El Salvador vs Gambia: Sesame seed — Area harvested
Sesame seed — Area harvested over time
- El Salvador
- Gambia
How they compare
Gambia currently reports 1,224 ha against 1,220 ha in El Salvador, a difference of 4 ha.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was El Salvador ahead.
El Salvador ranks 51st and Gambia ranks 50th of 72 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, El Salvador averaged higher in 1 and Gambia in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Gambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 16,332 ha | 3,986 ha | 12,346 ha | El Salvador |
| 2000s | 3,948 ha | 7,243 ha | 3,294 ha | Gambia |
| 2010s | 2,401 ha | 4,435 ha | 2,034 ha | Gambia |
| 2020s | 1,220 ha | 1,365 ha | 144.4 ha | Gambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sesame seed — area harvested, El Salvador or Gambia?
- Gambia, at 1,224 ha against 1,220 ha in El Salvador as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sesame seed — area harvested between El Salvador and Gambia?
- 4 ha, with Gambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Gambia?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do El Salvador and Gambia rank globally for sesame seed — area harvested?
- El Salvador ranks 51st and Gambia ranks 50th 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.