China vs Eastern Africa: Sesame seed — Production
Sesame seed — Production over time
- China
- Eastern Africa
How they compare
Eastern Africa currently reports 1.25 million t against 381,641 t in China, a difference of 865,779 t.
That makes Eastern Africa's figure about 3.3 times China's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was China ahead.
China ranks 8th and Eastern Africa ranks 7th of 72 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, China averaged higher in 5 and Eastern Africa in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Eastern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 265,804 t | 95,405 t | 170,399 t | China |
| 1970s | 271,477 t | 150,815 t | 120,662 t | China |
| 1980s | 451,819 t | 149,366 t | 302,452 t | China |
| 1990s | 565,858 t | 172,740 t | 393,119 t | China |
| 2000s | 686,576 t | 362,016 t | 324,561 t | China |
| 2010s | 516,848 t | 1.35 million t | 832,239 t | Eastern Africa |
| 2020s | 437,970 t | 1.18 million t | 744,997 t | Eastern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sesame seed — production, China or Eastern Africa?
- Eastern Africa, at 1.25 million t against 381,641 t in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sesame seed — production between China and Eastern Africa?
- 865,779 t, with Eastern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Eastern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and Eastern Africa rank globally for sesame seed — production?
- China ranks 8th and Eastern Africa ranks 7th of 72 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sesame seed — Production. 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.