Sesame seed — Yield in Panama
Panama: Sesame seed — Yield was 604.3 kg/ha in 2018. ▬ Flat
Sesame seed — Yield in Panama, 1961–2018
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for sesame seed — yield in Panama is 604.3 kg/ha, measured in 2018.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 10.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, sesame seed — yield in Panama peaked at 733.3 kg/ha in 1967 and was at its lowest, 450 kg/ha, in 1979.
That places Panama 45th out of 72 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the middle of the range.
Sesame seed — Yield in Panama, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 610 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 630 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1963 | 650 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1964 | 673.3 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1965 | 696.7 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1966 | 720 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1967 | 733.3 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1968 | 733.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 500 kg/ha | -31.8% |
| 1970 | 495.5 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1971 | 495.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 500 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1973 | 484 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1974 | 482.4 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1975 | 494.1 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1976 | 483.3 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1977 | 494.4 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1978 | 500 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1979 | 450 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1980 | 500 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1981 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 458.3 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1984 | 500 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1985 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 508.3 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 502.6 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1989 | 513.5 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1990 | 500 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1991 | 503.6 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1992 | 509.7 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1993 | 536.6 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1994 | 518 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1995 | 519.7 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 520.3 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 519.1 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 518.7 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 518.3 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2000 | 517.9 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 517.5 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2002 | 517 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2003 | 514 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2004 | 486.7 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2005 | 488.1 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 528.3 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2007 | 537.4 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2008 | 547.2 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2009 | 556.9 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2010 | 566.6 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 575.5 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2012 | 618.4 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2013 | 618.4 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 606.5 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2015 | 602.1 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 604 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2017 | 602.8 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 604.3 kg/ha | +0.2% |
Panama compared with similar countries
- Panama's 604.3 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 905.6 kg/ha, 67% of the median. (9 countries reporting)
- Panama's 604.3 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 713.75 kg/ha, 85% of the median. (14 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Sesame seed — Yield in Panama 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 | -31.8% | 733.3 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 660.73 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 733.3 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 487.92 kg/ha | 450 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 498.27 kg/ha | 458.3 kg/ha | 513.5 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 516.4 kg/ha | 500 kg/ha | 536.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 521.1 kg/ha | 486.7 kg/ha | 556.9 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 599.84 kg/ha | 566.6 kg/ha | 618.4 kg/ha | 9 |
Countries ranked near Panama
- 42 Burkina Faso 636.3 kg/ha compare
- 43 Afghanistan 635.9 kg/ha compare
- 44 Paraguay 620 kg/ha compare
- 46 Costa Rica 590.6 kg/ha compare
- 47 Pakistan 590 kg/ha compare
- 48 Ethiopia PDR 580.6 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Panama
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.06 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0262 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 518.14 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7724 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3385 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is sesame seed — yield in Panama?
- Sesame seed — yield in Panama was 604.3 kg/ha in 2018, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest sesame seed — yield recorded in Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 733.3 kg/ha in 1967.
- What is the lowest sesame seed — yield recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 450 kg/ha in 1979.
- How does Panama rank for sesame seed — yield?
- Panama ranks 45th out of 72 countries with data for 2018.
- Is sesame seed — yield rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Panama 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.