Sesame seed — Area harvested in Honduras
Honduras: Sesame seed — Area harvested was 1,321 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Honduras, 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 Honduras is 1,321 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.3% on the previous year and down 19.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — area harvested in Honduras peaked at 4,100 ha in 1982 and was at its lowest, 295 ha, in 1965.
That places Honduras 49th 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 Honduras, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 753 ha | — |
| 1962 | 648 ha | -13.9% |
| 1963 | 711 ha | +9.7% |
| 1964 | 648 ha | -8.9% |
| 1965 | 295 ha | -54.5% |
| 1966 | 934 ha | +216.6% |
| 1967 | 984 ha | +5.4% |
| 1968 | 1,034 ha | +5.1% |
| 1969 | 1,084 ha | +4.8% |
| 1970 | 1,134 ha | +4.6% |
| 1971 | 1,185 ha | +4.5% |
| 1972 | 1,235 ha | +4.2% |
| 1973 | 1,379 ha | +11.7% |
| 1974 | 1,335 ha | -3.2% |
| 1975 | 1,385 ha | +3.7% |
| 1976 | 1,436 ha | +3.7% |
| 1977 | 1,486 ha | +3.5% |
| 1978 | 3,000 ha | +101.9% |
| 1979 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 3,700 ha | +23.3% |
| 1981 | 3,400 ha | -8.1% |
| 1982 | 4,100 ha | +20.6% |
| 1983 | 4,020 ha | -2.0% |
| 1984 | 3,500 ha | -12.9% |
| 1985 | 3,300 ha | -5.7% |
| 1986 | 3,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1987 | 2,500 ha | -16.7% |
| 1988 | 2,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1989 | 1,862 ha | -6.9% |
| 1990 | 1,879 ha | +0.9% |
| 1991 | 1,900 ha | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 1,500 ha | -21.1% |
| 1993 | 1,357 ha | -9.5% |
| 1994 | 1,800 ha | +32.6% |
| 1995 | 1,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 1,100 ha | -38.9% |
| 1997 | 1,100 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 980 ha | -10.9% |
| 1999 | 860 ha | -12.2% |
| 2000 | 860 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 800 ha | -7.0% |
| 2002 | 350 ha | -56.2% |
| 2003 | 770 ha | +120.0% |
| 2004 | 1,050 ha | +36.4% |
| 2005 | 1,200 ha | +14.3% |
| 2006 | 1,059 ha | -11.8% |
| 2007 | 1,068 ha | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 995 ha | -6.8% |
| 2009 | 977 ha | -1.8% |
| 2010 | 954 ha | -2.4% |
| 2011 | 936 ha | -1.9% |
| 2012 | 1,000 ha | +6.8% |
| 2013 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1,650 ha | +65.0% |
| 2015 | 1,300 ha | -21.2% |
| 2016 | 1,250 ha | -3.8% |
| 2017 | 1,100 ha | -12.0% |
| 2018 | 1,450 ha | +31.8% |
| 2019 | 1,267 ha | -12.6% |
| 2020 | 1,306 ha | +3.1% |
| 2021 | 1,341 ha | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 1,305 ha | -2.7% |
| 2023 | 1,317 ha | +0.9% |
| 2024 | 1,321 ha | +0.3% |
Honduras compared with similar countries
- Honduras's 1,321 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 12,856 ha, 10% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Honduras's 1,321 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2,105 ha, 63% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sesame seed — Area harvested in Honduras 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | +216.6% | 295 ha | 934 ha |
| 2003 | +120.0% | 350 ha | 770 ha |
| 1978 | +101.9% | 1,486 ha | 3,000 ha |
| 2014 | +65.0% | 1,000 ha | 1,650 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 787.89 ha | 295 ha | 1,084 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,658 ha | 1,134 ha | 3,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,138 ha | 1,862 ha | 4,100 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,428 ha | 860 ha | 1,900 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 912.9 ha | 350 ha | 1,200 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,191 ha | 936 ha | 1,650 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,318 ha | 1,305 ha | 1,341 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Honduras
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- 51 El Salvador 1,220 ha compare
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More agriculture & rural data for Honduras
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 26.57 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1332 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 479.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.513 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4075 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 13.3% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 13.3% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — area harvested in Honduras?
- Sesame seed — area harvested in Honduras was 1,321 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 4,100 ha in 1982.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 295 ha in 1965.
- How does Honduras rank for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Honduras ranks 49th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — area harvested rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Honduras 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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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.