Cameroon vs Southern Europe: Sesame seed — Area harvested
Sesame seed — Area harvested over time
- Cameroon
- Southern Europe
How they compare
Cameroon currently reports 60,000 ha against 41 ha in Southern Europe, a difference of 59,959 ha.
That makes Cameroon's figure about 1,463.4 times Southern Europe's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Southern Europe ahead.
Cameroon ranks 19th and Southern Europe ranks 20th of 72 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Cameroon averaged higher in 6 and Southern Europe in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Southern Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,412 ha | 20,464 ha | 12,052 ha | Southern Europe |
| 1970s | 19,726 ha | 9,574 ha | 10,152 ha | Cameroon |
| 1980s | 26,600 ha | 1,946 ha | 24,654 ha | Cameroon |
| 1990s | 19,716 ha | 342.3 ha | 19,374 ha | Cameroon |
| 2000s | 25,815 ha | 273.8 ha | 25,541 ha | Cameroon |
| 2010s | 53,822 ha | 442.1 ha | 53,380 ha | Cameroon |
| 2020s | 59,353 ha | 40.8 ha | 59,313 ha | Cameroon |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sesame seed — area harvested, Cameroon or Southern Europe?
- Cameroon, at 60,000 ha against 41 ha in Southern Europe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sesame seed — area harvested between Cameroon and Southern Europe?
- 59,959 ha, with Cameroon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Southern Europe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Cameroon and Southern Europe rank globally for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Cameroon ranks 19th and Southern Europe ranks 20th 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.