Sesame seed — Production in Central America
Central America: Sesame seed — Production was 77,391 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Sesame seed — Production in Central America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, sesame seed — production in Central America stood at 77,391 t.
The figure is down 8.5% on the previous year and down 40.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — production in Central America peaked at 202,604 t in 1979 and was at its lowest, 57,626 t, in 2002.
Central America ranks 14th of 24 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Sesame seed — Production in Central America, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 156,935 t | — |
| 1962 | 167,463 t | +6.7% |
| 1963 | 176,948 t | +5.7% |
| 1964 | 180,549 t | +2.0% |
| 1965 | 164,804 t | -8.7% |
| 1966 | 179,493 t | +8.9% |
| 1967 | 171,808 t | -4.3% |
| 1968 | 173,738 t | +1.1% |
| 1969 | 189,601 t | +9.1% |
| 1970 | 197,324 t | +4.1% |
| 1971 | 194,093 t | -1.6% |
| 1972 | 176,542 t | -9.0% |
| 1973 | 198,708 t | +12.6% |
| 1974 | 178,662 t | -10.1% |
| 1975 | 131,326 t | -26.5% |
| 1976 | 109,759 t | -16.4% |
| 1977 | 144,702 t | +31.8% |
| 1978 | 161,027 t | +11.3% |
| 1979 | 202,604 t | +25.8% |
| 1980 | 172,303 t | -15.0% |
| 1981 | 110,924 t | -35.6% |
| 1982 | 66,624 t | -39.9% |
| 1983 | 120,257 t | +80.5% |
| 1984 | 111,315 t | -7.4% |
| 1985 | 122,999 t | +10.5% |
| 1986 | 105,748 t | -14.0% |
| 1987 | 86,770 t | -17.9% |
| 1988 | 74,345 t | -14.3% |
| 1989 | 77,548 t | +4.3% |
| 1990 | 108,705 t | +40.2% |
| 1991 | 87,337 t | -19.7% |
| 1992 | 69,560 t | -20.4% |
| 1993 | 74,809 t | +7.5% |
| 1994 | 64,430 t | -13.9% |
| 1995 | 84,942 t | +31.8% |
| 1996 | 109,425 t | +28.8% |
| 1997 | 75,296 t | -31.2% |
| 1998 | 81,153 t | +7.8% |
| 1999 | 75,876 t | -6.5% |
| 2000 | 71,492 t | -5.8% |
| 2001 | 87,794 t | +22.8% |
| 2002 | 57,626 t | -34.4% |
| 2003 | 73,041 t | +26.8% |
| 2004 | 86,738 t | +18.8% |
| 2005 | 72,885 t | -16.0% |
| 2006 | 67,896 t | -6.8% |
| 2007 | 72,694 t | +7.1% |
| 2008 | 68,892 t | -5.2% |
| 2009 | 73,833 t | +7.2% |
| 2010 | 93,790 t | +27.0% |
| 2011 | 87,862 t | -6.3% |
| 2012 | 101,097 t | +15.1% |
| 2013 | 104,493 t | +3.4% |
| 2014 | 130,464 t | +24.9% |
| 2015 | 119,246 t | -8.6% |
| 2016 | 119,458 t | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 100,487 t | -15.9% |
| 2018 | 101,994 t | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 103,171 t | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 93,858 t | -9.0% |
| 2021 | 90,055 t | -4.1% |
| 2022 | 92,589 t | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 84,566 t | -8.7% |
| 2024 | 77,391 t | -8.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 173,482 t | 156,935 t | 189,601 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 169,475 t | 109,759 t | 202,604 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 104,883 t | 66,624 t | 172,303 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 83,153 t | 64,430 t | 109,425 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 73,289 t | 57,626 t | 87,794 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 106,206 t | 87,862 t | 130,464 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 87,692 t | 77,391 t | 93,858 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 11 Chad 291,397 t compare
- 11 Lao People's Democratic Republic 8,700 t compare
- 12 Burkina Faso 272,201 t compare
- 12 Democratic Republic of the Congo 4,565 t compare
- 13 Central African Republic 204,399 t compare
- 14 South Sudan 175,612 t compare
- 15 Mozambique 173,819 t compare
- 16 Niger 141,025 t compare
- 17 Uganda 140,000 t compare
- 17 Caribbean 4,182 t compare
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- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -1.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw milk of cattle — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.7054 % change on previous year (2024)
- Potatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 6.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant) 0.4048 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -0.22 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.02 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — production in Central America?
- Sesame seed — production in Central America was 77,391 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — production recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 202,604 t in 1979.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — production recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 57,626 t in 2002.
- How does Central America rank for sesame seed — production?
- Central America ranks 14th out of 24 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — production rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 40.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Central America data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Sesame seed — Production. 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.