Caribbean vs Polynesia: Bananas — Area harvested
Bananas — Area harvested over time
- Caribbean
- Polynesia
How they compare
Caribbean currently reports 150,870 ha against 3,676 ha in Polynesia, a difference of 147,194 ha.
That makes Caribbean's figure about 41.0 times Polynesia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Caribbean has been ahead every year.
Caribbean ranks 14th and Polynesia ranks 14th of 28 countries.
Caribbean has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean | Polynesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 126,771 ha | 10,623 ha | 116,148 ha | Caribbean |
| 1970s | 120,336 ha | 6,940 ha | 113,396 ha | Caribbean |
| 1980s | 134,207 ha | 6,458 ha | 127,748 ha | Caribbean |
| 1990s | 123,667 ha | 3,879 ha | 119,788 ha | Caribbean |
| 2000s | 126,342 ha | 5,473 ha | 120,869 ha | Caribbean |
| 2010s | 124,526 ha | 5,016 ha | 119,510 ha | Caribbean |
| 2020s | 140,435 ha | 3,688 ha | 136,746 ha | Caribbean |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bananas — area harvested, Caribbean or Polynesia?
- Caribbean, at 150,870 ha against 3,676 ha in Polynesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in bananas — area harvested between Caribbean and Polynesia?
- 147,194 ha, with Caribbean ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and Polynesia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Caribbean and Polynesia rank globally for bananas — area harvested?
- Caribbean ranks 14th and Polynesia ranks 14th 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.