Sesame seed — Yield in North Macedonia
North Macedonia: Sesame seed — Yield was 1,016 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sesame seed — Yield in North Macedonia, 1992–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sesame seed — yield in North Macedonia is 1,016 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and down 7.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — yield in North Macedonia peaked at 1,850 kg/ha in 1993 and was at its lowest, 625 kg/ha, in 1997.
That places North Macedonia 16th out of 72 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 33 years of available data.
Sesame seed — Yield in North Macedonia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 1,800 kg/ha | — |
| 1993 | 1,850 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1994 | 1,833 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1995 | 1,833 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 1,833 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 625 kg/ha | -65.9% |
| 1998 | 1,667 kg/ha | +166.7% |
| 1999 | 1,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 1,577 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2001 | 1,590 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2002 | 1,501 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2003 | 1,488 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2004 | 1,474 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 1,456 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2006 | 1,667 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 2007 | 1,420 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 2008 | 1,377 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2009 | 1,333 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2010 | 1,289 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2011 | 1,246 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2012 | 1,000 kg/ha | -19.7% |
| 2013 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1,093 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2015 | 1,112 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2016 | 1,062 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2017 | 1,047 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 1,085 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2019 | 1,075 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2020 | 1,014 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 2021 | 1,027 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2022 | 1,006 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 2023 | 1,016 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 1,016 kg/ha | +0.1% |
North Macedonia compared with similar countries
- North Macedonia's 1,016 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 804.7 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- North Macedonia's 1,016 kg/ha is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 1,016 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (7 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sesame seed — Yield in North Macedonia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | +166.7% | 625 kg/ha | 1,667 kg/ha |
| 1997 | -65.9% | 1,833 kg/ha | 625 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,639 kg/ha | 625 kg/ha | 1,850 kg/ha | 8 |
| 2000s | 1,488 kg/ha | 1,333 kg/ha | 1,667 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,101 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha | 1,289 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,016 kg/ha | 1,006 kg/ha | 1,027 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near North Macedonia
More agriculture & rural data for North Macedonia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0598 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 626.97 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.06 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3711 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — yield in North Macedonia?
- Sesame seed — yield in North Macedonia was 1,016 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — yield recorded in North Macedonia?
- The highest recorded value was 1,850 kg/ha in 1993.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — yield recorded in North Macedonia?
- The lowest recorded value was 625 kg/ha in 1997.
- How does North Macedonia rank for sesame seed — yield?
- North Macedonia ranks 16th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — yield rising or falling in North Macedonia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this North Macedonia 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.