Sesame seed — Yield in Central America
Central America: Sesame seed — Yield was 800.8 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sesame seed — Yield in Central America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sesame seed — yield in Central America is 800.8 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — yield in Central America peaked at 932.5 kg/ha in 2012 and was at its lowest, 486.2 kg/ha, in 1976.
That places Central America 8th out of 22 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Sesame seed — Yield in Central America, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 678.1 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 663.3 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1963 | 674.5 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1964 | 658.8 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1965 | 585.7 kg/ha | -11.1% |
| 1966 | 668 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1967 | 584.6 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1968 | 616.1 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1969 | 668.2 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1970 | 671 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1971 | 648 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1972 | 606.9 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1973 | 725.4 kg/ha | +19.5% |
| 1974 | 682.2 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1975 | 543.3 kg/ha | -20.4% |
| 1976 | 486.2 kg/ha | -10.5% |
| 1977 | 614.6 kg/ha | +26.4% |
| 1978 | 580.9 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1979 | 588.3 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1980 | 546.3 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1981 | 551.6 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1982 | 515.9 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1983 | 580.9 kg/ha | +12.6% |
| 1984 | 569.7 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1985 | 613.8 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1986 | 603.1 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1987 | 561.4 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1988 | 529.8 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1989 | 609.3 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 1990 | 562.5 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1991 | 521.8 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 1992 | 610.5 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 1993 | 648.7 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1994 | 661.6 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1995 | 644 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1996 | 631.7 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1997 | 510.7 kg/ha | -19.2% |
| 1998 | 555.4 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1999 | 605.5 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 2000 | 498.5 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 2001 | 609.2 kg/ha | +22.2% |
| 2002 | 582.6 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2003 | 596.8 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 687.7 kg/ha | +15.2% |
| 2005 | 687.4 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 650.3 kg/ha | -5.4% |
| 2007 | 643.9 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 722.7 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 2009 | 765.6 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2010 | 797.7 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2011 | 762.4 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2012 | 932.5 kg/ha | +22.3% |
| 2013 | 907.3 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2014 | 867.1 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2015 | 914.6 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2016 | 861.4 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2017 | 803.3 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2018 | 799 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 779 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2020 | 743.2 kg/ha | -4.6% |
| 2021 | 768.1 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2022 | 747.7 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2023 | 801.5 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 2024 | 800.8 kg/ha | -0.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 644.14 kg/ha | 584.6 kg/ha | 678.1 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 614.68 kg/ha | 486.2 kg/ha | 725.4 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 568.18 kg/ha | 515.9 kg/ha | 613.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 595.24 kg/ha | 510.7 kg/ha | 661.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 644.47 kg/ha | 498.5 kg/ha | 765.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 842.43 kg/ha | 762.4 kg/ha | 932.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 772.26 kg/ha | 743.2 kg/ha | 801.5 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 5 Italy 1,677 kg/ha compare
- 5 Syrian Arab Republic 743.3 kg/ha compare
- 6 Tajikistan 1,568 kg/ha compare
- 6 Türkiye 707.6 kg/ha compare
- 7 China, mainland 1,520 kg/ha compare
- 7 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 690.5 kg/ha compare
- 8 China 1,516 kg/ha compare
- 9 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 561.2 kg/ha compare
- 9 Nigeria 1,286 kg/ha compare
- 10 Cameroon 1,250 kg/ha compare
- 11 Jordan 1,235 kg/ha compare
- 11 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 434.4 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Central America
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -0.22 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -1.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -3.58 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) -10.47 % change on previous year (2024)
- 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)
- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -9.54 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross 0.8347 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — yield in Central America?
- Sesame seed — yield in Central America was 800.8 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — yield recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 932.5 kg/ha in 2012.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — yield recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 486.2 kg/ha in 1976.
- How does Central America rank for sesame seed — yield?
- Central America ranks 8th out of 22 groups with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — yield rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- 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 — Yield. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.