Sesame seed — Producer Price in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Sesame seed — Producer Price was 2,139 USD in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sesame seed — Producer Price in Sri Lanka, 1991–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in USD.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 2,139 USD for sesame seed — producer price in 2024. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 19.1% on the previous year and up 38.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — producer price in Sri Lanka peaked at 2,139 USD in 2024 and was at its lowest, 369.1 USD, in 1994.
That places Sri Lanka 6th out of 32 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
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 | USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 405.1 USD | — |
| 1992 | 418.9 USD | +3.4% |
| 1993 | 373.9 USD | -10.7% |
| 1994 | 369.1 USD | -1.3% |
| 1995 | 420.5 USD | +13.9% |
| 1996 | 663.6 USD | +57.8% |
| 1997 | 636.5 USD | -4.1% |
| 1998 | 502.7 USD | -21.0% |
| 1999 | 569.3 USD | +13.2% |
| 2000 | 584.8 USD | +2.7% |
| 2001 | 554.1 USD | -5.2% |
| 2002 | 512.3 USD | -7.5% |
| 2003 | 456.7 USD | -10.9% |
| 2004 | 486.1 USD | +6.4% |
| 2005 | 582.1 USD | +19.7% |
| 2006 | 536.7 USD | -7.8% |
| 2007 | 641.6 USD | +19.5% |
| 2008 | 1,372 USD | +113.8% |
| 2009 | 966 USD | -29.6% |
| 2010 | 876.8 USD | -9.2% |
| 2011 | 1,252 USD | +42.8% |
| 2012 | 963.5 USD | -23.0% |
| 2013 | 1,438 USD | +49.3% |
| 2014 | 1,548 USD | +7.6% |
| 2015 | 1,125 USD | -27.3% |
| 2016 | 957.1 USD | -14.9% |
| 2017 | 1,126 USD | +17.6% |
| 2018 | 1,304 USD | +15.9% |
| 2019 | 1,713 USD | +31.3% |
| 2020 | 2,023 USD | +18.1% |
| 2021 | 1,622 USD | -19.8% |
| 2022 | 1,216 USD | -25.0% |
| 2023 | 1,796 USD | +47.8% |
| 2024 | 2,139 USD | +19.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 484.4 USD | 369.1 USD | 663.6 USD | 9 |
| 2000s | 669.2 USD | 456.7 USD | 1,372 USD | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,230 USD | 876.8 USD | 1,713 USD | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,759 USD | 1,216 USD | 2,139 USD | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
- 3 Cyprus 3,045 USD compare
- 4 Sierra Leone 2,604 USD compare
- 4 Viet Nam 2,100 USD compare
- 5 China, mainland 2,241 USD compare
- 7 Chad 1,598 USD compare
- 8 Yemen 1,579 USD compare
- 9 Sudan (former) 1,535 USD compare
More agriculture & rural data for Sri Lanka
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 9.1 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0836 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 418.3 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.9172 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7955 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — producer price in Sri Lanka?
- Sesame seed — producer price in Sri Lanka was 2,139 USD in 2024, 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 2,139 USD in 2024.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — producer price recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 369.1 USD in 1994.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for sesame seed — producer price?
- Sri Lanka ranks 6th out of 32 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — producer price rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is up 38.2%. 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 (USD/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.