Americas vs Ethiopia: Sesame seed — Area harvested
Sesame seed — Area harvested over time
- Americas
- Ethiopia
How they compare
Americas currently reports 858,392 ha against 608,111 ha in Ethiopia, a difference of 250,281 ha.
That makes Americas's figure about 1.4 times Ethiopia's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1993 it was Americas ahead.
Americas ranks 11th and Ethiopia ranks 6th of 24 groups.
Across the 4 decades both report, Americas averaged higher in 3 and Ethiopia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Americas | Ethiopia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 231,116 ha | 31,593 ha | 199,523 ha | Americas |
| 2000s | 261,773 ha | 137,683 ha | 124,090 ha | Americas |
| 2010s | 314,338 ha | 547,824 ha | 233,486 ha | Ethiopia |
| 2020s | 648,865 ha | 596,810 ha | 52,055 ha | Americas |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sesame seed — area harvested, Americas or Ethiopia?
- Americas, at 858,392 ha against 608,111 ha in Ethiopia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sesame seed — area harvested between Americas and Ethiopia?
- 250,281 ha, with Americas ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and Ethiopia?
- 32 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2024.
- How do Americas and Ethiopia rank globally for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Americas ranks 11th and Ethiopia ranks 6th 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.