Nicaragua vs Saudi Arabia: Sesame seed — Area harvested
Sesame seed — Area harvested over time
- Nicaragua
- Saudi Arabia
How they compare
Saudi Arabia currently reports 3,592 ha against 2,889 ha in Nicaragua, a difference of 703 ha.
That makes Saudi Arabia's figure about 1.2 times Nicaragua's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nicaragua ahead.
Nicaragua ranks 47th and Saudi Arabia ranks 46th of 72 countries.
Nicaragua has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Nicaragua | Saudi Arabia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,341 ha | 2,028 ha | 7,313 ha | Nicaragua |
| 1970s | 6,951 ha | 2,292 ha | 4,659 ha | Nicaragua |
| 1980s | 11,604 ha | 3,027 ha | 8,577 ha | Nicaragua |
| 1990s | 27,023 ha | 2,478 ha | 24,545 ha | Nicaragua |
| 2000s | 9,176 ha | 2,578 ha | 6,599 ha | Nicaragua |
| 2010s | 7,391 ha | 2,127 ha | 5,264 ha | Nicaragua |
| 2020s | 5,685 ha | 3,444 ha | 2,240 ha | Nicaragua |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sesame seed — area harvested, Nicaragua or Saudi Arabia?
- Saudi Arabia, at 3,592 ha against 2,889 ha in Nicaragua as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sesame seed — area harvested between Nicaragua and Saudi Arabia?
- 703 ha, with Saudi Arabia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Nicaragua and Saudi Arabia?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Nicaragua and Saudi Arabia rank globally for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Nicaragua ranks 47th and Saudi Arabia ranks 46th 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.