Middle Africa vs Pakistan: Sesame seed — Area harvested
Sesame seed — Area harvested over time
- Middle Africa
- Pakistan
How they compare
Pakistan currently reports 738,816 ha against 698,193 ha in Middle Africa, a difference of 40,623 ha.
That makes Pakistan's figure about 1.1 times Middle Africa's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Middle Africa ahead.
Middle Africa ranks 3rd and Pakistan ranks 5th of 13 regions.
Middle Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Middle Africa | Pakistan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 83,898 ha | 30,532 ha | 53,366 ha | Middle Africa |
| 1970s | 106,420 ha | 33,983 ha | 72,437 ha | Middle Africa |
| 1980s | 120,534 ha | 32,333 ha | 88,201 ha | Middle Africa |
| 1990s | 129,012 ha | 78,565 ha | 50,448 ha | Middle Africa |
| 2000s | 205,554 ha | 85,118 ha | 120,436 ha | Middle Africa |
| 2010s | 413,892 ha | 85,280 ha | 328,613 ha | Middle Africa |
| 2020s | 558,853 ha | 353,743 ha | 205,110 ha | Middle Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sesame seed — area harvested, Middle Africa or Pakistan?
- Pakistan, at 738,816 ha against 698,193 ha in Middle Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sesame seed — area harvested between Middle Africa and Pakistan?
- 40,623 ha, with Pakistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Middle Africa and Pakistan?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Middle Africa and Pakistan rank globally for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Middle Africa ranks 3rd and Pakistan ranks 5th 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.