Sesame seed — Production in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Sesame seed — Production was 310 t in 1990. ▼ Falling
Sesame seed — Production in Dominican Republic, 1961–1990
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Dominican Republic recorded 310 t for sesame seed — production in 1990.
That represents a change of up 10.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — production in Dominican Republic peaked at 340 t in 1963 and was at its lowest, 225 t, in 1984.
Dominican Republic ranks 55th of 72 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 30 years of available data.
Sesame seed — Production in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 301 t | — |
| 1962 | 320 t | +6.3% |
| 1963 | 340 t | +6.2% |
| 1964 | 338 t | -0.6% |
| 1965 | 300 t | -11.2% |
| 1966 | 293 t | -2.3% |
| 1967 | 287 t | -2.0% |
| 1968 | 280 t | -2.4% |
| 1969 | 274 t | -2.1% |
| 1970 | 267 t | -2.6% |
| 1971 | 261 t | -2.2% |
| 1972 | 254 t | -2.7% |
| 1973 | 248 t | -2.4% |
| 1974 | 250 t | +0.8% |
| 1975 | 260 t | +4.0% |
| 1976 | 270 t | +3.8% |
| 1977 | 270 t | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 280 t | +3.7% |
| 1979 | 280 t | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 280 t | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 280 t | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 280 t | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 280 t | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 225 t | -19.6% |
| 1985 | 276 t | +22.7% |
| 1986 | 297 t | +7.6% |
| 1987 | 300 t | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 300 t | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 310 t | +3.3% |
| 1990 | 310 t | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 303.67 t | 274 t | 340 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 264 t | 248 t | 280 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 282.8 t | 225 t | 310 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 310 t | 310 t | 310 t | 1 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Dominican Republic
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.94 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.046 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 509.02 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4279 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2748 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 4.6 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 4.6 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — production in Dominican Republic?
- Sesame seed — production in Dominican Republic was 310 t in 1990, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — production recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 340 t in 1963.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — production recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 225 t in 1984.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for sesame seed — production?
- Dominican Republic ranks 55th out of 72 countries with data for 1990.
- Is sesame seed — production rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Dominican Republic 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.