Sesame seed — Yield in Pakistan
Pakistan: Sesame seed — Yield was 590 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sesame seed — Yield in Pakistan, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Pakistan recorded 590 kg/ha for sesame seed — yield in 2024.
The figure is down 21.7% on the previous year and up 47.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — yield in Pakistan peaked at 753.5 kg/ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 219.3 kg/ha, in 2002.
Pakistan ranks 47th 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 Pakistan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 255.8 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 271.5 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1963 | 304.4 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1964 | 272.1 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1965 | 251 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1966 | 234.3 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1967 | 285.9 kg/ha | +22.0% |
| 1968 | 295.4 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1969 | 358.8 kg/ha | +21.5% |
| 1970 | 330.3 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1971 | 323.6 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1972 | 345.5 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 1973 | 376.3 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1974 | 357.4 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1975 | 380.2 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1976 | 394.4 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1977 | 398.8 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1978 | 408.6 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1979 | 419.1 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1980 | 414.4 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1981 | 388.1 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1982 | 379.2 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1983 | 393.6 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1984 | 396.5 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 397.5 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1986 | 374.9 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1987 | 398.4 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1988 | 405.1 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1989 | 402.9 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1990 | 405.9 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1991 | 412.9 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1992 | 413.8 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 441.1 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1994 | 452.4 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1995 | 440.8 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1996 | 451.7 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1997 | 441.8 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1998 | 451.9 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1999 | 493.9 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2000 | 502 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2001 | 513.3 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2002 | 219.3 kg/ha | -57.3% |
| 2003 | 413.2 kg/ha | +88.4% |
| 2004 | 448.2 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2005 | 427.4 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2006 | 425.5 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2007 | 429 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 452.3 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2009 | 418.5 kg/ha | -7.5% |
| 2010 | 399.7 kg/ha | -4.5% |
| 2011 | 398.9 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 411.3 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 397.2 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2014 | 400.8 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 404.9 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 425.4 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2017 | 425.3 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 428.4 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 462 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 2020 | 599.9 kg/ha | +29.8% |
| 2021 | 640.7 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2022 | 586.2 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 2023 | 753.5 kg/ha | +28.5% |
| 2024 | 590 kg/ha | -21.7% |
Pakistan compared with similar countries
- Pakistan's 590 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 734.6 kg/ha, 80% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Pakistan's 590 kg/ha is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,000 kg/ha, 59% of the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sesame seed — Yield in Pakistan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +88.4% | 219.3 kg/ha | 413.2 kg/ha |
| 2002 | -57.3% | 513.3 kg/ha | 219.3 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 281.02 kg/ha | 234.3 kg/ha | 358.8 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 373.42 kg/ha | 323.6 kg/ha | 419.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 395.06 kg/ha | 374.9 kg/ha | 414.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 440.62 kg/ha | 405.9 kg/ha | 493.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 424.87 kg/ha | 219.3 kg/ha | 513.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 415.39 kg/ha | 397.2 kg/ha | 462 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 634.06 kg/ha | 586.2 kg/ha | 753.5 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Pakistan
More agriculture & rural data for Pakistan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 6.28 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2302 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 367.4 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6047 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 1.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 4.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — yield in Pakistan?
- Sesame seed — yield in Pakistan was 590 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — yield recorded in Pakistan?
- The highest recorded value was 753.5 kg/ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — yield recorded in Pakistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 219.3 kg/ha in 2002.
- How does Pakistan rank for sesame seed — yield?
- Pakistan ranks 47th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — yield rising or falling in Pakistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 47.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Pakistan 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.