Sesame seed — Area harvested in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Sesame seed — Area harvested was 278 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Costa Rica, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sesame seed — area harvested in Costa Rica is 278 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.7% on the previous year and up 6.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — area harvested in Costa Rica peaked at 280 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 122 ha, in 1990.
Costa Rica ranks 58th of 72 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 200 ha | — |
| 1962 | 137 ha | -31.5% |
| 1963 | 150 ha | +9.5% |
| 1964 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 150 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 122 ha | -18.7% |
| 1991 | 160 ha | +31.1% |
| 1992 | 170 ha | +6.2% |
| 1993 | 180 ha | +5.9% |
| 1994 | 190 ha | +5.6% |
| 1995 | 200 ha | +5.3% |
| 1996 | 220 ha | +10.0% |
| 1997 | 234 ha | +6.4% |
| 1998 | 248 ha | +6.0% |
| 1999 | 262 ha | +5.6% |
| 2000 | 276 ha | +5.3% |
| 2001 | 215 ha | -22.1% |
| 2002 | 218 ha | +1.4% |
| 2003 | 221 ha | +1.4% |
| 2004 | 215 ha | -2.7% |
| 2005 | 220 ha | +2.3% |
| 2006 | 225 ha | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 230 ha | +2.2% |
| 2008 | 234 ha | +1.7% |
| 2009 | 238 ha | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 242 ha | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 248 ha | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 250 ha | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 260 ha | +4.0% |
| 2015 | 267 ha | +2.7% |
| 2016 | 272 ha | +1.9% |
| 2017 | 264 ha | -2.9% |
| 2018 | 264 ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 267 ha | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 272 ha | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 275 ha | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 278 ha | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 280 ha | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 278 ha | -0.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 154.11 ha | 137 ha | 200 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 150 ha | 150 ha | 150 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 150 ha | 150 ha | 150 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 198.6 ha | 122 ha | 262 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 229.2 ha | 215 ha | 276 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 258.4 ha | 242 ha | 272 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 276.6 ha | 272 ha | 280 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0337 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — area harvested in Costa Rica?
- Sesame seed — area harvested in Costa Rica was 278 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 280 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 122 ha in 1990.
- How does Costa Rica rank for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Costa Rica ranks 58th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — area harvested rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Costa Rica 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.