Sesame seed — Yield in Peru
Peru: Sesame seed — Yield was 986.6 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sesame seed — Yield in Peru, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sesame seed — yield in Peru is 986.6 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 23.1% on the previous year and up 7.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — yield in Peru peaked at 2,333 kg/ha in 2007 and was at its lowest, 561.8 kg/ha, in 1962.
Peru ranks 19th 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 Peru, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 666.7 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 561.8 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 1963 | 628.6 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 1964 | 666.7 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1965 | 800 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1966 | 760 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1967 | 760 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 840 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1969 | 800 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1970 | 670.6 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 1971 | 731 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 1972 | 840 kg/ha | +14.9% |
| 1973 | 792.9 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1974 | 786.7 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1975 | 890.3 kg/ha | +13.2% |
| 1976 | 920 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1977 | 808.7 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1978 | 830 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1979 | 830 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 698.9 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 1981 | 753.1 kg/ha | +7.8% |
| 1982 | 794.1 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1983 | 702.7 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1984 | 653.8 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1985 | 666.7 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1986 | 625 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1987 | 625 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 800 kg/ha | +28.0% |
| 1989 | 800 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 725 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1991 | 1,101 kg/ha | +51.8% |
| 1992 | 1,196 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 1993 | 1,361 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 1994 | 1,400 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1995 | 1,333 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1996 | 1,200 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1997 | 1,458 kg/ha | +21.5% |
| 1998 | 1,546 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1999 | 803.7 kg/ha | -48.0% |
| 2000 | 955.6 kg/ha | +18.9% |
| 2001 | 952.6 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 895.2 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2003 | 1,290 kg/ha | +44.0% |
| 2004 | 1,000 kg/ha | -22.5% |
| 2005 | 2,222 kg/ha | +122.2% |
| 2006 | 2,222 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 2,333 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2008 | 1,648 kg/ha | -29.4% |
| 2009 | 939.1 kg/ha | -43.0% |
| 2010 | 863.6 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 2011 | 792.8 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2012 | 809.2 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 878.6 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 2014 | 914.2 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2015 | 808.8 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 2016 | 764 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2017 | 855.9 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 2018 | 869 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 872.8 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2020 | 884.1 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 883.4 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 869 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 801.5 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 2024 | 986.6 kg/ha | +23.1% |
Peru compared with similar countries
- Peru's 986.6 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 804.7 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Peru's 986.6 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 713.75 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sesame seed — Yield in Peru 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +122.2% | 1,000 kg/ha | 2,222 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 720.42 kg/ha | 561.8 kg/ha | 840 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 810.02 kg/ha | 670.6 kg/ha | 920 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 711.93 kg/ha | 625 kg/ha | 800 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,212 kg/ha | 725 kg/ha | 1,546 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,446 kg/ha | 895.2 kg/ha | 2,333 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 842.89 kg/ha | 764 kg/ha | 914.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 884.92 kg/ha | 801.5 kg/ha | 986.6 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Peru
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 12.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0747 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 637.02 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.72 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.144 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.5% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — yield in Peru?
- Sesame seed — yield in Peru was 986.6 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — yield recorded in Peru?
- The highest recorded value was 2,333 kg/ha in 2007.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — yield recorded in Peru?
- The lowest recorded value was 561.8 kg/ha in 1962.
- How does Peru rank for sesame seed — yield?
- Peru ranks 19th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — yield rising or falling in Peru?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Peru 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.