Brazil vs Nigeria: Bananas — Area harvested
Bananas — Area harvested over time
- Brazil
- Nigeria
How they compare
Brazil currently reports 469,989 ha against 468,358 ha in Nigeria, a difference of 1,631 ha.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 34 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Brazil ahead.
Brazil ranks 2nd and Nigeria ranks 3rd of 141 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 3 and Nigeria in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Brazil | Nigeria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 513,143 ha | 251,222 ha | 261,921 ha | Brazil |
| 2000s | 504,246 ha | 438,500 ha | 65,746 ha | Brazil |
| 2010s | 475,948 ha | 453,120 ha | 22,828 ha | Brazil |
| 2020s | 458,490 ha | 497,317 ha | 38,827 ha | Nigeria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bananas — area harvested, Brazil or Nigeria?
- Brazil, at 469,989 ha against 468,358 ha in Nigeria as of 2024.
- What is the difference in bananas — area harvested between Brazil and Nigeria?
- 1,631 ha, with Brazil ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Nigeria?
- 34 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2024.
- How do Brazil and Nigeria rank globally for bananas — area harvested?
- Brazil ranks 2nd and Nigeria ranks 3rd 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.