Myanmar vs World: Sesame seed — Production

Myanmar
720,000 t
in 2024
World
6.68 million t
in 2024
Myanmar rank
2nd
World rank
1st

Sesame seed — Production over time

  • Myanmar
  • World
02.0M4.0M6.0M8.0M196119922024

How they compare

World currently reports 6.68 million t against 720,000 t in Myanmar, a difference of 5.96 million t.

That makes World's figure about 9.3 times Myanmar's.

Across all 64 years both countries report, World has been ahead every year.

Myanmar ranks 2nd and World ranks 1st of 72 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Myanmar World Difference Ahead
1960s 76,201 t 1.59 million t 1.51 million t World
1970s 121,542 t 1.83 million t 1.71 million t World
1980s 186,642 t 2.08 million t 1.90 million t World
1990s 243,663 t 2.46 million t 2.22 million t World
2000s 541,400 t 3.34 million t 2.80 million t World
2010s 789,828 t 5.85 million t 5.06 million t World
2020s 710,550 t 6.27 million t 5.56 million t World

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher sesame seed — production, Myanmar or World?
World, at 6.68 million t against 720,000 t in Myanmar as of 2024.
What is the difference in sesame seed — production between Myanmar and World?
5.96 million t, with World ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Myanmar and World?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Myanmar and World rank globally for sesame seed — production?
Myanmar ranks 2nd and World ranks 1st 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

Indicator
Sesame seed — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
109 places, 6,102 data points, 1961–2024
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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.