Senegal vs Southern Europe: Sesame seed — Area harvested
Sesame seed — Area harvested over time
- Senegal
- Southern Europe
How they compare
Senegal currently reports 47,000 ha against 41 ha in Southern Europe, a difference of 46,959 ha.
That makes Senegal's figure about 1,146.3 times Southern Europe's.
Across all 31 years both countries report, Senegal has been ahead every year.
Senegal ranks 22nd and Southern Europe ranks 20th of 72 countries.
Senegal has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Senegal | Southern Europe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5,526 ha | 247.17 ha | 5,279 ha | Senegal |
| 2000s | 23,898 ha | 273.8 ha | 23,624 ha | Senegal |
| 2010s | 17,281 ha | 442.1 ha | 16,839 ha | Senegal |
| 2020s | 47,941 ha | 40.8 ha | 47,900 ha | Senegal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sesame seed — area harvested, Senegal or Southern Europe?
- Senegal, at 47,000 ha against 41 ha in Southern Europe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sesame seed — area harvested between Senegal and Southern Europe?
- 46,959 ha, with Senegal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Senegal and Southern Europe?
- 31 years are reported by both, from 1994 to 2024.
- How do Senegal and Southern Europe rank globally for sesame seed — area harvested?
- Senegal ranks 22nd and Southern Europe ranks 20th 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.