Cambodia vs Sri Lanka: Sesame seed — Area harvested
Sesame seed — Area harvested over time
- Cambodia
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 13,164 ha against 13,000 ha in Cambodia, a difference of 164 ha.
The two have swapped places 14 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Sri Lanka ahead.
Cambodia ranks 38th and Sri Lanka ranks 37th of 72 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Cambodia averaged higher in 3 and Sri Lanka in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cambodia | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,853 ha | 14,053 ha | 200.67 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1970s | 9,220 ha | 17,791 ha | 8,571 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1980s | 10,214 ha | 18,975 ha | 8,761 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1990s | 11,995 ha | 9,591 ha | 2,404 ha | Cambodia |
| 2000s | 41,446 ha | 8,562 ha | 32,884 ha | Cambodia |
| 2010s | 26,312 ha | 13,695 ha | 12,617 ha | Cambodia |
| 2020s | 13,251 ha | 14,411 ha | 1,159 ha | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sesame seed — area harvested, Cambodia or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 13,164 ha against 13,000 ha in Cambodia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sesame seed — area harvested between Cambodia and Sri Lanka?
- 164 ha, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cambodia and Sri Lanka?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Cambodia and Sri Lanka rank globally for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Cambodia ranks 38th and Sri Lanka ranks 37th 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.