Afghanistan vs Egypt: Sesame seed — Area harvested
Sesame seed — Area harvested over time
- Afghanistan
- Egypt
How they compare
Afghanistan currently reports 45,287 ha against 43,201 ha in Egypt, a difference of 2,086 ha.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Afghanistan ahead.
Afghanistan ranks 23rd and Egypt ranks 25th of 72 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Afghanistan averaged higher in 6 and Egypt in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Egypt | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 33,156 ha | 16,186 ha | 16,969 ha | Afghanistan |
| 1970s | 37,976 ha | 14,754 ha | 23,222 ha | Afghanistan |
| 1980s | 46,880 ha | 12,788 ha | 34,092 ha | Afghanistan |
| 1990s | 36,100 ha | 25,275 ha | 10,825 ha | Afghanistan |
| 2000s | 42,900 ha | 31,190 ha | 11,710 ha | Afghanistan |
| 2010s | 23,308 ha | 29,935 ha | 6,627 ha | Egypt |
| 2020s | 41,283 ha | 40,797 ha | 486.2 ha | Afghanistan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sesame seed — area harvested, Afghanistan or Egypt?
- Afghanistan, at 45,287 ha against 43,201 ha in Egypt as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sesame seed — area harvested between Afghanistan and Egypt?
- 2,086 ha, with Afghanistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Egypt?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Afghanistan and Egypt rank globally for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Afghanistan ranks 23rd and Egypt ranks 25th of 72 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sesame seed — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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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.