Americas vs China, mainland: Sesame seed — Area harvested
Sesame seed — Area harvested over time
- Americas
- China, mainland
How they compare
Americas currently reports 858,392 ha against 250,000 ha in China, mainland, a difference of 608,392 ha.
That makes Americas's figure about 3.4 times China, mainland's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was China, mainland ahead.
Americas ranks 11th and China, mainland ranks 14th of 24 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Americas averaged higher in 1 and China, mainland in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Americas | China, mainland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 407,770 ha | 689,922 ha | 282,152 ha | China, mainland |
| 1970s | 466,537 ha | 599,210 ha | 132,673 ha | China, mainland |
| 1980s | 331,813 ha | 855,677 ha | 523,863 ha | China, mainland |
| 1990s | 249,310 ha | 666,696 ha | 417,385 ha | China, mainland |
| 2000s | 261,773 ha | 620,720 ha | 358,947 ha | China, mainland |
| 2010s | 314,338 ha | 360,899 ha | 46,560 ha | China, mainland |
| 2020s | 648,865 ha | 275,280 ha | 373,585 ha | Americas |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sesame seed — area harvested, Americas or China, mainland?
- Americas, at 858,392 ha against 250,000 ha in China, mainland as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sesame seed — area harvested between Americas and China, mainland?
- 608,392 ha, with Americas ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and China, mainland?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Americas and China, mainland rank globally for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Americas ranks 11th and China, mainland ranks 14th 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.