Sesame seed — Yield in Uganda
Uganda: Sesame seed — Yield was 651.2 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sesame seed — Yield in Uganda, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Uganda recorded 651.2 kg/ha for sesame seed — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — yield in Uganda peaked at 701.9 kg/ha in 2017 and was at its lowest, 180.9 kg/ha, in 1967.
Uganda ranks 46th of 82 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 305.49 kg/ha | 180.9 kg/ha | 409.8 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 301.35 kg/ha | 257.6 kg/ha | 350 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 425.05 kg/ha | 307.7 kg/ha | 497.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 462.1 kg/ha | 424.4 kg/ha | 503.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 549.62 kg/ha | 490.2 kg/ha | 601.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 660.99 kg/ha | 599 kg/ha | 701.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 656.78 kg/ha | 641.9 kg/ha | 679.1 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
- 43 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 690.5 kg/ha compare
- 44 Thailand 688.9 kg/ha compare
- 45 Brazil 656.9 kg/ha compare
- 47 Burkina Faso 636.3 kg/ha compare
- 48 Afghanistan 635.9 kg/ha compare
- 49 Paraguay 620 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Uganda
- Agriculture share gdp 26.13 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 26.13 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 68.1% (2025)
- Rural population growth 1.7% (2025)
- Rural population 34.97 million (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 26.1% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 16.20 billion current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 560,000 t (1990)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — yield in Uganda?
- Sesame seed — yield in Uganda was 651.2 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — yield recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 701.9 kg/ha in 2017.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — yield recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 180.9 kg/ha in 1967.
- How does Uganda rank for sesame seed — yield?
- Uganda ranks 46th out of 82 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — yield rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uganda 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.