Sesame seed — Yield in Yemen
Yemen: Sesame seed — Yield was 1,000 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sesame seed — Yield in Yemen, 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 Yemen is 1,000 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — yield in Yemen peaked at 1,099 kg/ha in 2010 and was at its lowest, 315 kg/ha, in 1987.
That places Yemen 17th out of 72 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sesame seed — Yield in Yemen, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 535.6 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 573.2 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1963 | 556.8 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1964 | 571.9 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1965 | 571.9 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 580.7 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1967 | 627.3 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1968 | 630.5 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1969 | 622.9 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1970 | 677.9 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1971 | 618.8 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1972 | 655.9 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1973 | 623 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1974 | 624 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1975 | 659.5 kg/ha | +5.7% |
| 1976 | 667.7 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1977 | 726.7 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1978 | 611.8 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 1979 | 574.1 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1980 | 628.6 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 1981 | 550.2 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1982 | 549.5 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1983 | 479.9 kg/ha | -12.7% |
| 1984 | 421.9 kg/ha | -12.1% |
| 1985 | 538.5 kg/ha | +27.6% |
| 1986 | 409.7 kg/ha | -23.9% |
| 1987 | 315 kg/ha | -23.1% |
| 1988 | 377.6 kg/ha | +19.9% |
| 1989 | 370.8 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1990 | 507.7 kg/ha | +36.9% |
| 1991 | 478 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1992 | 576 kg/ha | +20.5% |
| 1993 | 581.9 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1994 | 593.8 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1995 | 607.6 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1996 | 580.9 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1997 | 557.2 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1998 | 576 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1999 | 573.7 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 572.2 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2001 | 584.8 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 569.5 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2003 | 576 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2004 | 1,063 kg/ha | +84.5% |
| 2005 | 1,030 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2006 | 1,047 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2007 | 1,066 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 1,076 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2009 | 1,074 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2010 | 1,099 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2011 | 1,014 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2012 | 1,083 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2013 | 1,084 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 1,082 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2015 | 1,052 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2016 | 1,051 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 1,052 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 832.6 kg/ha | -20.9% |
| 2019 | 1,049 kg/ha | +26.0% |
| 2020 | 1,049 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2021 | 923.9 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 2022 | 979.9 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2023 | 999.8 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 1,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Yemen compared with similar countries
- Yemen's 1,000 kg/ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 566.5 kg/ha, 1.8× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Yemen's 1,000 kg/ha is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1,000 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (11 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sesame seed — Yield in Yemen 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +84.5% | 576 kg/ha | 1,063 kg/ha |
| 1990 | +36.9% | 370.8 kg/ha | 507.7 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 585.64 kg/ha | 535.6 kg/ha | 630.5 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 643.94 kg/ha | 574.1 kg/ha | 726.7 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 464.17 kg/ha | 315 kg/ha | 628.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 563.28 kg/ha | 478 kg/ha | 607.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 865.83 kg/ha | 569.5 kg/ha | 1,076 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,040 kg/ha | 832.6 kg/ha | 1,099 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 990.46 kg/ha | 923.9 kg/ha | 1,049 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Yemen
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -14.18 % change on previous year (2018)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2875 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2018)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 182.21 current US$ per person (2018)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.57 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.001 units per US$ of GDP (2018)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6297 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 28.7% (2018)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 28.7% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — yield in Yemen?
- Sesame seed — yield in Yemen was 1,000 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — yield recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 1,099 kg/ha in 2010.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — yield recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 315 kg/ha in 1987.
- How does Yemen rank for sesame seed — yield?
- Yemen ranks 17th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — yield rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Yemen 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.