Mali vs Niger: Sesame seed — Area harvested
Sesame seed — Area harvested over time
- Mali
- Niger
How they compare
Niger currently reports 248,962 ha against 103,039 ha in Mali, a difference of 145,923 ha.
That makes Niger's figure about 2.4 times Mali's.
The two have swapped places 12 times across 46 shared years of data; in 1979 it was Niger ahead.
Mali ranks 17th and Niger ranks 15th of 72 countries.
Niger has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mali | Niger | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 170 ha | 640 ha | 470 ha | Niger |
| 1980s | 898.2 ha | 1,575 ha | 676.8 ha | Niger |
| 1990s | 5,021 ha | 18,025 ha | 13,004 ha | Niger |
| 2000s | 16,588 ha | 72,049 ha | 55,461 ha | Niger |
| 2010s | 64,357 ha | 152,323 ha | 87,966 ha | Niger |
| 2020s | 92,488 ha | 215,918 ha | 123,430 ha | Niger |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sesame seed — area harvested, Mali or Niger?
- Niger, at 248,962 ha against 103,039 ha in Mali as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sesame seed — area harvested between Mali and Niger?
- 145,923 ha, with Niger ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mali and Niger?
- 46 years are reported by both, from 1979 to 2024.
- How do Mali and Niger rank globally for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Mali ranks 17th and Niger ranks 15th 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.