Sesame seed — Yield in Guatemala
Guatemala: Sesame seed — Yield was 857.1 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Sesame seed — Yield in Guatemala, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, sesame seed — yield in Guatemala stood at 857.1 kg/ha.
The figure is down 38.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — yield in Guatemala peaked at 1,522 kg/ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 362.9 kg/ha, in 2000.
Guatemala ranks 28th of 72 countries on this measure, 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 Guatemala, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 538.5 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 560 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1963 | 541.7 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1964 | 555.6 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1965 | 560 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1966 | 520 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1967 | 546.7 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1968 | 547.4 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1969 | 913 kg/ha | +66.8% |
| 1970 | 1,183 kg/ha | +29.6% |
| 1971 | 876 kg/ha | -25.9% |
| 1972 | 1,310 kg/ha | +49.5% |
| 1973 | 1,256 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1974 | 1,006 kg/ha | -19.9% |
| 1975 | 1,155 kg/ha | +14.8% |
| 1976 | 1,050 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1977 | 881.8 kg/ha | -16.0% |
| 1978 | 897.3 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1979 | 826.3 kg/ha | -7.9% |
| 1980 | 839.9 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1981 | 849.8 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1982 | 829.9 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1983 | 839 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1984 | 841.5 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1985 | 890.6 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1986 | 890.5 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1987 | 687.1 kg/ha | -22.8% |
| 1988 | 728.4 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1989 | 801.8 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1990 | 787.7 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1991 | 716.2 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1992 | 700.4 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1993 | 706.3 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1994 | 777.6 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1995 | 799.1 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1996 | 707.6 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 1997 | 657.2 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1998 | 638.1 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1999 | 650.1 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2000 | 362.9 kg/ha | -44.2% |
| 2001 | 604.8 kg/ha | +66.7% |
| 2002 | 604.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 618.2 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2004 | 827.2 kg/ha | +33.8% |
| 2005 | 835.3 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 702.6 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 2007 | 696.6 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2008 | 900.2 kg/ha | +29.2% |
| 2009 | 1,110 kg/ha | +23.4% |
| 2010 | 1,414 kg/ha | +27.3% |
| 2011 | 1,305 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 2012 | 1,351 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2013 | 1,376 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2014 | 1,399 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2015 | 1,522 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 2016 | 1,350 kg/ha | -11.4% |
| 2017 | 1,000 kg/ha | -25.9% |
| 2018 | 974.4 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2019 | 974.4 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 945.9 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2021 | 882.4 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2022 | 857.1 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2023 | 857.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 857.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Guatemala compared with similar countries
- Guatemala's 857.1 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 804.7 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Guatemala's 857.1 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 713.75 kg/ha, 1.2× the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sesame seed — Yield in Guatemala changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | +66.8% | 547.4 kg/ha | 913 kg/ha |
| 2001 | +66.7% | 362.9 kg/ha | 604.8 kg/ha |
| 1972 | +49.5% | 876 kg/ha | 1,310 kg/ha |
| 2000 | -44.2% | 650.1 kg/ha | 362.9 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 586.99 kg/ha | 520 kg/ha | 913 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,044 kg/ha | 826.3 kg/ha | 1,310 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 819.85 kg/ha | 687.1 kg/ha | 890.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 714.03 kg/ha | 638.1 kg/ha | 799.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 726.31 kg/ha | 362.9 kg/ha | 1,110 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,267 kg/ha | 974.4 kg/ha | 1,522 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 879.92 kg/ha | 857.1 kg/ha | 945.9 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Guatemala
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.71 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0955 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 630.24 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.74 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.437 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 9.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 9.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — yield in Guatemala?
- Sesame seed — yield in Guatemala was 857.1 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — yield recorded in Guatemala?
- The highest recorded value was 1,522 kg/ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — yield recorded in Guatemala?
- The lowest recorded value was 362.9 kg/ha in 2000.
- How does Guatemala rank for sesame seed — yield?
- Guatemala ranks 28th out of 72 countries with data for 2024.
- Is sesame seed — yield rising or falling in Guatemala?
- Over the last ten years it is down 38.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Guatemala 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.