Brazil vs Viet Nam: Sesame seed — Area harvested
Sesame seed — Area harvested over time
- Brazil
- Viet Nam
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 608,000 ha against 23,042 ha in Viet Nam, a difference of 584,958 ha.
That makes Brazil's figure about 26.4 times Viet Nam's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Viet Nam ahead.
Brazil ranks 7th and Viet Nam ranks 8th of 72 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 1 and Viet Nam in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Viet Nam | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,633 ha | 7,978 ha | 3,344 ha | Viet Nam |
| 1970s | 5,000 ha | 11,904 ha | 6,904 ha | Viet Nam |
| 1980s | 6,700 ha | 32,566 ha | 25,866 ha | Viet Nam |
| 1990s | 21,500 ha | 41,930 ha | 20,430 ha | Viet Nam |
| 2000s | 20,000 ha | 41,470 ha | 21,470 ha | Viet Nam |
| 2010s | 37,000 ha | 42,127 ha | 5,127 ha | Viet Nam |
| 2020s | 384,600 ha | 27,527 ha | 357,073 ha | Brazil |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sesame seed — area harvested, Brazil or Viet Nam?
- Brazil, at 608,000 ha against 23,042 ha in Viet Nam as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sesame seed — area harvested between Brazil and Viet Nam?
- 584,958 ha, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Viet Nam?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Brazil and Viet Nam rank globally for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Brazil ranks 7th and Viet Nam ranks 8th 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.