Sesame seed — Production in El Salvador
El Salvador: Sesame seed — Production was 964.31 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Sesame seed — Production in El Salvador, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, sesame seed — production in El Salvador stood at 964.31 t.
That represents a change of up 26.6% on the previous year and down 75.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — production in El Salvador peaked at 15,000 t in 1985 and was at its lowest, 614 t, in 2016.
That places El Salvador 53rd out of 72 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Sesame seed — Production in El Salvador, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,700 t | — |
| 1962 | 1,400 t | -17.6% |
| 1963 | 900 t | -35.7% |
| 1964 | 1,300 t | +44.4% |
| 1965 | 2,200 t | +69.2% |
| 1966 | 4,900 t | +122.7% |
| 1967 | 4,700 t | -4.1% |
| 1968 | 1,400 t | -70.2% |
| 1969 | 1,500 t | +7.1% |
| 1970 | 1,900 t | +26.7% |
| 1971 | 1,400 t | -26.3% |
| 1972 | 2,086 t | +49.0% |
| 1973 | 3,100 t | +48.6% |
| 1974 | 3,835 t | +23.7% |
| 1975 | 2,887 t | -24.7% |
| 1976 | 2,851 t | -1.2% |
| 1977 | 3,685 t | +29.3% |
| 1978 | 4,094 t | +11.1% |
| 1979 | 7,135 t | +74.3% |
| 1980 | 11,204 t | +57.0% |
| 1981 | 11,200 t | -0.0% |
| 1982 | 7,000 t | -37.5% |
| 1983 | 3,709 t | -47.0% |
| 1984 | 12,000 t | +223.5% |
| 1985 | 15,000 t | +25.0% |
| 1986 | 8,187 t | -45.4% |
| 1987 | 7,967 t | -2.7% |
| 1988 | 9,291 t | +16.6% |
| 1989 | 9,766 t | +5.1% |
| 1990 | 12,500 t | +28.0% |
| 1991 | 12,291 t | -1.7% |
| 1992 | 11,000 t | -10.5% |
| 1993 | 11,500 t | +4.5% |
| 1994 | 9,265 t | -19.4% |
| 1995 | 9,249 t | -0.2% |
| 1996 | 10,460 t | +13.1% |
| 1997 | 10,281 t | -1.7% |
| 1998 | 9,274 t | -9.8% |
| 1999 | 7,360 t | -20.6% |
| 2000 | 6,348 t | -13.8% |
| 2001 | 8,000 t | +26.0% |
| 2002 | 3,421 t | -57.2% |
| 2003 | 1,691 t | -50.6% |
| 2004 | 1,691 t | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1,830 t | +8.2% |
| 2006 | 1,964 t | +7.3% |
| 2007 | 1,964 t | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1,636 t | -16.7% |
| 2009 | 1,008 t | -38.4% |
| 2010 | 1,823 t | +80.8% |
| 2011 | 2,000 t | +9.7% |
| 2012 | 2,000 t | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 2,740 t | +37.0% |
| 2014 | 3,908 t | +42.6% |
| 2015 | 792 t | -79.7% |
| 2016 | 614 t | -22.5% |
| 2017 | 968.82 t | +57.8% |
| 2018 | 1,014 t | +4.7% |
| 2019 | 1,789 t | +76.4% |
| 2020 | 1,250 t | -30.1% |
| 2021 | 1,136 t | -9.1% |
| 2022 | 925 t | -18.6% |
| 2023 | 761.99 t | -17.6% |
| 2024 | 964.31 t | +26.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,222 t | 900 t | 4,900 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,297 t | 1,400 t | 7,135 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 9,532 t | 3,709 t | 15,000 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,318 t | 7,360 t | 12,500 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,955 t | 1,008 t | 8,000 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,765 t | 614 t | 3,908 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,008 t | 761.99 t | 1,250 t | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.84 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.044 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 253.9 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -1.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2448 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 4.4 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 4.4 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — production in El Salvador?
- Sesame seed — production in El Salvador was 964.31 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — production recorded in El Salvador?
- The highest recorded value was 15,000 t in 1985.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — production recorded in El Salvador?
- The lowest recorded value was 614 t in 2016.
- How does El Salvador rank for sesame seed — production?
- El Salvador ranks 53rd out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — production rising or falling in El Salvador?
- Over the last ten years it is down 75.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this El Salvador 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.