Ethiopia PDR vs Mexico: Sesame seed — Area harvested

Ethiopia PDR
62,000 ha
in 1992
Mexico
57,246 ha
in 2024
Ethiopia PDR rank
18th
Mexico rank
21st

Sesame seed — Area harvested over time

  • Ethiopia PDR
  • Mexico
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How they compare

Ethiopia PDR currently reports 62,000 ha against 57,246 ha in Mexico, a difference of 4,754 ha.

That makes Ethiopia PDR's figure about 1.1 times Mexico's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 32 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Mexico ahead.

Ethiopia PDR ranks 18th and Mexico ranks 21st of 72 countries.

Mexico has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Ethiopia PDR Mexico Difference Ahead
1960s 96,522 ha 253,340 ha 156,818 ha Mexico
1970s 120,640 ha 249,911 ha 129,271 ha Mexico
1980s 60,900 ha 130,846 ha 69,946 ha Mexico
1990s 60,333 ha 75,172 ha 14,839 ha Mexico

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sesame seed — area harvested, Ethiopia PDR or Mexico?
Ethiopia PDR, at 62,000 ha against 57,246 ha in Mexico as of 1992.
What is the difference in sesame seed — area harvested between Ethiopia PDR and Mexico?
4,754 ha, with Ethiopia PDR ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia PDR and Mexico?
32 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 1992.
How do Ethiopia PDR and Mexico rank globally for sesame seed — area harvested?
Ethiopia PDR ranks 18th and Mexico ranks 21st 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

Indicator
Sesame seed — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
109 places, 6,084 data points, 1961–2024
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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.