Central America vs Uganda: Sesame seed — Area harvested
Sesame seed — Area harvested over time
- Central America
- Uganda
How they compare
Uganda currently reports 215,000 ha against 96,641 ha in Central America, a difference of 118,359 ha.
That makes Uganda's figure about 2.2 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 Uganda ranks 16th of 24 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Central America averaged higher in 3 and Uganda in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Central America | Uganda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 270,001 ha | 94,769 ha | 175,232 ha | Central America |
| 1970s | 274,485 ha | 101,839 ha | 172,646 ha | Central America |
| 1980s | 184,588 ha | 79,944 ha | 104,644 ha | Central America |
| 1990s | 141,128 ha | 158,000 ha | 16,872 ha | Uganda |
| 2000s | 115,007 ha | 228,400 ha | 113,393 ha | Uganda |
| 2010s | 126,108 ha | 206,888 ha | 80,780 ha | Uganda |
| 2020s | 113,899 ha | 215,000 ha | 101,101 ha | Uganda |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sesame seed — area harvested, Central America or Uganda?
- Uganda, at 215,000 ha against 96,641 ha in Central America as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sesame seed — area harvested between Central America and Uganda?
- 118,359 ha, with Uganda ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Central America and Uganda?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Central America and Uganda rank globally for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Central America ranks 14th and Uganda ranks 16th 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.