Sesame seed — Yield in Thailand
Thailand: Sesame seed — Yield was 688.9 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sesame seed — Yield in Thailand, 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 Thailand is 688.9 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 1.0% on the previous year and up 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — yield in Thailand peaked at 1,185 kg/ha in 1974 and was at its lowest, 500 kg/ha, in 1990.
That places Thailand 39th out of 72 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sesame seed — Yield in Thailand, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 880.7 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 917.4 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1963 | 917.4 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 810.6 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 1965 | 742.7 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1966 | 683.4 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1967 | 685.4 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1968 | 769 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1969 | 735.8 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1970 | 760.5 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1971 | 760.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 774 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1973 | 670.9 kg/ha | -13.3% |
| 1974 | 1,185 kg/ha | +76.7% |
| 1975 | 811.3 kg/ha | -31.5% |
| 1976 | 735.7 kg/ha | -9.3% |
| 1977 | 664.8 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1978 | 646.4 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1979 | 594.8 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 1980 | 691.3 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 1981 | 692 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1982 | 655.4 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1983 | 523 kg/ha | -20.2% |
| 1984 | 600.5 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 1985 | 582.6 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1986 | 624.8 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1987 | 602.5 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1988 | 543.7 kg/ha | -9.8% |
| 1989 | 518.8 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1990 | 500 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1991 | 518.8 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1992 | 531.4 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1993 | 543.8 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1994 | 535.7 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1995 | 549.5 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1996 | 555.4 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 574.1 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1998 | 583 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1999 | 599.4 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2000 | 618.8 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2001 | 612.5 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2002 | 625 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 637.5 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 643.7 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 650 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 631.3 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2007 | 656.3 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2008 | 675 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2009 | 700 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2010 | 718.8 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2011 | 737.6 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 625 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 2013 | 650 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2014 | 676.9 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2015 | 684.5 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 681.8 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2017 | 666.7 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2018 | 688.9 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2019 | 688.9 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 688.9 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 688.9 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 688.9 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 695.7 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 688.9 kg/ha | -1.0% |
Thailand compared with similar countries
- Thailand's 688.9 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 804.7 kg/ha, 86% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Thailand's 688.9 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 688.9 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sesame seed — Yield in Thailand 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 | +76.7% | 670.9 kg/ha | 1,185 kg/ha |
| 1975 | -31.5% | 1,185 kg/ha | 811.3 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 793.6 kg/ha | 683.4 kg/ha | 917.4 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 760.43 kg/ha | 594.8 kg/ha | 1,185 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 603.46 kg/ha | 518.8 kg/ha | 692 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 549.11 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 599.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 645.01 kg/ha | 612.5 kg/ha | 700 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 681.91 kg/ha | 625 kg/ha | 737.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 690.26 kg/ha | 688.9 kg/ha | 695.7 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
More agriculture & rural data for Thailand
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0875 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 704.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.51 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.372 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — yield in Thailand?
- Sesame seed — yield in Thailand was 688.9 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — yield recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 1,185 kg/ha in 1974.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — yield recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 500 kg/ha in 1990.
- How does Thailand rank for sesame seed — yield?
- Thailand ranks 39th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — yield rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Thailand 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.