China vs South-Eastern Asia: Bananas — Area harvested
Bananas — Area harvested over time
- China
- South-Eastern Asia
How they compare
South-Eastern Asia currently reports 680,313 ha against 325,500 ha in China, a difference of 354,813 ha.
That makes South-Eastern Asia's figure about 2.1 times China's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, South-Eastern Asia has been ahead every year.
China ranks 4th and South-Eastern Asia ranks 9th of 141 countries.
South-Eastern Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | South-Eastern Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 33,278 ha | 584,990 ha | 551,712 ha | South-Eastern Asia |
| 1970s | 26,615 ha | 745,757 ha | 719,142 ha | South-Eastern Asia |
| 1980s | 67,313 ha | 726,275 ha | 658,961 ha | South-Eastern Asia |
| 1990s | 178,452 ha | 702,212 ha | 523,760 ha | South-Eastern Asia |
| 2000s | 288,612 ha | 806,697 ha | 518,085 ha | South-Eastern Asia |
| 2010s | 385,118 ha | 670,664 ha | 285,546 ha | South-Eastern Asia |
| 2020s | 336,641 ha | 676,114 ha | 339,473 ha | South-Eastern Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bananas — area harvested, China or South-Eastern Asia?
- South-Eastern Asia, at 680,313 ha against 325,500 ha in China as of 2024.
- What is the difference in bananas — area harvested between China and South-Eastern Asia?
- 354,813 ha, with South-Eastern Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and South-Eastern Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and South-Eastern Asia rank globally for bananas — area harvested?
- China ranks 4th and South-Eastern Asia ranks 9th 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.