Sesame seed — Area harvested in Central America
Central America: Sesame seed — Area harvested was 96,641 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Central America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Central America recorded 96,641 ha for sesame seed — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 8.4% on the previous year and down 35.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — area harvested in Central America peaked at 344,373 ha in 1979 and was at its lowest, 95,329 ha, in 2008.
That places Central America 14th out of 24 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Central America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 231,423 ha | — |
| 1962 | 252,455 ha | +9.1% |
| 1963 | 262,338 ha | +3.9% |
| 1964 | 274,074 ha | +4.5% |
| 1965 | 281,379 ha | +2.7% |
| 1966 | 268,702 ha | -4.5% |
| 1967 | 293,911 ha | +9.4% |
| 1968 | 281,976 ha | -4.1% |
| 1969 | 283,751 ha | +0.6% |
| 1970 | 294,066 ha | +3.6% |
| 1971 | 299,531 ha | +1.9% |
| 1972 | 290,880 ha | -2.9% |
| 1973 | 273,943 ha | -5.8% |
| 1974 | 261,896 ha | -4.4% |
| 1975 | 241,736 ha | -7.7% |
| 1976 | 225,762 ha | -6.6% |
| 1977 | 235,445 ha | +4.3% |
| 1978 | 277,217 ha | +17.7% |
| 1979 | 344,373 ha | +24.2% |
| 1980 | 315,399 ha | -8.4% |
| 1981 | 201,078 ha | -36.2% |
| 1982 | 129,145 ha | -35.8% |
| 1983 | 207,011 ha | +60.3% |
| 1984 | 195,380 ha | -5.6% |
| 1985 | 200,388 ha | +2.6% |
| 1986 | 175,329 ha | -12.5% |
| 1987 | 154,569 ha | -11.8% |
| 1988 | 140,321 ha | -9.2% |
| 1989 | 127,264 ha | -9.3% |
| 1990 | 193,241 ha | +51.8% |
| 1991 | 167,389 ha | -13.4% |
| 1992 | 113,936 ha | -31.9% |
| 1993 | 115,328 ha | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 97,380 ha | -15.6% |
| 1995 | 131,902 ha | +35.5% |
| 1996 | 173,215 ha | +31.3% |
| 1997 | 147,449 ha | -14.9% |
| 1998 | 146,126 ha | -0.9% |
| 1999 | 125,311 ha | -14.2% |
| 2000 | 143,428 ha | +14.5% |
| 2001 | 144,110 ha | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 98,918 ha | -31.4% |
| 2003 | 122,386 ha | +23.7% |
| 2004 | 126,128 ha | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 106,025 ha | -15.9% |
| 2006 | 104,405 ha | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 112,903 ha | +8.1% |
| 2008 | 95,329 ha | -15.6% |
| 2009 | 96,437 ha | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 117,570 ha | +21.9% |
| 2011 | 115,246 ha | -2.0% |
| 2012 | 108,411 ha | -5.9% |
| 2013 | 115,172 ha | +6.2% |
| 2014 | 150,455 ha | +30.6% |
| 2015 | 130,377 ha | -13.3% |
| 2016 | 138,682 ha | +6.4% |
| 2017 | 125,086 ha | -9.8% |
| 2018 | 127,646 ha | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 132,437 ha | +3.8% |
| 2020 | 126,282 ha | -4.6% |
| 2021 | 117,237 ha | -7.2% |
| 2022 | 123,829 ha | +5.6% |
| 2023 | 105,507 ha | -14.8% |
| 2024 | 96,641 ha | -8.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 270,001 ha | 231,423 ha | 293,911 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 274,485 ha | 225,762 ha | 344,373 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 184,588 ha | 127,264 ha | 315,399 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 141,128 ha | 97,380 ha | 193,241 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 115,007 ha | 95,329 ha | 144,110 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 126,108 ha | 108,411 ha | 150,455 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 113,899 ha | 96,641 ha | 126,282 ha | 5 |
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- Meat of goat, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 17 kg/An (2024)
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- Raw milk of cattle — Milk Animals 5.49 million An (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — area harvested in Central America?
- Sesame seed — area harvested in Central America was 96,641 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 344,373 ha in 1979.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 95,329 ha in 2008.
- How does Central America rank for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Central America ranks 14th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — area harvested rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 35.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Central America data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sesame seed — Area harvested. 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.