Caribbean vs Thailand: Sesame seed — Area harvested
Sesame seed — Area harvested over time
- Caribbean
- Thailand
How they compare
Thailand currently reports 45,000 ha against 15,794 ha in Caribbean, a difference of 29,206 ha.
That makes Thailand's figure about 2.8 times Caribbean's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Thailand has been ahead every year.
Caribbean ranks 16th and Thailand ranks 24th of 24 groups.
Thailand has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean | Thailand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,567 ha | 22,862 ha | 21,296 ha | Thailand |
| 1970s | 9,997 ha | 31,490 ha | 21,493 ha | Thailand |
| 1980s | 15,052 ha | 42,550 ha | 27,498 ha | Thailand |
| 1990s | 13,420 ha | 60,704 ha | 47,284 ha | Thailand |
| 2000s | 14,348 ha | 64,283 ha | 49,935 ha | Thailand |
| 2010s | 15,354 ha | 48,858 ha | 33,504 ha | Thailand |
| 2020s | 15,742 ha | 45,200 ha | 29,458 ha | Thailand |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sesame seed — area harvested, Caribbean or Thailand?
- Thailand, at 45,000 ha against 15,794 ha in Caribbean as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sesame seed — area harvested between Caribbean and Thailand?
- 29,206 ha, with Thailand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and Thailand?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Caribbean and Thailand rank globally for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 16th and Thailand ranks 24th of 24 groups.
- 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.