Sesame seed — Yield in Northern Africa
Northern Africa: Sesame seed — Yield was 292.2 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sesame seed — Yield in Northern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sesame seed — yield in Northern Africa stood at 292.2 kg/ha.
The figure is up 12.5% on the previous year and down 1.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — yield in Northern Africa peaked at 572.9 kg/ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 134.1 kg/ha, in 1985.
That places Northern Africa 20th out of 22 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 401.74 kg/ha | 290.3 kg/ha | 572.9 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 295.53 kg/ha | 256.9 kg/ha | 397.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 222.78 kg/ha | 134.1 kg/ha | 301.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 199.68 kg/ha | 145 kg/ha | 239.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 228.92 kg/ha | 157 kg/ha | 289.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 271.76 kg/ha | 225.2 kg/ha | 299.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 283.3 kg/ha | 259.7 kg/ha | 304.1 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Northern Africa
More agriculture & rural data for Northern Africa
- Bananas — Production 2.51 million t (2024)
- Beef and Buffalo Meat, primary — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 7.27 million An (2024)
- Milk, Total — Yield/Carcass Weight 203 kg/An (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Production 39.72 million t (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Yield 1,877 kg/ha (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Area harvested 21.16 million ha (2024)
- Cattle and Buffaloes — Stocks 40.17 million An (2024)
- Milk, Total — Production 17.63 million t (2024)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Yield 262.8 kg/ha (2024)
- Oilcrops, Cake Equivalent — Area harvested 5.90 million ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — yield in Northern Africa?
- Sesame seed — yield in Northern Africa was 292.2 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — yield recorded in Northern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 572.9 kg/ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — yield recorded in Northern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 134.1 kg/ha in 1985.
- How does Northern Africa rank for sesame seed — yield?
- Northern Africa ranks 20th out of 22 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — yield rising or falling in Northern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Northern 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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About this data
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.