Benin vs Polynesia: Bananas — Area harvested
Bananas — Area harvested over time
- Benin
- Polynesia
How they compare
Benin currently reports 4,348 ha against 3,676 ha in Polynesia, a difference of 672 ha.
That makes Benin's figure about 1.2 times Polynesia's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Polynesia ahead.
Benin ranks 70th and Polynesia ranks 72nd of 155 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Benin averaged higher in 1 and Polynesia in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Benin | Polynesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,022 ha | 10,623 ha | 8,601 ha | Polynesia |
| 1970s | 2,350 ha | 6,940 ha | 4,590 ha | Polynesia |
| 1980s | 2,500 ha | 6,458 ha | 3,958 ha | Polynesia |
| 1990s | 2,498 ha | 3,879 ha | 1,381 ha | Polynesia |
| 2000s | 2,632 ha | 5,473 ha | 2,842 ha | Polynesia |
| 2010s | 3,943 ha | 5,016 ha | 1,073 ha | Polynesia |
| 2020s | 4,357 ha | 3,688 ha | 669 ha | Benin |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bananas — area harvested, Benin or Polynesia?
- Benin, at 4,348 ha against 3,676 ha in Polynesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in bananas — area harvested between Benin and Polynesia?
- 672 ha, with Benin ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Benin and Polynesia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Benin and Polynesia rank globally for bananas — area harvested?
- Benin ranks 70th and Polynesia ranks 72nd of 155 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.