Americas vs Myanmar: Sesame seed — Area harvested
Sesame seed — Area harvested over time
- Americas
- Myanmar
How they compare
Myanmar currently reports 1.52 million ha against 858,392 ha in Americas, a difference of 661,608 ha.
That makes Myanmar's figure about 1.8 times Americas's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Myanmar ahead.
Americas ranks 11th and Myanmar ranks 3rd of 24 groups.
Myanmar has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Americas | Myanmar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 407,770 ha | 509,188 ha | 101,418 ha | Myanmar |
| 1970s | 466,537 ha | 692,830 ha | 226,293 ha | Myanmar |
| 1980s | 331,813 ha | 789,902 ha | 458,089 ha | Myanmar |
| 1990s | 249,310 ha | 901,989 ha | 652,679 ha | Myanmar |
| 2000s | 261,773 ha | 1.33 million ha | 1.07 million ha | Myanmar |
| 2010s | 314,338 ha | 1.50 million ha | 1.19 million ha | Myanmar |
| 2020s | 648,865 ha | 1.51 million ha | 859,539 ha | Myanmar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sesame seed — area harvested, Americas or Myanmar?
- Myanmar, at 1.52 million ha against 858,392 ha in Americas as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sesame seed — area harvested between Americas and Myanmar?
- 661,608 ha, with Myanmar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and Myanmar?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Americas and Myanmar rank globally for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Americas ranks 11th and Myanmar ranks 3rd 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.