Colombia vs Nicaragua: Sesame seed — Production
Sesame seed — Production over time
- Colombia
- Nicaragua
How they compare
Colombia currently reports 3,253 t against 1,655 t in Nicaragua, a difference of 1,598 t.
That makes Colombia's figure about 2.0 times Nicaragua's.
The two have swapped places 12 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Colombia ahead.
Colombia ranks 45th and Nicaragua ranks 47th of 72 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Colombia averaged higher in 4 and Nicaragua in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Colombia | Nicaragua | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20,700 t | 6,275 t | 14,425 t | Colombia |
| 1970s | 19,650 t | 4,632 t | 15,018 t | Colombia |
| 1980s | 10,230 t | 5,617 t | 4,613 t | Colombia |
| 1990s | 6,609 t | 12,037 t | 5,428 t | Nicaragua |
| 2000s | 3,291 t | 5,104 t | 1,813 t | Nicaragua |
| 2010s | 2,980 t | 4,366 t | 1,385 t | Nicaragua |
| 2020s | 3,986 t | 3,587 t | 398.67 t | Colombia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sesame seed — production, Colombia or Nicaragua?
- Colombia, at 3,253 t against 1,655 t in Nicaragua as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sesame seed — production between Colombia and Nicaragua?
- 1,598 t, with Colombia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Colombia and Nicaragua?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Colombia and Nicaragua rank globally for sesame seed — production?
- Colombia ranks 45th and Nicaragua ranks 47th 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.