Eritrea vs Yemen: Sesame seed — Area harvested
Sesame seed — Area harvested over time
- Eritrea
- Yemen
How they compare
Eritrea currently reports 27,505 ha against 20,499 ha in Yemen, a difference of 7,006 ha.
That makes Eritrea's figure about 1.3 times Yemen's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 32 shared years of data; in 1993 it was Eritrea ahead.
Eritrea ranks 30th and Yemen ranks 33rd of 72 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Eritrea averaged higher in 2 and Yemen in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eritrea | Yemen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 16,768 ha | 25,674 ha | 8,906 ha | Yemen |
| 2000s | 18,657 ha | 25,452 ha | 6,795 ha | Yemen |
| 2010s | 25,633 ha | 22,383 ha | 3,250 ha | Eritrea |
| 2020s | 27,477 ha | 20,764 ha | 6,713 ha | Eritrea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sesame seed — area harvested, Eritrea or Yemen?
- Eritrea, at 27,505 ha against 20,499 ha in Yemen as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sesame seed — area harvested between Eritrea and Yemen?
- 7,006 ha, with Eritrea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eritrea and Yemen?
- 32 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2024.
- How do Eritrea and Yemen rank globally for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Eritrea ranks 30th and Yemen ranks 33rd 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.