Sesame seed — Producer Price in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Sesame seed — Producer Price was 617,778 LCU in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Sesame seed — Producer Price in Sri Lanka, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LCU.
Analysis
In 2025, sesame seed — producer price in Sri Lanka stood at 617,778 LCU.
That represents a change of down 10.4% on the previous year and up 394.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — producer price in Sri Lanka peaked at 689,286 LCU in 2024 and was at its lowest, 16,760 LCU, in 1991.
Sri Lanka ranks 11th of 33 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sesame seed — Producer Price in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | LCU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 16,760 LCU | — |
| 1992 | 18,360 LCU | +9.5% |
| 1993 | 18,070 LCU | -1.6% |
| 1994 | 18,240 LCU | +0.9% |
| 1995 | 21,550 LCU | +18.1% |
| 1996 | 36,680 LCU | +70.2% |
| 1997 | 37,550 LCU | +2.4% |
| 1998 | 32,400 LCU | -13.7% |
| 1999 | 40,210 LCU | +24.1% |
| 2000 | 45,030 LCU | +12.0% |
| 2001 | 49,530 LCU | +10.0% |
| 2002 | 49,010 LCU | -1.0% |
| 2003 | 44,080 LCU | -10.1% |
| 2004 | 49,190 LCU | +11.6% |
| 2005 | 58,500 LCU | +18.9% |
| 2006 | 55,770 LCU | -4.7% |
| 2007 | 70,980 LCU | +27.3% |
| 2008 | 148,590 LCU | +109.3% |
| 2009 | 111,040 LCU | -25.3% |
| 2010 | 105,833 LCU | -4.7% |
| 2011 | 107,500 LCU | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 190,000 LCU | +76.7% |
| 2013 | 174,553 LCU | -8.1% |
| 2014 | 200,000 LCU | +14.6% |
| 2015 | 125,000 LCU | -37.5% |
| 2016 | 100,000 LCU | -20.0% |
| 2017 | 153,330 LCU | +53.3% |
| 2018 | 279,000 LCU | +82.0% |
| 2019 | 166,327 LCU | -40.4% |
| 2020 | 365,125 LCU | +119.5% |
| 2021 | 294,474 LCU | -19.3% |
| 2022 | 481,786 LCU | +63.6% |
| 2023 | 651,818 LCU | +35.3% |
| 2024 | 689,286 LCU | +5.7% |
| 2025 | 617,778 LCU | -10.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 26,647 LCU | 16,760 LCU | 40,210 LCU | 9 |
| 2000s | 68,172 LCU | 44,080 LCU | 148,590 LCU | 10 |
| 2010s | 160,154 LCU | 100,000 LCU | 279,000 LCU | 10 |
| 2020s | 516,711 LCU | 294,474 LCU | 689,286 LCU | 6 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0836 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.7% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — producer price in Sri Lanka?
- Sesame seed — producer price in Sri Lanka was 617,778 LCU in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — producer price recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 689,286 LCU in 2024.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — producer price recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 16,760 LCU in 1991.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for sesame seed — producer price?
- Sri Lanka ranks 11th out of 33 countries with data for 2025.
- Is sesame seed — producer price rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 394.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Sri Lanka 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.