Central America vs Niger: Sesame seed — Area harvested
Sesame seed — Area harvested over time
- Central America
- Niger
How they compare
Niger currently reports 248,962 ha against 96,641 ha in Central America, a difference of 152,321 ha.
That makes Niger's figure about 2.6 times Central America's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Central America ahead.
Central America ranks 14th and Niger ranks 15th of 24 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Central America averaged higher in 5 and Niger in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Central America | Niger | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 270,001 ha | 0 ha | 270,001 ha | Central America |
| 1970s | 274,485 ha | 419 ha | 274,066 ha | Central America |
| 1980s | 184,588 ha | 1,575 ha | 183,013 ha | Central America |
| 1990s | 141,128 ha | 18,025 ha | 123,103 ha | Central America |
| 2000s | 115,007 ha | 72,049 ha | 42,958 ha | Central America |
| 2010s | 126,108 ha | 152,323 ha | 26,215 ha | Niger |
| 2020s | 113,899 ha | 215,918 ha | 102,018 ha | Niger |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sesame seed — area harvested, Central America or Niger?
- Niger, at 248,962 ha against 96,641 ha in Central America as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sesame seed — area harvested between Central America and Niger?
- 152,321 ha, with Niger ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Central America and Niger?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Central America and Niger rank globally for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Central America ranks 14th and Niger ranks 15th 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.