Americas vs China, mainland: Bananas — Area harvested
Bananas — Area harvested over time
- Americas
- China, mainland
How they compare
Americas currently reports 1.37 million ha against 310,093 ha in China, mainland, a difference of 1.06 million ha.
That makes Americas's figure about 4.4 times China, mainland's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Americas has been ahead every year.
Americas ranks 5th and China, mainland ranks 5th of 28 groups.
Americas has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Americas | China, mainland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 791,351 ha | 6,444 ha | 784,907 ha | Americas |
| 1970s | 868,785 ha | 8,590 ha | 860,195 ha | Americas |
| 1980s | 939,946 ha | 58,499 ha | 881,447 ha | Americas |
| 1990s | 1.16 million ha | 169,707 ha | 988,602 ha | Americas |
| 2000s | 1.19 million ha | 278,734 ha | 911,863 ha | Americas |
| 2010s | 1.33 million ha | 370,924 ha | 955,823 ha | Americas |
| 2020s | 1.35 million ha | 321,736 ha | 1.03 million ha | Americas |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bananas — area harvested, Americas or China, mainland?
- Americas, at 1.37 million ha against 310,093 ha in China, mainland as of 2024.
- What is the difference in bananas — area harvested between Americas and China, mainland?
- 1.06 million ha, with Americas ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Americas and China, mainland?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Americas and China, mainland rank globally for bananas — area harvested?
- Americas ranks 5th and China, mainland ranks 5th 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.