Asia vs India: Bananas — Area harvested
Bananas — Area harvested over time
- Asia
- India
How they compare
Asia currently reports 2.10 million ha against 948,469 ha in India, a difference of 1.15 million ha.
That makes Asia's figure about 2.2 times India's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Asia has been ahead every year.
Asia ranks 2nd and India ranks 1st of 38 regions.
Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Asia | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 877,154 ha | 201,644 ha | 675,510 ha | Asia |
| 1970s | 1.08 million ha | 241,540 ha | 836,858 ha | Asia |
| 1980s | 1.19 million ha | 319,610 ha | 867,611 ha | Asia |
| 1990s | 1.40 million ha | 430,560 ha | 966,159 ha | Asia |
| 2000s | 1.79 million ha | 581,040 ha | 1.21 million ha | Asia |
| 2010s | 2.00 million ha | 827,407 ha | 1.17 million ha | Asia |
| 2020s | 2.10 million ha | 945,294 ha | 1.15 million ha | Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bananas — area harvested, Asia or India?
- Asia, at 2.10 million ha against 948,469 ha in India as of 2024.
- What is the difference in bananas — area harvested between Asia and India?
- 1.15 million ha, with Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Asia and India?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Asia and India rank globally for bananas — area harvested?
- Asia ranks 2nd and India ranks 1st of 38 regions.
- 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.