Barbados vs Sao Tome and Principe: Bananas — Area harvested
Bananas — Area harvested over time
- Barbados
- Sao Tome and Principe
How they compare
Sao Tome and Principe currently reports 203 ha against 171 ha in Barbados, a difference of 32 ha.
That makes Sao Tome and Principe's figure about 1.2 times Barbados's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Sao Tome and Principe has been ahead every year.
Barbados ranks 100th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 99th of 141 countries.
Sao Tome and Principe has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Sao Tome and Principe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 195.56 ha | 566.67 ha | 371.11 ha | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1970s | 98 ha | 445 ha | 347 ha | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1980s | 90.1 ha | 970 ha | 879.9 ha | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 1990s | 94.9 ha | 2,570 ha | 2,476 ha | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2000s | 118 ha | 4,317 ha | 4,199 ha | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2010s | 167.6 ha | 1,152 ha | 984.2 ha | Sao Tome and Principe |
| 2020s | 156.8 ha | 226.2 ha | 69.4 ha | Sao Tome and Principe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bananas — area harvested, Barbados or Sao Tome and Principe?
- Sao Tome and Principe, at 203 ha against 171 ha in Barbados as of 2024.
- What is the difference in bananas — area harvested between Barbados and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 32 ha, with Sao Tome and Principe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Sao Tome and Principe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Barbados and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for bananas — area harvested?
- Barbados ranks 100th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 99th of 141 countries.
- 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.