Brazil vs Burkina Faso: Sesame seed — Area harvested
Sesame seed — Area harvested over time
- Brazil
- Burkina Faso
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 608,000 ha against 427,819 ha in Burkina Faso, a difference of 180,181 ha.
That makes Brazil's figure about 1.4 times Burkina Faso's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Burkina Faso ahead.
Brazil ranks 7th and Burkina Faso ranks 10th of 72 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 1 and Burkina Faso in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Burkina Faso | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,633 ha | 20,440 ha | 15,807 ha | Burkina Faso |
| 1970s | 5,000 ha | 28,066 ha | 23,066 ha | Burkina Faso |
| 1980s | 6,700 ha | 25,208 ha | 18,508 ha | Burkina Faso |
| 1990s | 21,500 ha | 20,144 ha | 1,356 ha | Brazil |
| 2000s | 20,000 ha | 50,151 ha | 30,151 ha | Burkina Faso |
| 2010s | 37,000 ha | 315,190 ha | 278,190 ha | Burkina Faso |
| 2020s | 384,600 ha | 448,943 ha | 64,343 ha | Burkina Faso |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sesame seed — area harvested, Brazil or Burkina Faso?
- Brazil, at 608,000 ha against 427,819 ha in Burkina Faso as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sesame seed — area harvested between Brazil and Burkina Faso?
- 180,181 ha, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Burkina Faso?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Brazil and Burkina Faso rank globally for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Brazil ranks 7th and Burkina Faso ranks 10th 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.