China vs Uganda: Sesame seed — Area harvested
Sesame seed — Area harvested over time
- China
- Uganda
How they compare
China currently reports 251,800 ha against 215,000 ha in Uganda, a difference of 36,800 ha.
That makes China's figure about 1.2 times Uganda's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.
China ranks 13th and Uganda ranks 16th of 72 countries.
China has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Uganda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 696,306 ha | 94,769 ha | 601,537 ha | China |
| 1970s | 601,731 ha | 101,839 ha | 499,893 ha | China |
| 1980s | 856,717 ha | 79,944 ha | 776,772 ha | China |
| 1990s | 667,308 ha | 158,000 ha | 509,308 ha | China |
| 2000s | 621,720 ha | 228,400 ha | 393,320 ha | China |
| 2010s | 362,840 ha | 206,888 ha | 155,952 ha | China |
| 2020s | 277,223 ha | 215,000 ha | 62,223 ha | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sesame seed — area harvested, China or Uganda?
- China, at 251,800 ha against 215,000 ha in Uganda as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sesame seed — area harvested between China and Uganda?
- 36,800 ha, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Uganda?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and Uganda rank globally for sesame seed — area harvested?
- China ranks 13th and Uganda ranks 16th 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.