Sesame seed — Area harvested in El Salvador
El Salvador: Sesame seed — Area harvested was 1,220 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sesame seed — Area harvested in El Salvador, 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 El Salvador is 1,220 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 25.1% on the previous year and down 73.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — area harvested in El Salvador peaked at 25,970 ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 839 ha, in 2016.
That places El Salvador 51st out of 72 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sesame seed — Area harvested in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,900 ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,500 ha | -21.1% |
| 1963 | 1,100 ha | -26.7% |
| 1964 | 1,300 ha | +18.2% |
| 1965 | 2,100 ha | +61.5% |
| 1966 | 4,500 ha | +114.3% |
| 1967 | 4,400 ha | -2.2% |
| 1968 | 1,300 ha | -70.5% |
| 1969 | 1,400 ha | +7.7% |
| 1970 | 1,900 ha | +35.7% |
| 1971 | 1,300 ha | -31.6% |
| 1972 | 1,807 ha | +39.0% |
| 1973 | 2,500 ha | +38.4% |
| 1974 | 2,950 ha | +18.0% |
| 1975 | 3,829 ha | +29.8% |
| 1976 | 4,213 ha | +10.0% |
| 1977 | 6,230 ha | +47.9% |
| 1978 | 5,594 ha | -10.2% |
| 1979 | 9,860 ha | +76.3% |
| 1980 | 13,077 ha | +32.6% |
| 1981 | 13,100 ha | +0.2% |
| 1982 | 8,000 ha | -38.9% |
| 1983 | 4,032 ha | -49.6% |
| 1984 | 13,000 ha | +222.4% |
| 1985 | 16,000 ha | +23.1% |
| 1986 | 20,980 ha | +31.1% |
| 1987 | 16,870 ha | -19.6% |
| 1988 | 13,357 ha | -20.8% |
| 1989 | 15,050 ha | +12.7% |
| 1990 | 22,378 ha | +48.7% |
| 1991 | 25,970 ha | +16.1% |
| 1992 | 18,200 ha | -29.9% |
| 1993 | 16,940 ha | -6.9% |
| 1994 | 13,720 ha | -19.0% |
| 1995 | 13,860 ha | +1.0% |
| 1996 | 13,265 ha | -4.3% |
| 1997 | 15,190 ha | +14.5% |
| 1998 | 12,600 ha | -17.1% |
| 1999 | 11,200 ha | -11.1% |
| 2000 | 8,400 ha | -25.0% |
| 2001 | 11,000 ha | +31.0% |
| 2002 | 4,700 ha | -57.3% |
| 2003 | 2,167 ha | -53.9% |
| 2004 | 2,167 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 2,446 ha | +12.9% |
| 2006 | 2,516 ha | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 2,520 ha | +0.2% |
| 2008 | 2,100 ha | -16.7% |
| 2009 | 1,469 ha | -30.0% |
| 2010 | 2,809 ha | +91.2% |
| 2011 | 3,000 ha | +6.8% |
| 2012 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 3,313 ha | +10.4% |
| 2014 | 4,630 ha | +39.8% |
| 2015 | 1,170 ha | -74.7% |
| 2016 | 839 ha | -28.3% |
| 2017 | 1,576 ha | +87.8% |
| 2018 | 1,635 ha | +3.7% |
| 2019 | 2,036 ha | +24.5% |
| 2020 | 1,604 ha | -21.2% |
| 2021 | 1,142 ha | -28.8% |
| 2022 | 1,161 ha | +1.7% |
| 2023 | 975 ha | -16.0% |
| 2024 | 1,220 ha | +25.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,167 ha | 1,100 ha | 4,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,018 ha | 1,300 ha | 9,860 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,347 ha | 4,032 ha | 20,980 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,332 ha | 11,200 ha | 25,970 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 3,948 ha | 1,469 ha | 11,000 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2,401 ha | 839 ha | 4,630 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,220 ha | 975 ha | 1,604 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.84 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.044 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 253.9 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2448 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 4.4 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 4.4 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — area harvested in El Salvador?
- Sesame seed — area harvested in El Salvador was 1,220 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 25,970 ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 839 ha in 2016.
- How does El Salvador rank for sesame seed — area harvested?
- El Salvador ranks 51st out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — area harvested rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 73.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this El Salvador 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.