Bangladesh vs Papua New Guinea: Banana yields
Bangladesh
16.36 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
16.66 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Bangladesh rank
65th
Papua New Guinea rank
63rd
Banana yields over time
- Bangladesh
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 16.66 tonnes per hectare against 16.36 tonnes per hectare in Bangladesh, a difference of 0.3 tonnes per hectare.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Bangladesh ahead.
Bangladesh ranks 65th and Papua New Guinea ranks 63rd of 130 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Bangladesh averaged higher in 6 and Papua New Guinea in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bangladesh | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15.89 tonnes per hectare | 12.63 tonnes per hectare | 3.26 tonnes per hectare | Bangladesh |
| 1970s | 15.58 tonnes per hectare | 12.61 tonnes per hectare | 2.97 tonnes per hectare | Bangladesh |
| 1980s | 16.62 tonnes per hectare | 13.03 tonnes per hectare | 3.59 tonnes per hectare | Bangladesh |
| 1990s | 15.87 tonnes per hectare | 14.18 tonnes per hectare | 1.7 tonnes per hectare | Bangladesh |
| 2000s | 15.36 tonnes per hectare | 14.18 tonnes per hectare | 1.18 tonnes per hectare | Bangladesh |
| 2010s | 16.19 tonnes per hectare | 16.34 tonnes per hectare | 0.1544 tonnes per hectare | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 16.65 tonnes per hectare | 16.5 tonnes per hectare | 0.1464 tonnes per hectare | Bangladesh |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher banana yields, Bangladesh or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 16.66 tonnes per hectare against 16.36 tonnes per hectare in Bangladesh as of 2024.
- What is the difference in banana yields between Bangladesh and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.3 tonnes per hectare, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Papua New Guinea?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Bangladesh and Papua New Guinea rank globally for banana yields?
- Bangladesh ranks 65th and Papua New Guinea ranks 63rd of 130 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Banana yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.