Sesame seed — Area harvested in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Sesame seed — Area harvested was 620 ha in 1990. ▲ Rising
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Dominican Republic, 1961–1990
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sesame seed — area harvested in Dominican Republic is 620 ha, measured in 1990.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — area harvested in Dominican Republic peaked at 700 ha in 1961 and was at its lowest, 550 ha, in 1964.
Dominican Republic ranks 55th of 72 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 700 ha | — |
| 1962 | 600 ha | -14.3% |
| 1963 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 550 ha | -8.3% |
| 1965 | 550 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 550 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 550 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 550 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 550 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 550 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 550 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 550 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 550 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 550 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 570 ha | +3.6% |
| 1976 | 580 ha | +1.8% |
| 1977 | 580 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 600 ha | +3.4% |
| 1979 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 620 ha | +3.3% |
| 1990 | 620 ha | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 577.78 ha | 550 ha | 700 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 568 ha | 550 ha | 600 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 602 ha | 600 ha | 620 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 620 ha | 620 ha | 620 ha | 1 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.94 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.046 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 509.02 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4279 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2748 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 4.6 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 4.6 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — area harvested in Dominican Republic?
- Sesame seed — area harvested in Dominican Republic was 620 ha in 1990, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 700 ha in 1961.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 550 ha in 1964.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Dominican Republic ranks 55th out of 72 countries with data for 1990.
- Is sesame seed — area harvested rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Dominican Republic 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.