- 11 Jordan 1,235 kg/ha compare
- 11 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 434.4 kg/ha compare
- 12 Democratic Republic of the Congo 425.1 kg/ha compare
- 12 Iraq 1,229 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Nigeria
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2298 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 281.32 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1218 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3622 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 23.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — yield in Nigeria?
- Sesame seed — yield in Nigeria was 1,286 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — yield recorded in Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 1,993 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — yield recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 280 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Nigeria rank for sesame seed — yield?
- Nigeria ranks 9th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — yield rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 65.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Nigeria 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.