Central Asia vs Niger: Sesame seed — Area harvested
Sesame seed — Area harvested over time
- Central Asia
- Niger
How they compare
Niger currently reports 248,962 ha against 5,962 ha in Central Asia, a difference of 243,000 ha.
That makes Niger's figure about 41.8 times Central Asia's.
Across all 33 years both countries report, Niger has been ahead every year.
Central Asia ranks 18th and Niger ranks 15th of 24 groups.
Niger has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Central Asia | Niger | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,967 ha | 21,955 ha | 19,988 ha | Niger |
| 2000s | 3,670 ha | 72,049 ha | 68,378 ha | Niger |
| 2010s | 5,928 ha | 152,323 ha | 146,396 ha | Niger |
| 2020s | 8,481 ha | 215,918 ha | 207,436 ha | Niger |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sesame seed — area harvested, Central Asia or Niger?
- Niger, at 248,962 ha against 5,962 ha in Central Asia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sesame seed — area harvested between Central Asia and Niger?
- 243,000 ha, with Niger ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Central Asia and Niger?
- 33 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2024.
- How do Central Asia and Niger rank globally for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Central Asia ranks 18th 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.