Sesame seed — Producer Price (LCU/tonne) by country
This sub-domain contains data on agriculture producer prices and the producer price index. Agriculture producer prices are prices received by farmers for primary crops, live animals and livestock primary products as collected at the point of initial sale (prices paid at the farm gate). Annual data are provided from...
What the numbers show
Sesame seed — Producer Price (LCU/tonne) is currently reported for 35 countries. The highest value is 18.04 million LCU in Republic of Korea; the lowest is 1,584 LCU in El Salvador.
The median across all reporting countries is 80,000 LCU, and the mean is 3.19 million LCU.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 11,389.
Over the past decade 25 countries rose and 6 fell. The largest increase was in Türkiye (up 1,901.9%), and the largest decrease in Burkina Faso (down 96.4%).
Sesame seed — Producer Price: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Republic of Korea | 18.04 million LCU | 2011 | up 122.2% | rising |
| 2 | Viet Nam | 53.96 million LCU | 2025 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 2 | Sierra Leone | 14.00 million LCU | 2016 | up 88.8% | rising |
| 3 | Paraguay | 10.44 million LCU | 2024 | up 62.4% | rising |
| 4 | Cambodia | 6.50 million LCU | 2013 | up 236.1% | volatile |
| 4 | Türkiye | 112,356 LCU | 2024 | up 1,901.9% | volatile |
| 5 | Myanmar | 2.16 million LCU | 2020 | up 118.2% | volatile |
| 6 | Yemen | 1.24 million LCU | 2020 | up 207.5% | volatile |
| 7 | Guinea | 909,667 LCU | 2007 | up 105.6% | rising |
| 8 | Mali | 766,420 LCU | 2024 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 9 | Chad | 748,049 LCU | 2025 | up 13.8% | flat |
| 10 | Togo | 626,000 LCU | 2020 | — | rising |
| 11 | Sri Lanka | 617,778 LCU | 2025 | up 394.2% | volatile |
| 12 | Colombia | 586,100 LCU | 1998 | up 80.9% | rising |
| 13 | Niger | 301,000 LCU | 2022 | down 32.8% | volatile |
| 14 | Bangladesh | 124,636 LCU | 2023 | up 177.6% | volatile |
| 15 | Kenya | 117,712 LCU | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 16 | Gambia | 80,000 LCU | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 17 | Nigeria | 70,890 LCU | 2013 | up 38.6% | volatile |
| 18 | Pakistan | 52,313 LCU | 2010 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 19 | Nicaragua | 47,743 LCU | 2023 | up 118.6% | volatile |
| 20 | Thailand | 28,280 LCU | 2012 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 21 | India | 27,500 LCU | 2008 | up 32.0% | rising |
| 22 | Ethiopia | 20,280 LCU | 2018 | up 119.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Mexico | 18,905 LCU | 2024 | up 18.4% | volatile |
| 24 | Honduras | 16,500 LCU | 2008 | — | rising |
| 25 | Palestine, State of | 14,195 LCU | 2025 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 26 | China, mainland | 13,082 LCU | 2022 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 27 | Egypt | 7,620 LCU | 2023 | down 35.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Burkina Faso | 7,091 LCU | 2017 | down 96.4% | falling |
| 29 | Peru | 4,311 LCU | 2025 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 30 | Sudan (former) | 4,099 LCU | 2011 | down 95.3% | volatile |
| 31 | Cyprus | 2,815 LCU | 2024 | up 11.5% | rising |
| 32 | Tajikistan | 2,500 LCU | 2012 | up 150.0% | rising |
| 33 | El Salvador | 1,584 LCU | 2019 | down 87.4% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Iran (Islamic Republic of) 753.95 million LCU
- United Republic of Tanzania 1.58 million LCU
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 35,750 LCU
About this data
This sub-domain contains data on agriculture producer prices and the producer price index. Agriculture producer prices are prices received by farmers for primary crops, live animals and livestock primary products as collected at the point of initial sale (prices paid at the farm gate). Annual data are provided from 1991 (while mothly data start in January 2010) for 180 countries and 212 products. The producer price index is the index of agricultural producer prices that measures the average annual change over time in the selling prices received by farmers (prices at the farm gate or at the first point of sale). The three categories of producer price index available in FAOSTAT comprise: single-item price index, commodity group index and the agriculture producer price index.