China vs Middle Africa: Bananas — Area harvested
Bananas — Area harvested over time
- China
- Middle Africa
How they compare
Middle Africa currently reports 511,443 ha against 325,500 ha in China, a difference of 185,943 ha.
That makes Middle Africa's figure about 1.6 times China's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Middle Africa ahead.
China ranks 4th and Middle Africa ranks 3rd of 141 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, China averaged higher in 1 and Middle Africa in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Middle Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 33,278 ha | 113,156 ha | 79,878 ha | Middle Africa |
| 1970s | 26,615 ha | 144,027 ha | 117,412 ha | Middle Africa |
| 1980s | 67,313 ha | 185,343 ha | 118,030 ha | Middle Africa |
| 1990s | 178,452 ha | 217,537 ha | 39,085 ha | Middle Africa |
| 2000s | 288,612 ha | 257,444 ha | 31,168 ha | China |
| 2010s | 385,118 ha | 468,484 ha | 83,365 ha | Middle Africa |
| 2020s | 336,641 ha | 495,811 ha | 159,170 ha | Middle Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bananas — area harvested, China or Middle Africa?
- Middle Africa, at 511,443 ha against 325,500 ha in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in bananas — area harvested between China and Middle Africa?
- 185,943 ha, with Middle Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Middle Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and Middle Africa rank globally for bananas — area harvested?
- China ranks 4th and Middle Africa ranks 3rd of 141 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.