Middle Africa vs Myanmar: Sesame seed — Area harvested
Sesame seed — Area harvested over time
- Middle Africa
- Myanmar
How they compare
Myanmar currently reports 1.52 million ha against 698,193 ha in Middle Africa, a difference of 821,807 ha.
That makes Myanmar's figure about 2.2 times Middle Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Myanmar has been ahead every year.
Middle Africa ranks 3rd and Myanmar ranks 3rd of 13 regions.
Myanmar has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Middle Africa | Myanmar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 83,898 ha | 509,188 ha | 425,290 ha | Myanmar |
| 1970s | 106,420 ha | 692,830 ha | 586,409 ha | Myanmar |
| 1980s | 120,534 ha | 789,902 ha | 669,368 ha | Myanmar |
| 1990s | 129,012 ha | 901,989 ha | 772,977 ha | Myanmar |
| 2000s | 205,554 ha | 1.33 million ha | 1.13 million ha | Myanmar |
| 2010s | 413,892 ha | 1.50 million ha | 1.09 million ha | Myanmar |
| 2020s | 558,853 ha | 1.51 million ha | 949,551 ha | Myanmar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sesame seed — area harvested, Middle Africa or Myanmar?
- Myanmar, at 1.52 million ha against 698,193 ha in Middle Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sesame seed — area harvested between Middle Africa and Myanmar?
- 821,807 ha, with Myanmar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Middle Africa and Myanmar?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Middle Africa and Myanmar rank globally for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Middle Africa ranks 3rd and Myanmar ranks 3rd of 13 regions.
- 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.