Brazil vs Türkiye: Sesame seed — Area harvested
Sesame seed — Area harvested over time
- Brazil
- Türkiye
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 608,000 ha against 20,406 ha in Türkiye, a difference of 587,594 ha.
That makes Brazil's figure about 29.8 times Türkiye's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Türkiye ahead.
Brazil ranks 7th and Türkiye ranks 9th of 72 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 2 and Türkiye in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Türkiye | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,633 ha | 67,111 ha | 62,478 ha | Türkiye |
| 1970s | 5,000 ha | 49,055 ha | 44,055 ha | Türkiye |
| 1980s | 6,700 ha | 76,608 ha | 69,908 ha | Türkiye |
| 1990s | 21,500 ha | 75,979 ha | 54,479 ha | Türkiye |
| 2000s | 20,000 ha | 40,453 ha | 20,453 ha | Türkiye |
| 2010s | 37,000 ha | 27,433 ha | 9,567 ha | Brazil |
| 2020s | 384,600 ha | 23,495 ha | 361,105 ha | Brazil |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sesame seed — area harvested, Brazil or Türkiye?
- Brazil, at 608,000 ha against 20,406 ha in Türkiye as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sesame seed — area harvested between Brazil and Türkiye?
- 587,594 ha, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Türkiye?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Brazil and Türkiye rank globally for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Brazil ranks 7th and Türkiye ranks 9th 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.