Central America vs China: Sesame seed — Area harvested
Sesame seed — Area harvested over time
- Central America
- China
How they compare
China currently reports 251,800 ha against 96,641 ha in Central America, a difference of 155,159 ha.
That makes China's figure about 2.6 times Central America's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.
Central America ranks 14th and China ranks 13th of 24 groups.
China has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Central America | China | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 270,001 ha | 696,306 ha | 426,305 ha | China |
| 1970s | 274,485 ha | 601,731 ha | 327,246 ha | China |
| 1980s | 184,588 ha | 856,717 ha | 672,128 ha | China |
| 1990s | 141,128 ha | 667,308 ha | 526,180 ha | China |
| 2000s | 115,007 ha | 621,720 ha | 506,713 ha | China |
| 2010s | 126,108 ha | 362,840 ha | 236,732 ha | China |
| 2020s | 113,899 ha | 277,223 ha | 163,324 ha | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sesame seed — area harvested, Central America or China?
- China, at 251,800 ha against 96,641 ha in Central America as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sesame seed — area harvested between Central America and China?
- 155,159 ha, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Central America and China?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Central America and China rank globally for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Central America ranks 14th and China ranks 13th 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.