Afghanistan vs Costa Rica: Sesame seed — Yield
Sesame seed — Yield over time
- Afghanistan
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Afghanistan currently reports 635.9 kg/ha against 590.6 kg/ha in Costa Rica, a difference of 45.3 kg/ha.
That makes Afghanistan's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Afghanistan ahead.
Afghanistan ranks 43rd and Costa Rica ranks 46th of 72 countries.
Afghanistan has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 610.64 kg/ha | 522.26 kg/ha | 88.39 kg/ha | Afghanistan |
| 1970s | 583.58 kg/ha | 533.3 kg/ha | 50.28 kg/ha | Afghanistan |
| 1980s | 565.11 kg/ha | 533.3 kg/ha | 31.81 kg/ha | Afghanistan |
| 1990s | 664.05 kg/ha | 603.92 kg/ha | 60.13 kg/ha | Afghanistan |
| 2000s | 674.65 kg/ha | 590.32 kg/ha | 84.33 kg/ha | Afghanistan |
| 2010s | 1,915 kg/ha | 593.55 kg/ha | 1,321 kg/ha | Afghanistan |
| 2020s | 706.18 kg/ha | 591.64 kg/ha | 114.54 kg/ha | Afghanistan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sesame seed — yield, Afghanistan or Costa Rica?
- Afghanistan, at 635.9 kg/ha against 590.6 kg/ha in Costa Rica as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sesame seed — yield between Afghanistan and Costa Rica?
- 45.3 kg/ha, with Afghanistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Costa Rica?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Afghanistan and Costa Rica rank globally for sesame seed — yield?
- Afghanistan ranks 43rd and Costa Rica ranks 46th of 72 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Sesame seed — Yield. 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.