Sesame seed — Yield in USSR
USSR: Sesame seed — Yield was 1,122 kg/ha in 1990. ◆ Volatile
Sesame seed — Yield in USSR, 1961–1990
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sesame seed — yield in USSR is 1,122 kg/ha, measured in 1990.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.9% on the previous year and up 461.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — yield in USSR peaked at 2,326 kg/ha in 1986 and was at its lowest, 37 kg/ha, in 1966.
USSR ranks 15th of 72 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sesame seed — Yield in USSR, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 75 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 43.4 kg/ha | -42.1% |
| 1963 | 64.3 kg/ha | +48.2% |
| 1964 | 88.2 kg/ha | +37.2% |
| 1965 | 66.7 kg/ha | -24.4% |
| 1966 | 37 kg/ha | -44.5% |
| 1967 | 125 kg/ha | +237.8% |
| 1968 | 120 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1969 | 50 kg/ha | -58.3% |
| 1970 | 125 kg/ha | +150.0% |
| 1971 | 200 kg/ha | +60.0% |
| 1972 | 120 kg/ha | -40.0% |
| 1973 | 250 kg/ha | +108.3% |
| 1974 | 200 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 1975 | 50 kg/ha | -75.0% |
| 1976 | 300 kg/ha | +500.0% |
| 1977 | 357.1 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 1978 | 323.5 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1979 | 200 kg/ha | -38.2% |
| 1980 | 200 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1,000 kg/ha | +400.0% |
| 1982 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 2,326 kg/ha | +132.6% |
| 1987 | 1,000 kg/ha | -57.0% |
| 1988 | 1,050 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1989 | 1,050 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 1,122 kg/ha | +6.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sesame seed — Yield in USSR 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | +500.0% | 50 kg/ha | 300 kg/ha |
| 1981 | +400.0% | 200 kg/ha | 1,000 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 74.4 kg/ha | 37 kg/ha | 125 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 212.56 kg/ha | 50 kg/ha | 357.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,063 kg/ha | 200 kg/ha | 2,326 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,122 kg/ha | 1,122 kg/ha | 1,122 kg/ha | 1 |
Countries ranked near USSR
- 12 Democratic Republic of the Congo 425.1 kg/ha compare
- 12 Iraq 1,229 kg/ha compare
- 13 Saudi Arabia 1,216 kg/ha compare
- 14 Gambia 1,147 kg/ha
- 16 North Macedonia 1,016 kg/ha
- 17 Yemen 1,000 kg/ha compare
- 18 Cyprus 1,000 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for USSR
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Yield, annual growth rate 2.33 % change on previous year (1990)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass 0 % change on previous year (1991)
- Maize (corn) — Production, annual growth rate -0.9612 % change on previous year (1991)
- Maize (corn) — Yield, annual growth rate -5.46 % change on previous year (1991)
- Maize (corn) — Area harvested, annual growth rate 4.76 % change on previous year (1991)
- Horses — Stocks, annual growth rate -0.0253 % change on previous year (1991)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Laying, annual growth rate 4.88 % change on previous year (1991)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Production, annual growth rate -94.47 % change on previous year (1991)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate -6.83 % change on previous year (1991)
- Edible offal of goat, fresh, chilled or frozen — Producing -21.05 % change on previous year (1991)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — yield in USSR?
- Sesame seed — yield in USSR was 1,122 kg/ha in 1990, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — yield recorded in USSR?
- The highest recorded value was 2,326 kg/ha in 1986.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — yield recorded in USSR?
- The lowest recorded value was 37 kg/ha in 1966.
- How does USSR rank for sesame seed — yield?
- USSR ranks 15th out of 72 countries with data for 1990.
- Is sesame seed — yield rising or falling in USSR?
- Over the last ten years it is up 461.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this USSR 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.