Sesame seed — Yield in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia: Sesame seed — Yield was 1,216 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sesame seed — Yield in Saudi Arabia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sesame seed — yield in Saudi Arabia stood at 1,216 kg/ha.
The figure is up 23.9% on the previous year and down 28.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — yield in Saudi Arabia peaked at 2,477 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 129.6 kg/ha, in 1973.
That places Saudi Arabia 13th out of 72 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sesame seed — Yield in Saudi Arabia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 833.3 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 833.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 815.8 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1964 | 815.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 800 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1966 | 800 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 809.5 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1968 | 798.9 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1969 | 680 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 1970 | 666.7 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1971 | 532.3 kg/ha | -20.2% |
| 1972 | 244 kg/ha | -54.2% |
| 1973 | 129.6 kg/ha | -46.9% |
| 1974 | 287.7 kg/ha | +122.0% |
| 1975 | 262.9 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1976 | 423.7 kg/ha | +61.2% |
| 1977 | 584.6 kg/ha | +38.0% |
| 1978 | 1,131 kg/ha | +93.5% |
| 1979 | 918.4 kg/ha | -18.8% |
| 1980 | 668.4 kg/ha | -27.2% |
| 1981 | 647.4 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1982 | 442 kg/ha | -31.7% |
| 1983 | 637.2 kg/ha | +44.2% |
| 1984 | 1,032 kg/ha | +62.0% |
| 1985 | 824.7 kg/ha | -20.1% |
| 1986 | 771.8 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1987 | 1,250 kg/ha | +61.9% |
| 1988 | 1,170 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1989 | 1,050 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1990 | 420.5 kg/ha | -60.0% |
| 1991 | 900.7 kg/ha | +114.2% |
| 1992 | 840.7 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1993 | 827.5 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1994 | 777.5 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1995 | 777.4 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1996 | 779.8 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 929 kg/ha | +19.1% |
| 1998 | 869.6 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1999 | 946.1 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 2000 | 1,447 kg/ha | +52.9% |
| 2001 | 1,234 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 2002 | 1,625 kg/ha | +31.7% |
| 2003 | 1,491 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 2004 | 1,678 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 2005 | 1,692 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2006 | 1,754 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2007 | 1,630 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2008 | 1,656 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2009 | 1,692 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 1,705 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 1,731 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2012 | 1,762 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2013 | 1,909 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2014 | 1,692 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 2015 | 1,976 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 2016 | 1,440 kg/ha | -27.1% |
| 2017 | 1,884 kg/ha | +30.9% |
| 2018 | 1,855 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2019 | 2,477 kg/ha | +33.5% |
| 2020 | 1,313 kg/ha | -47.0% |
| 2021 | 1,300 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 1,248 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2023 | 981 kg/ha | -21.4% |
| 2024 | 1,216 kg/ha | +23.9% |
Saudi Arabia compared with similar countries
- Saudi Arabia's 1,216 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 905.6 kg/ha, 1.3× the median. (9 countries reporting)
- Saudi Arabia's 1,216 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,000 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sesame seed — Yield in Saudi Arabia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | +122.0% | 129.6 kg/ha | 287.7 kg/ha |
| 1991 | +114.2% | 420.5 kg/ha | 900.7 kg/ha |
| 1978 | +93.5% | 584.6 kg/ha | 1,131 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 798.51 kg/ha | 680 kg/ha | 833.3 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 518.1 kg/ha | 129.6 kg/ha | 1,131 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 849.32 kg/ha | 442 kg/ha | 1,250 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 806.88 kg/ha | 420.5 kg/ha | 946.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,590 kg/ha | 1,234 kg/ha | 1,754 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,843 kg/ha | 1,440 kg/ha | 2,477 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,212 kg/ha | 981 kg/ha | 1,313 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia
- 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
- 14 Gambia 1,147 kg/ha compare
- 15 USSR 1,122 kg/ha compare
- 16 North Macedonia 1,016 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Saudi Arabia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.2 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0259 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 894.48 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 3.68 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1539 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — yield in Saudi Arabia?
- Sesame seed — yield in Saudi Arabia was 1,216 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — yield recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The highest recorded value was 2,477 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — yield recorded in Saudi Arabia?
- The lowest recorded value was 129.6 kg/ha in 1973.
- How does Saudi Arabia rank for sesame seed — yield?
- Saudi Arabia ranks 13th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — yield rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 28.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saudi Arabia 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.