Brazil vs China, mainland: Bananas — Area harvested
Bananas — Area harvested over time
- Brazil
- China, mainland
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 469,989 ha against 310,093 ha in China, mainland, a difference of 159,896 ha.
That makes Brazil's figure about 1.5 times China, mainland's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Brazil has been ahead every year.
Brazil ranks 2nd and China, mainland ranks 5th of 141 countries.
Brazil has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | China, mainland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 237,426 ha | 6,444 ha | 230,982 ha | Brazil |
| 1970s | 309,873 ha | 8,590 ha | 301,283 ha | Brazil |
| 1980s | 419,087 ha | 58,499 ha | 360,589 ha | Brazil |
| 1990s | 510,617 ha | 169,707 ha | 340,910 ha | Brazil |
| 2000s | 504,246 ha | 278,734 ha | 225,512 ha | Brazil |
| 2010s | 475,948 ha | 370,924 ha | 105,025 ha | Brazil |
| 2020s | 458,490 ha | 321,736 ha | 136,755 ha | Brazil |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bananas — area harvested, Brazil or China, mainland?
- Brazil, at 469,989 ha against 310,093 ha in China, mainland as of 2024.
- What is the difference in bananas — area harvested between Brazil and China, mainland?
- 159,896 ha, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and China, mainland?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Brazil and China, mainland rank globally for bananas — area harvested?
- Brazil ranks 2nd and China, mainland ranks 5th 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.