China vs Nigeria: Sesame seed — Area harvested
Sesame seed — Area harvested over time
- China
- Nigeria
How they compare
Nigeria currently reports 350,000 ha against 251,800 ha in China, a difference of 98,200 ha.
That makes Nigeria's figure about 1.4 times China's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was China ahead.
China ranks 13th and Nigeria ranks 12th of 72 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, China averaged higher in 5 and Nigeria in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 696,306 ha | 199,444 ha | 496,862 ha | China |
| 1970s | 601,731 ha | 121,800 ha | 479,931 ha | China |
| 1980s | 856,717 ha | 112,020 ha | 744,697 ha | China |
| 1990s | 667,308 ha | 130,190 ha | 537,118 ha | China |
| 2000s | 621,720 ha | 211,959 ha | 409,761 ha | China |
| 2010s | 362,840 ha | 621,516 ha | 258,675 ha | Nigeria |
| 2020s | 277,223 ha | 379,616 ha | 102,393 ha | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sesame seed — area harvested, China or Nigeria?
- Nigeria, at 350,000 ha against 251,800 ha in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sesame seed — area harvested between China and Nigeria?
- 98,200 ha, with Nigeria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Nigeria?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and Nigeria rank globally for sesame seed — area harvested?
- China ranks 13th and Nigeria ranks 12th 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.