Sesame seed — Yield in South-Eastern Asia
South-Eastern Asia: Sesame seed — Yield was 491.1 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sesame seed — Yield in South-Eastern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sesame seed — yield in South-Eastern Asia stood at 491.1 kg/ha.
That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and down 13.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — yield in South-Eastern Asia peaked at 593.5 kg/ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 166.4 kg/ha, in 1967.
That places South-Eastern Asia 19th out of 22 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sesame seed — Yield in South-Eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 195.3 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 219.5 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 1963 | 228.7 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1964 | 189.9 kg/ha | -17.0% |
| 1965 | 173.7 kg/ha | -8.5% |
| 1966 | 171.1 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1967 | 166.4 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1968 | 204.1 kg/ha | +22.7% |
| 1969 | 189.9 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1970 | 189.6 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1971 | 195.9 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1972 | 194.2 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1973 | 188.8 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1974 | 233.1 kg/ha | +23.5% |
| 1975 | 179.5 kg/ha | -23.0% |
| 1976 | 230.7 kg/ha | +28.5% |
| 1977 | 191 kg/ha | -17.2% |
| 1978 | 221.5 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 1979 | 234.3 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1980 | 210.1 kg/ha | -10.3% |
| 1981 | 253.9 kg/ha | +20.8% |
| 1982 | 255.8 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1983 | 226.3 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1984 | 291.6 kg/ha | +28.9% |
| 1985 | 271.8 kg/ha | -6.8% |
| 1986 | 272.5 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1987 | 275.5 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1988 | 295.8 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1989 | 270.1 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1990 | 253 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1991 | 255.2 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1992 | 269.7 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1993 | 270 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 292.9 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1995 | 358.3 kg/ha | +22.3% |
| 1996 | 360.7 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 379.9 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1998 | 299.8 kg/ha | -21.1% |
| 1999 | 293.9 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2000 | 326.5 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2001 | 319.2 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2002 | 340.4 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2003 | 352.4 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2004 | 394 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 2005 | 434.2 kg/ha | +10.2% |
| 2006 | 465.9 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2007 | 504 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2008 | 593.5 kg/ha | +17.8% |
| 2009 | 522.4 kg/ha | -12.0% |
| 2010 | 525.7 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 565.6 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 2012 | 549.6 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2013 | 556.2 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 564.5 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 569.7 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2016 | 566.7 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2017 | 536.8 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2018 | 499 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2019 | 512.8 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2020 | 477.4 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2021 | 495.2 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2022 | 499.6 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2023 | 485.9 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2024 | 491.1 kg/ha | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 193.18 kg/ha | 166.4 kg/ha | 228.7 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 205.86 kg/ha | 179.5 kg/ha | 234.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 262.34 kg/ha | 210.1 kg/ha | 295.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 303.34 kg/ha | 253 kg/ha | 379.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 425.25 kg/ha | 319.2 kg/ha | 593.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 544.66 kg/ha | 499 kg/ha | 569.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 489.84 kg/ha | 477.4 kg/ha | 499.6 kg/ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — yield in South-Eastern Asia?
- Sesame seed — yield in South-Eastern Asia was 491.1 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — yield recorded in South-Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 593.5 kg/ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — yield recorded in South-Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 166.4 kg/ha in 1967.
- How does South-Eastern Asia rank for sesame seed — yield?
- South-Eastern Asia ranks 19th out of 22 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — yield rising or falling in South-Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South-Eastern Asia 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.