Central America vs Indonesia: Bananas — Area harvested
Bananas — Area harvested over time
- Central America
- Indonesia
How they compare
Central America currently reports 215,845 ha against 152,656 ha in Indonesia, a difference of 63,189 ha.
That makes Central America's figure about 1.4 times Indonesia's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Central America ahead.
Central America ranks 13th and Indonesia ranks 12th of 28 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Central America averaged higher in 6 and Indonesia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Central America | Indonesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 166,916 ha | 151,778 ha | 15,138 ha | Central America |
| 1970s | 194,601 ha | 245,121 ha | 50,519 ha | Indonesia |
| 1980s | 176,861 ha | 164,619 ha | 12,242 ha | Central America |
| 1990s | 183,286 ha | 78,310 ha | 104,976 ha | Central America |
| 2000s | 196,954 ha | 92,690 ha | 104,264 ha | Central America |
| 2010s | 222,308 ha | 116,410 ha | 105,898 ha | Central America |
| 2020s | 226,740 ha | 147,837 ha | 78,903 ha | Central America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bananas — area harvested, Central America or Indonesia?
- Central America, at 215,845 ha against 152,656 ha in Indonesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in bananas — area harvested between Central America and Indonesia?
- 63,189 ha, with Central America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Central America and Indonesia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Central America and Indonesia rank globally for bananas — area harvested?
- Central America ranks 13th and Indonesia ranks 12th of 28 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.