Mexico vs Thailand: Sesame seed — Area harvested
Sesame seed — Area harvested over time
- Mexico
- Thailand
How they compare
Mexico currently reports 57,246 ha against 45,000 ha in Thailand, a difference of 12,246 ha.
That makes Mexico's figure about 1.3 times Thailand's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Mexico ahead.
Mexico ranks 21st and Thailand ranks 24th of 72 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Mexico averaged higher in 5 and Thailand in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mexico | Thailand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 253,340 ha | 22,862 ha | 230,478 ha | Mexico |
| 1970s | 249,911 ha | 31,490 ha | 218,422 ha | Mexico |
| 1980s | 130,846 ha | 42,550 ha | 88,296 ha | Mexico |
| 1990s | 55,194 ha | 60,704 ha | 5,510 ha | Thailand |
| 2000s | 51,391 ha | 64,283 ha | 12,892 ha | Thailand |
| 2010s | 76,633 ha | 48,858 ha | 27,775 ha | Mexico |
| 2020s | 71,021 ha | 45,200 ha | 25,821 ha | Mexico |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sesame seed — area harvested, Mexico or Thailand?
- Mexico, at 57,246 ha against 45,000 ha in Thailand as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sesame seed — area harvested between Mexico and Thailand?
- 12,246 ha, with Mexico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and Thailand?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Mexico and Thailand rank globally for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Mexico ranks 21st and Thailand ranks 24th 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.