Chad vs Western Africa: Sesame seed — Area harvested
Sesame seed — Area harvested over time
- Chad
- Western Africa
How they compare
Western Africa currently reports 1.23 million ha against 572,153 ha in Chad, a difference of 661,927 ha.
That makes Western Africa's figure about 2.2 times Chad's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Western Africa has been ahead every year.
Chad ranks 9th and Western Africa ranks 10th of 72 countries.
Western Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chad | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20,778 ha | 235,885 ha | 215,107 ha | Western Africa |
| 1970s | 26,873 ha | 169,852 ha | 142,979 ha | Western Africa |
| 1980s | 35,944 ha | 165,056 ha | 129,111 ha | Western Africa |
| 1990s | 55,057 ha | 222,027 ha | 166,970 ha | Western Africa |
| 2000s | 95,392 ha | 421,068 ha | 325,675 ha | Western Africa |
| 2010s | 287,992 ha | 1.22 million ha | 934,939 ha | Western Africa |
| 2020s | 429,186 ha | 1.24 million ha | 810,128 ha | Western Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sesame seed — area harvested, Chad or Western Africa?
- Western Africa, at 1.23 million ha against 572,153 ha in Chad as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sesame seed — area harvested between Chad and Western Africa?
- 661,927 ha, with Western Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chad and Western Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Chad and Western Africa rank globally for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Chad ranks 9th and Western Africa ranks 10th 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.