China, People's Republic of vs India: Bananas β€” Area harvested

China, People's Republic of
325,500 ha
in 2024
India
948,469 ha
in 2024
China, People's Republic of rank
4th
India rank
1st

Bananas β€” Area harvested over time

  • China, People's Republic of
  • India
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How they compare

India currently reports 948,469 ha against 325,500 ha in China, People's Republic of, a difference of 622,969 ha.

That makes India's figure about 2.9 times China, People's Republic of's.

Across all 64 years both countries report, India has been ahead every year.

China, People's Republic of ranks 4th and India ranks 1st of 139 countries.

India has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade China, People's Republic of India Difference Ahead
1960s 33,278 ha 201,644 ha 168,367 ha India
1970s 26,615 ha 241,540 ha 214,925 ha India
1980s 67,313 ha 319,610 ha 252,297 ha India
1990s 178,452 ha 430,560 ha 252,108 ha India
2000s 288,612 ha 581,040 ha 292,428 ha India
2010s 385,118 ha 827,407 ha 442,289 ha India
2020s 336,641 ha 945,294 ha 608,653 ha India

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher bananas β€” area harvested, China, People's Republic of or India?
India, at 948,469 ha against 325,500 ha in China, People's Republic of as of 2024.
What is the difference in bananas β€” area harvested between China, People's Republic of and India?
622,969 ha, with India ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for China, People's Republic of and India?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do China, People's Republic of and India rank globally for bananas β€” area harvested?
China, People's Republic of ranks 4th and India ranks 1st of 139 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Bananas β€” Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Bananas β€” Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
187 places, 9,707 data points, 1961–2024
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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.