Africa vs China: Bananas — Area harvested
Bananas — Area harvested over time
- Africa
- China
How they compare
Africa currently reports 2.29 million ha against 325,500 ha in China, a difference of 1.96 million ha.
That makes Africa's figure about 7.0 times China's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Africa has been ahead every year.
Africa ranks 3rd and China ranks 4th of 28 groups.
Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Africa | China | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 676,173 ha | 33,278 ha | 642,895 ha | Africa |
| 1970s | 867,500 ha | 26,615 ha | 840,885 ha | Africa |
| 1980s | 1.08 million ha | 67,313 ha | 1.02 million ha | Africa |
| 1990s | 1.51 million ha | 178,452 ha | 1.33 million ha | Africa |
| 2000s | 2.08 million ha | 288,612 ha | 1.79 million ha | Africa |
| 2010s | 2.23 million ha | 385,118 ha | 1.84 million ha | Africa |
| 2020s | 2.26 million ha | 336,641 ha | 1.92 million ha | Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bananas — area harvested, Africa or China?
- Africa, at 2.29 million ha against 325,500 ha in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in bananas — area harvested between Africa and China?
- 1.96 million ha, with Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Africa and China?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Africa and China rank globally for bananas — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 3rd and China ranks 4th of 28 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Bananas — Area harvested. 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.