Sesame seed — Yield in World
World: Sesame seed — Yield was 570.1 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sesame seed — Yield in World, 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 World is 570.1 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 3.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — yield in World peaked at 651.1 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 271.2 kg/ha, in 1966.
That places World 14th out of 22 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sesame seed — Yield in World, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 286.1 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 295.7 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1963 | 288.9 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1964 | 304 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1965 | 279 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1966 | 271.2 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1967 | 288.2 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1968 | 285.7 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1969 | 307.1 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1970 | 340.2 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1971 | 318.3 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1972 | 290 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1973 | 308.5 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1974 | 294.2 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 1975 | 296.6 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1976 | 288.6 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1977 | 304.2 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1978 | 311.1 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1979 | 293 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1980 | 277.3 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 1981 | 339.4 kg/ha | +22.4% |
| 1982 | 318 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1983 | 315.7 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1984 | 335.5 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1985 | 336.2 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1986 | 341.8 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1987 | 355.6 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1988 | 336.2 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1989 | 331.5 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1990 | 389 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 1991 | 348.4 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 1992 | 376.6 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1993 | 340.8 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1994 | 352.2 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1995 | 391.8 kg/ha | +11.2% |
| 1996 | 397.5 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1997 | 401.1 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 412.2 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1999 | 376.4 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 2000 | 381.1 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 444 kg/ha | +16.5% |
| 2002 | 448.9 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2003 | 441.9 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 2004 | 453.3 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2005 | 465.1 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 466.1 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2007 | 509.5 kg/ha | +9.3% |
| 2008 | 497.9 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2009 | 490.9 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 545.6 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 2011 | 583.6 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 2012 | 651.1 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 2013 | 545.3 kg/ha | -16.2% |
| 2014 | 550.9 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 567 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2016 | 551.1 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2017 | 551.8 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 529.1 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2019 | 515.9 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2020 | 479.3 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2021 | 497.8 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2022 | 517.9 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2023 | 562.7 kg/ha | +8.7% |
| 2024 | 570.1 kg/ha | +1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 289.54 kg/ha | 271.2 kg/ha | 307.1 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 304.47 kg/ha | 288.6 kg/ha | 340.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 328.72 kg/ha | 277.3 kg/ha | 355.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 378.6 kg/ha | 340.8 kg/ha | 412.2 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 459.87 kg/ha | 381.1 kg/ha | 509.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 559.14 kg/ha | 515.9 kg/ha | 651.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 525.56 kg/ha | 479.3 kg/ha | 570.1 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near World
- 11 Jordan 1,235 kg/ha compare
- 11 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 434.4 kg/ha compare
- 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 compare
- 15 USSR 1,122 kg/ha compare
- 16 North Macedonia 1,016 kg/ha compare
- 17 Yemen 1,000 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for World
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0401 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 577.68 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4217 units per person (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 42.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — yield in World?
- Sesame seed — yield in World was 570.1 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — yield recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 651.1 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — yield recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 271.2 kg/ha in 1966.
- How does World rank for sesame seed — yield?
- World ranks 14th out of 22 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — yield rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World 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.