Chad vs Northern Africa: Sesame seed — Area harvested
Sesame seed — Area harvested over time
- Chad
- Northern Africa
How they compare
Northern Africa currently reports 2.29 million ha against 572,153 ha in Chad, a difference of 1.71 million ha.
That makes Northern Africa's figure about 4.0 times Chad's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Northern Africa has been ahead every year.
Chad ranks 9th and Northern Africa ranks 7th of 72 countries.
Northern Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chad | Northern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20,778 ha | 475,748 ha | 454,970 ha | Northern Africa |
| 1970s | 26,873 ha | 936,391 ha | 909,518 ha | Northern Africa |
| 1980s | 35,944 ha | 926,406 ha | 890,462 ha | Northern Africa |
| 1990s | 55,057 ha | 1.37 million ha | 1.32 million ha | Northern Africa |
| 2000s | 95,392 ha | 1.54 million ha | 1.44 million ha | Northern Africa |
| 2010s | 287,992 ha | 2.26 million ha | 1.97 million ha | Northern Africa |
| 2020s | 429,186 ha | 3.43 million ha | 3.00 million ha | Northern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sesame seed — area harvested, Chad or Northern Africa?
- Northern Africa, at 2.29 million ha against 572,153 ha in Chad as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sesame seed — area harvested between Chad and Northern Africa?
- 1.71 million ha, with Northern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Northern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Chad and Northern Africa rank globally for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Chad ranks 9th and Northern Africa ranks 7th of 72 countries.
- 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.