Cambodia vs Central America: Bananas — Area harvested
Bananas — Area harvested over time
- Cambodia
- Central America
How they compare
Central America currently reports 215,845 ha against 87,480 ha in Cambodia, a difference of 128,365 ha.
That makes Central America's figure about 2.5 times Cambodia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Central America has been ahead every year.
Cambodia ranks 16th and Central America ranks 13th of 141 countries.
Central America has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cambodia | Central America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 19,229 ha | 166,916 ha | 147,686 ha | Central America |
| 1970s | 15,257 ha | 194,601 ha | 179,344 ha | Central America |
| 1980s | 16,500 ha | 176,861 ha | 160,361 ha | Central America |
| 1990s | 25,946 ha | 183,286 ha | 157,339 ha | Central America |
| 2000s | 31,970 ha | 196,954 ha | 164,984 ha | Central America |
| 2010s | 34,514 ha | 222,308 ha | 187,794 ha | Central America |
| 2020s | 88,015 ha | 226,740 ha | 138,725 ha | Central America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bananas — area harvested, Cambodia or Central America?
- Central America, at 215,845 ha against 87,480 ha in Cambodia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in bananas — area harvested between Cambodia and Central America?
- 128,365 ha, with Central America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cambodia and Central America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Cambodia and Central America rank globally for bananas — area harvested?
- Cambodia ranks 16th and Central America ranks 13th 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.