Sesame seed — Yield in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Sesame seed — Yield was 572.8 kg/ha in 2023. ▼ Falling
Sesame seed — Yield in Nicaragua, 1961–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Nicaragua recorded 572.8 kg/ha for sesame seed — yield in 2023.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 31.6% on the previous year and down 22.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — yield in Nicaragua peaked at 837.1 kg/ha in 2022 and was at its lowest, 262.3 kg/ha, in 1997.
Nicaragua ranks 49th of 72 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 63 years of available data.
Sesame seed — Yield in Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 669.9 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 670.3 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1963 | 671.4 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1964 | 674.4 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1965 | 715.9 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1966 | 685.6 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1967 | 679 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1968 | 657.3 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1969 | 636.6 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1970 | 679.5 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1971 | 596.5 kg/ha | -12.2% |
| 1972 | 783.6 kg/ha | +31.4% |
| 1973 | 809.9 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1974 | 549.3 kg/ha | -32.2% |
| 1975 | 603.3 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1976 | 784.6 kg/ha | +30.1% |
| 1977 | 693.1 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1978 | 642.8 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1979 | 649.6 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1980 | 435.5 kg/ha | -33.0% |
| 1981 | 458.7 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1982 | 522.8 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 1983 | 746.8 kg/ha | +42.8% |
| 1984 | 499.4 kg/ha | -33.1% |
| 1985 | 385.8 kg/ha | -22.7% |
| 1986 | 527.3 kg/ha | +36.7% |
| 1987 | 412.6 kg/ha | -21.8% |
| 1988 | 358.8 kg/ha | -13.0% |
| 1989 | 342.9 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1990 | 384.4 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1991 | 365.5 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1992 | 591.4 kg/ha | +61.8% |
| 1993 | 537.8 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1994 | 630.9 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 1995 | 520.1 kg/ha | -17.6% |
| 1996 | 534.2 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1997 | 262.3 kg/ha | -50.9% |
| 1998 | 302 kg/ha | +15.1% |
| 1999 | 404.4 kg/ha | +33.9% |
| 2000 | 375.9 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2001 | 506.6 kg/ha | +34.8% |
| 2002 | 426.4 kg/ha | -15.8% |
| 2003 | 651.9 kg/ha | +52.9% |
| 2004 | 555.4 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 2005 | 511 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 2006 | 716 kg/ha | +40.1% |
| 2007 | 511.1 kg/ha | -28.6% |
| 2008 | 600.7 kg/ha | +17.5% |
| 2009 | 703.8 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 2010 | 490.4 kg/ha | -30.3% |
| 2011 | 509.5 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2012 | 674.8 kg/ha | +32.4% |
| 2013 | 743.1 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 2014 | 619 kg/ha | -16.7% |
| 2015 | 546.6 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 2016 | 488.2 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 2017 | 645.6 kg/ha | +32.2% |
| 2018 | 643.8 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 534.4 kg/ha | -17.0% |
| 2020 | 579.5 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 2021 | 579.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 837.1 kg/ha | +44.4% |
| 2023 | 572.8 kg/ha | -31.6% |
Nicaragua compared with similar countries
- Nicaragua's 572.8 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 734.6 kg/ha, 78% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Nicaragua's 572.8 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 713.75 kg/ha, 80% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 673.38 kg/ha | 636.6 kg/ha | 715.9 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 679.22 kg/ha | 549.3 kg/ha | 809.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 469.06 kg/ha | 342.9 kg/ha | 746.8 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 453.3 kg/ha | 262.3 kg/ha | 630.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 555.88 kg/ha | 375.9 kg/ha | 716 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 589.54 kg/ha | 488.2 kg/ha | 743.1 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 642.25 kg/ha | 572.8 kg/ha | 837.1 kg/ha | 4 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Nicaragua
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 12.55 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1448 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 459.4 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8714 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4056 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 14.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 14.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — yield in Nicaragua?
- Sesame seed — yield in Nicaragua was 572.8 kg/ha in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — yield recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 837.1 kg/ha in 2022.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — yield recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 262.3 kg/ha in 1997.
- How does Nicaragua rank for sesame seed — yield?
- Nicaragua ranks 49th out of 72 countries with data for 2023.
- Is sesame seed — yield rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Nicaragua 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.