Costa Rica vs Morocco: Sesame seed — Area harvested
Sesame seed — Area harvested over time
- Costa Rica
- Morocco
How they compare
Morocco currently reports 400 ha against 278 ha in Costa Rica, a difference of 122 ha.
That makes Morocco's figure about 1.4 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 58th and Morocco ranks 57th of 72 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 2 and Morocco in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Morocco | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 154.11 ha | 51.67 ha | 102.44 ha | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 150 ha | 107.5 ha | 42.5 ha | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 150 ha | 542 ha | 392 ha | Morocco |
| 1990s | 198.6 ha | 2,066 ha | 1,867 ha | Morocco |
| 2000s | 229.2 ha | 1,914 ha | 1,685 ha | Morocco |
| 2010s | 258.4 ha | 959.9 ha | 701.5 ha | Morocco |
| 2020s | 276.6 ha | 593.4 ha | 316.8 ha | Morocco |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sesame seed — area harvested, Costa Rica or Morocco?
- Morocco, at 400 ha against 278 ha in Costa Rica as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sesame seed — area harvested between Costa Rica and Morocco?
- 122 ha, with Morocco ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Morocco?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Morocco rank globally for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Costa Rica ranks 58th and Morocco ranks 57th 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.