Egypt vs Somalia: Sesame seed — Area harvested
Sesame seed — Area harvested over time
- Egypt
- Somalia
How they compare
Egypt currently reports 43,201 ha against 37,510 ha in Somalia, a difference of 5,691 ha.
That makes Egypt's figure about 1.2 times Somalia's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Egypt ahead.
Egypt ranks 25th and Somalia ranks 27th of 72 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 1 and Somalia in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Somalia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16,186 ha | 22,833 ha | 6,647 ha | Somalia |
| 1970s | 14,754 ha | 51,600 ha | 36,846 ha | Somalia |
| 1980s | 12,788 ha | 96,780 ha | 83,992 ha | Somalia |
| 1990s | 25,275 ha | 69,603 ha | 44,329 ha | Somalia |
| 2000s | 31,190 ha | 58,431 ha | 27,241 ha | Somalia |
| 2010s | 29,935 ha | 68,344 ha | 38,409 ha | Somalia |
| 2020s | 40,797 ha | 32,570 ha | 8,227 ha | Egypt |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sesame seed — area harvested, Egypt or Somalia?
- Egypt, at 43,201 ha against 37,510 ha in Somalia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sesame seed — area harvested between Egypt and Somalia?
- 5,691 ha, with Egypt ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Somalia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Egypt and Somalia rank globally for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Egypt ranks 25th and Somalia ranks 27th 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.