China vs Western Africa: Sesame seed — Yield
Sesame seed — Yield over time
- China
- Western Africa
How they compare
China currently reports 1,516 kg/ha against 799.2 kg/ha in Western Africa, a difference of 716.8 kg/ha.
That makes China's figure about 1.9 times Western Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.
China ranks 8th and Western Africa ranks 9th of 72 countries.
China has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 383.73 kg/ha | 285.22 kg/ha | 98.51 kg/ha | China |
| 1970s | 447.86 kg/ha | 284.69 kg/ha | 163.17 kg/ha | China |
| 1980s | 522.84 kg/ha | 337.5 kg/ha | 185.34 kg/ha | China |
| 1990s | 855.65 kg/ha | 397.22 kg/ha | 458.43 kg/ha | China |
| 2000s | 1,117 kg/ha | 435.3 kg/ha | 681.91 kg/ha | China |
| 2010s | 1,448 kg/ha | 694.79 kg/ha | 753.68 kg/ha | China |
| 2020s | 1,579 kg/ha | 708.54 kg/ha | 870.34 kg/ha | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher sesame seed — yield, China or Western Africa?
- China, at 1,516 kg/ha against 799.2 kg/ha in Western Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in sesame seed — yield between China and Western Africa?
- 716.8 kg/ha, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Western Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and Western Africa rank globally for sesame seed — yield?
- China ranks 8th and Western Africa ranks 9th 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.