Sesame seed — Yield in Palestine
Palestine: Sesame seed — Yield was 952.7 kg/ha in 2022. ▲ Rising
Sesame seed — Yield in Palestine, 1994–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2022, sesame seed — yield in Palestine stood at 952.7 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.9% on the previous year and up 35.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — yield in Palestine peaked at 1,542 kg/ha in 2018 and was at its lowest, 304.2 kg/ha, in 1994.
That places Palestine 23rd out of 72 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 29 years of available data.
Sesame seed — Yield in Palestine, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 304.2 kg/ha | — |
| 1995 | 310.1 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1996 | 390 kg/ha | +25.8% |
| 1997 | 808.7 kg/ha | +107.4% |
| 1998 | 457.1 kg/ha | -43.5% |
| 1999 | 421.7 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2000 | 626.8 kg/ha | +48.6% |
| 2001 | 531.1 kg/ha | -15.3% |
| 2002 | 623 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 2003 | 612.9 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2004 | 634.2 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 630.3 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 607 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2007 | 691.5 kg/ha | +13.9% |
| 2008 | 672 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2009 | 671.8 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2010 | 676.6 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 691.3 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 702.7 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 712.9 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2014 | 728.4 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2015 | 737.4 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 770 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2017 | 708.9 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 2018 | 1,542 kg/ha | +117.5% |
| 2019 | 756.8 kg/ha | -50.9% |
| 2020 | 777.8 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2021 | 1,046 kg/ha | +34.5% |
| 2022 | 952.7 kg/ha | -8.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 448.63 kg/ha | 304.2 kg/ha | 808.7 kg/ha | 6 |
| 2000s | 630.06 kg/ha | 531.1 kg/ha | 691.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 802.67 kg/ha | 676.6 kg/ha | 1,542 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 925.57 kg/ha | 777.8 kg/ha | 1,046 kg/ha | 3 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.7 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0552 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 167.17 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2685 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1262 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 5.52 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 5.52 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.5% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — yield in Palestine?
- Sesame seed — yield in Palestine was 952.7 kg/ha in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — yield recorded in Palestine?
- The highest recorded value was 1,542 kg/ha in 2018.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — yield recorded in Palestine?
- The lowest recorded value was 304.2 kg/ha in 1994.
- How does Palestine rank for sesame seed — yield?
- Palestine ranks 23rd out of 72 countries with data for 2022.
- Is sesame seed — yield rising or falling in Palestine?
- Over the last ten years it is up 35.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Palestine 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.