Sesame seed — Producer Price in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: Sesame seed — Producer Price was 7,091 LCU in 2017. ▼ Falling
Sesame seed — Producer Price in Burkina Faso, 1997–2017
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LCU.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sesame seed — producer price in Burkina Faso is 7,091 LCU, measured in 2017. That is the lowest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of down 96.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — producer price in Burkina Faso peaked at 252,207 LCU in 2005 and was at its lowest, 7,091 LCU, in 2017.
Burkina Faso ranks 28th of 33 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Sesame seed — Producer Price in Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | LCU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 135,085 LCU | — |
| 1998 | 134,661 LCU | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 135,508 LCU | +0.6% |
| 2000 | 144,068 LCU | +6.3% |
| 2001 | 233,000 LCU | +61.7% |
| 2002 | 237,660 LCU | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 242,413 LCU | +2.0% |
| 2004 | 247,262 LCU | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 252,207 LCU | +2.0% |
| 2006 | 209,190 LCU | -17.1% |
| 2007 | 197,954 LCU | -5.4% |
| 2017 | 7,091 LCU | -96.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 135,085 LCU | 134,661 LCU | 135,508 LCU | 3 |
| 2000s | 220,469 LCU | 144,068 LCU | 252,207 LCU | 8 |
| 2010s | 7,091 LCU | 7,091 LCU | 7,091 LCU | 1 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
- 25 Palestine, State of 14,195 LCU compare
- 26 China, mainland 13,082 LCU compare
- 27 Egypt 7,620 LCU compare
- 29 Peru 4,311 LCU compare
- 30 Sudan (former) 4,099 LCU compare
- 31 Cyprus 2,815 LCU compare
More agriculture & rural data for Burkina Faso
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.81 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1994 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 228.86 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.39 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7108 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 19.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 19.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — producer price in Burkina Faso?
- Sesame seed — producer price in Burkina Faso was 7,091 LCU in 2017, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — producer price recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The highest recorded value was 252,207 LCU in 2005.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — producer price recorded in Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 7,091 LCU in 2017.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for sesame seed — producer price?
- Burkina Faso ranks 28th out of 33 countries with data for 2017.
- Is sesame seed — producer price rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is down 96.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Burkina Faso data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sesame seed — Producer Price (LCU/tonne). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.