Democratic Republic of the Congo vs Small island developing States (SIDS): Bananas — Area harvested

Democratic Republic of the Congo
215,911 ha
in 2024
Small island developing States (SIDS)
257,039 ha
in 2024
Democratic Republic of the Congo rank
6th
Small island developing States (SIDS) rank
5th

Bananas — Area harvested over time

  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Small island developing States (SIDS)
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How they compare

Small island developing States (SIDS) currently reports 257,039 ha against 215,911 ha in Democratic Republic of the Congo, a difference of 41,128 ha.

That makes Small island developing States (SIDS)'s figure about 1.2 times Democratic Republic of the Congo's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Small island developing States (SIDS) ahead.

Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 6th and Small island developing States (SIDS) ranks 5th of 18 countries.

Small island developing States (SIDS) has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Democratic Republic of the Congo Small island developing States (SIDS) Difference Ahead
1960s 65,222 ha 174,822 ha 109,600 ha Small island developing States (SIDS)
1970s 77,990 ha 171,715 ha 93,725 ha Small island developing States (SIDS)
1980s 97,380 ha 193,642 ha 96,262 ha Small island developing States (SIDS)
1990s 97,481 ha 199,136 ha 101,656 ha Small island developing States (SIDS)
2000s 84,032 ha 222,112 ha 138,080 ha Small island developing States (SIDS)
2010s 213,399 ha 228,921 ha 15,522 ha Small island developing States (SIDS)
2020s 215,251 ha 246,649 ha 31,398 ha Small island developing States (SIDS)

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher bananas — area harvested, Democratic Republic of the Congo or Small island developing States (SIDS)?
Small island developing States (SIDS), at 257,039 ha against 215,911 ha in Democratic Republic of the Congo as of 2024.
What is the difference in bananas — area harvested between Democratic Republic of the Congo and Small island developing States (SIDS)?
41,128 ha, with Small island developing States (SIDS) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Democratic Republic of the Congo and Small island developing States (SIDS)?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Democratic Republic of the Congo and Small island developing States (SIDS) rank globally for bananas — area harvested?
Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 6th and Small island developing States (SIDS) ranks 5th of 18 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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Indicator
Bananas — 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.