Sesame seed — Area harvested in Panama
Panama: Sesame seed — Area harvested was 0 ha in 2021. ▲ Rising
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Panama, 1961–2021
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sesame seed — area harvested in Panama is 0 ha, measured in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 61 years on record.
That represents a change of down 100.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — area harvested in Panama peaked at 420 ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 2019.
That places Panama 70th out of 72 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 61 years of available data.
Sesame seed — Area harvested in Panama, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 200 ha | -33.3% |
| 1970 | 220 ha | +10.0% |
| 1971 | 220 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 250 ha | +13.6% |
| 1973 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 170 ha | -32.0% |
| 1975 | 170 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 180 ha | +5.9% |
| 1977 | 180 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 180 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 200 ha | +11.1% |
| 1980 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 220 ha | +10.0% |
| 1982 | 240 ha | +9.1% |
| 1983 | 240 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 260 ha | +8.3% |
| 1985 | 260 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 270 ha | +3.8% |
| 1987 | 360 ha | +33.3% |
| 1988 | 380 ha | +5.6% |
| 1989 | 370 ha | -2.6% |
| 1990 | 400 ha | +8.1% |
| 1991 | 405 ha | +1.2% |
| 1992 | 405 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 410 ha | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 403 ha | -1.7% |
| 1995 | 400 ha | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 398 ha | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 397 ha | -0.3% |
| 1998 | 386 ha | -2.8% |
| 1999 | 395 ha | +2.3% |
| 2000 | 395 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 397 ha | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 398 ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 401 ha | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 415 ha | +3.5% |
| 2005 | 420 ha | +1.2% |
| 2006 | 400 ha | -4.8% |
| 2007 | 399 ha | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 397 ha | -0.5% |
| 2009 | 397 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 394 ha | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 394 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 380 ha | -3.6% |
| 2013 | 380 ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 390 ha | +2.6% |
| 2015 | 395 ha | +1.3% |
| 2016 | 396 ha | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 399 ha | +0.8% |
| 2018 | 203 ha | -49.1% |
| 2019 | 0 ha | -100.0% |
| 2020 | 0 ha | — |
| 2021 | 0 ha | — |
Panama compared with similar countries
- Panama's 0 ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 26 ha. (9 countries reporting)
- Panama's 0 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 2,105 ha. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sesame seed — Area harvested in Panama 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | -100.0% | 203 ha | 0 ha |
| 2018 | -49.1% | 399 ha | 203 ha |
| 1969 | -33.3% | 300 ha | 200 ha |
| 1987 | +33.3% | 270 ha | 360 ha |
| 1974 | -32.0% | 250 ha | 170 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 288.89 ha | 200 ha | 300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 202 ha | 170 ha | 250 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 280 ha | 200 ha | 380 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 399.9 ha | 386 ha | 410 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 401.9 ha | 395 ha | 420 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 333.1 ha | 0 ha | 399 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 2 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Panama
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.06 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0262 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 518.14 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7724 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3385 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — area harvested in Panama?
- Sesame seed — area harvested in Panama was 0 ha in 2021, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 420 ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — area harvested recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 2019.
- How does Panama rank for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Panama ranks 70th out of 72 countries with data for 2021.
- Is sesame seed — area harvested rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is down 100.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Panama 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.