Caribbean vs Oceania: Bananas — Area harvested
Bananas — Area harvested over time
- Caribbean
- Oceania
How they compare
Caribbean currently reports 150,870 ha against 97,509 ha in Oceania, a difference of 53,361 ha.
That makes Caribbean's figure about 1.5 times Oceania's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Caribbean has been ahead every year.
Caribbean ranks 15th and Oceania ranks 17th of 38 groups.
Caribbean has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean | Oceania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 126,771 ha | 50,702 ha | 76,068 ha | Caribbean |
| 1970s | 120,336 ha | 50,152 ha | 70,184 ha | Caribbean |
| 1980s | 134,207 ha | 54,531 ha | 79,676 ha | Caribbean |
| 1990s | 123,667 ha | 65,226 ha | 58,440 ha | Caribbean |
| 2000s | 126,342 ha | 84,050 ha | 42,292 ha | Caribbean |
| 2010s | 124,526 ha | 96,020 ha | 28,506 ha | Caribbean |
| 2020s | 140,435 ha | 97,620 ha | 42,815 ha | Caribbean |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bananas — area harvested, Caribbean or Oceania?
- Caribbean, at 150,870 ha against 97,509 ha in Oceania as of 2024.
- What is the difference in bananas — area harvested between Caribbean and Oceania?
- 53,361 ha, with Caribbean ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and Oceania?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Caribbean and Oceania rank globally for bananas — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 15th and Oceania ranks 17th of 38 groups.
- 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.