Central America vs Mexico: Bananas — Area harvested
Bananas — Area harvested over time
- Central America
- Mexico
How they compare
Central America currently reports 215,845 ha against 86,524 ha in Mexico, a difference of 129,321 ha.
That makes Central America's figure about 2.5 times Mexico's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Central America has been ahead every year.
Central America ranks 13th and Mexico ranks 17th of 28 groups.
Central America has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Central America | Mexico | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 166,916 ha | 68,793 ha | 98,123 ha | Central America |
| 1970s | 194,601 ha | 72,163 ha | 122,438 ha | Central America |
| 1980s | 176,861 ha | 78,579 ha | 98,282 ha | Central America |
| 1990s | 183,286 ha | 72,748 ha | 110,538 ha | Central America |
| 2000s | 196,954 ha | 74,335 ha | 122,619 ha | Central America |
| 2010s | 222,308 ha | 76,312 ha | 145,996 ha | Central America |
| 2020s | 226,740 ha | 83,244 ha | 143,496 ha | Central America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bananas — area harvested, Central America or Mexico?
- Central America, at 215,845 ha against 86,524 ha in Mexico as of 2024.
- What is the difference in bananas — area harvested between Central America and Mexico?
- 129,321 ha, with Central America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Central America and Mexico?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Central America and Mexico rank globally for bananas — area harvested?
- Central America ranks 13th and Mexico ranks 17th 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.