Mexico vs Southern Europe: Sesame seed — Area harvested
Sesame seed — Area harvested over time
- Mexico
- Southern Europe
How they compare
Mexico currently reports 57,246 ha against 41 ha in Southern Europe, a difference of 57,205 ha.
That makes Mexico's figure about 1,396.2 times Southern Europe's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Mexico has been ahead every year.
Mexico ranks 21st and Southern Europe ranks 20th of 72 countries.
Mexico has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mexico | Southern Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 253,340 ha | 20,464 ha | 232,876 ha | Mexico |
| 1970s | 249,911 ha | 9,574 ha | 240,337 ha | Mexico |
| 1980s | 130,846 ha | 1,946 ha | 128,901 ha | Mexico |
| 1990s | 55,194 ha | 342.3 ha | 54,851 ha | Mexico |
| 2000s | 51,391 ha | 273.8 ha | 51,117 ha | Mexico |
| 2010s | 76,633 ha | 442.1 ha | 76,191 ha | Mexico |
| 2020s | 71,021 ha | 40.8 ha | 70,980 ha | Mexico |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sesame seed — area harvested, Mexico or Southern Europe?
- Mexico, at 57,246 ha against 41 ha in Southern Europe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sesame seed — area harvested between Mexico and Southern Europe?
- 57,205 ha, with Mexico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and Southern Europe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Mexico and Southern Europe rank globally for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Mexico ranks 21st and Southern Europe ranks 20th 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.