China vs Viet Nam: Bananas — Area harvested
Bananas — Area harvested over time
- China
- Viet Nam
How they compare
China currently reports 325,500 ha against 144,600 ha in Viet Nam, a difference of 180,900 ha.
That makes China's figure about 2.3 times Viet Nam's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Viet Nam ahead.
China ranks 4th and Viet Nam ranks 7th of 141 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, China averaged higher in 4 and Viet Nam in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Viet Nam | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 33,278 ha | 38,811 ha | 5,533 ha | Viet Nam |
| 1970s | 26,615 ha | 50,640 ha | 24,025 ha | Viet Nam |
| 1980s | 67,313 ha | 77,579 ha | 10,266 ha | Viet Nam |
| 1990s | 178,452 ha | 91,775 ha | 86,677 ha | China |
| 2000s | 288,612 ha | 95,322 ha | 193,290 ha | China |
| 2010s | 385,118 ha | 117,110 ha | 268,009 ha | China |
| 2020s | 336,641 ha | 142,057 ha | 194,584 ha | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bananas — area harvested, China or Viet Nam?
- China, at 325,500 ha against 144,600 ha in Viet Nam as of 2024.
- What is the difference in bananas — area harvested between China and Viet Nam?
- 180,900 ha, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Viet Nam?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and Viet Nam rank globally for bananas — area harvested?
- China ranks 4th and Viet Nam ranks 7th 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.