Caribbean vs Micronesia: Bananas — Area harvested
Bananas — Area harvested over time
- Caribbean
- Micronesia
How they compare
Caribbean currently reports 150,870 ha against 1,818 ha in Micronesia, a difference of 149,052 ha.
That makes Caribbean's figure about 83.0 times Micronesia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Caribbean has been ahead every year.
Caribbean ranks 14th and Micronesia ranks 15th of 28 countries.
Caribbean has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean | Micronesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 126,771 ha | 560 ha | 126,211 ha | Caribbean |
| 1970s | 120,336 ha | 784.5 ha | 119,551 ha | Caribbean |
| 1980s | 134,207 ha | 872.5 ha | 133,334 ha | Caribbean |
| 1990s | 123,667 ha | 1,071 ha | 122,596 ha | Caribbean |
| 2000s | 126,342 ha | 1,402 ha | 124,941 ha | Caribbean |
| 2010s | 124,526 ha | 1,770 ha | 122,756 ha | Caribbean |
| 2020s | 140,435 ha | 1,809 ha | 138,626 ha | Caribbean |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bananas — area harvested, Caribbean or Micronesia?
- Caribbean, at 150,870 ha against 1,818 ha in Micronesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in bananas — area harvested between Caribbean and Micronesia?
- 149,052 ha, with Caribbean ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and Micronesia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Caribbean and Micronesia rank globally for bananas — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 14th and Micronesia ranks 15th of 28 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.