Sesame seed — Yield in Togo
Togo: Sesame seed — Yield was 331.5 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sesame seed — Yield in Togo, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Togo recorded 331.5 kg/ha for sesame seed — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.4% on the previous year and up 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — yield in Togo peaked at 333.3 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 200 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Togo 63rd out of 72 countries 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 Togo, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 200 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 214.3 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1975 | 214.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 214.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 218.3 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1978 | 222.2 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1979 | 222.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 226 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1981 | 232.9 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1982 | 240 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1983 | 243.4 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1984 | 246.8 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1985 | 246.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 256.4 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1987 | 265.8 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 1988 | 265.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 265.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 322.5 kg/ha | +21.3% |
| 1991 | 262.5 kg/ha | -18.6% |
| 1992 | 264.3 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 266 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1994 | 265.3 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 264.9 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 269 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 272.7 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1998 | 280 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1999 | 276.6 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2000 | 279.7 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 280 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2002 | 281.4 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 283.4 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 282.3 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 274.5 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2006 | 260 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2007 | 274.5 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2008 | 290.1 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 2009 | 297.2 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2010 | 302.6 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2011 | 307.5 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 333.3 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2013 | 333.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 321.9 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2015 | 322.7 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 326.1 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 326.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 325 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 325.7 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 326.6 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2021 | 328.4 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2022 | 328.8 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 330.1 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2024 | 331.5 kg/ha | +0.4% |
Togo compared with similar countries
- Togo's 331.5 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 734.6 kg/ha, 45% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Togo's 331.5 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 509.3 kg/ha, 65% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 200 kg/ha | 200 kg/ha | 200 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 210.56 kg/ha | 200 kg/ha | 222.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 248.97 kg/ha | 226 kg/ha | 265.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 274.38 kg/ha | 262.5 kg/ha | 322.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 280.31 kg/ha | 260 kg/ha | 297.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 322.42 kg/ha | 302.6 kg/ha | 333.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 329.08 kg/ha | 326.6 kg/ha | 331.5 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Togo
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 6.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2033 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 281.29 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.15 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0004 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5561 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 20.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 20.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — yield in Togo?
- Sesame seed — yield in Togo was 331.5 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — yield recorded in Togo?
- The highest recorded value was 333.3 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — yield recorded in Togo?
- The lowest recorded value was 200 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Togo rank for sesame seed — yield?
- Togo ranks 63rd out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — yield rising or falling in Togo?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Togo 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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About this data
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.