Mozambique vs Nigeria: Sesame seed — Area harvested

Mozambique
355,517 ha
in 2024
Nigeria
350,000 ha
in 2024
Mozambique rank
11th
Nigeria rank
12th

Sesame seed — Area harvested over time

  • Mozambique
  • Nigeria
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How they compare

Mozambique currently reports 355,517 ha against 350,000 ha in Nigeria, a difference of 5,517 ha.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nigeria ahead.

Mozambique ranks 11th and Nigeria ranks 12th of 72 countries.

Nigeria has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Mozambique Nigeria Difference Ahead
1960s 4,489 ha 199,444 ha 194,956 ha Nigeria
1970s 6,700 ha 121,800 ha 115,100 ha Nigeria
1980s 7,000 ha 112,020 ha 105,020 ha Nigeria
1990s 4,400 ha 130,190 ha 125,790 ha Nigeria
2000s 56,840 ha 211,959 ha 155,119 ha Nigeria
2010s 117,303 ha 621,516 ha 504,213 ha Nigeria
2020s 327,515 ha 379,616 ha 52,101 ha Nigeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sesame seed — area harvested, Mozambique or Nigeria?
Mozambique, at 355,517 ha against 350,000 ha in Nigeria as of 2024.
What is the difference in sesame seed — area harvested between Mozambique and Nigeria?
5,517 ha, with Mozambique ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mozambique and Nigeria?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Mozambique and Nigeria rank globally for sesame seed — area harvested?
Mozambique ranks 11th and Nigeria ranks 12th 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

Indicator
Sesame seed — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
109 places, 6,084 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

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.