Americas vs Brazil: Sesame seed — Area harvested
Sesame seed — Area harvested over time
- Americas
- Brazil
How they compare
Americas currently reports 858,392 ha against 608,000 ha in Brazil, a difference of 250,392 ha.
That makes Americas's figure about 1.4 times Brazil's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Americas has been ahead every year.
Americas ranks 11th and Brazil ranks 7th of 24 groups.
Americas has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Americas | Brazil | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 407,770 ha | 4,633 ha | 403,137 ha | Americas |
| 1970s | 466,537 ha | 5,000 ha | 461,537 ha | Americas |
| 1980s | 331,813 ha | 6,700 ha | 325,113 ha | Americas |
| 1990s | 249,310 ha | 21,500 ha | 227,810 ha | Americas |
| 2000s | 261,773 ha | 20,000 ha | 241,773 ha | Americas |
| 2010s | 314,338 ha | 37,000 ha | 277,338 ha | Americas |
| 2020s | 648,865 ha | 384,600 ha | 264,265 ha | Americas |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sesame seed — area harvested, Americas or Brazil?
- Americas, at 858,392 ha against 608,000 ha in Brazil as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sesame seed — area harvested between Americas and Brazil?
- 250,392 ha, with Americas ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and Brazil?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Americas and Brazil rank globally for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Americas ranks 11th and Brazil ranks 7th of 24 groups.
- 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.