Eastern Asia vs Ecuador: Bananas — Area harvested
Bananas — Area harvested over time
- Eastern Asia
- Ecuador
How they compare
Eastern Asia currently reports 325,506 ha against 181,088 ha in Ecuador, a difference of 144,418 ha.
That makes Eastern Asia's figure about 1.8 times Ecuador's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Ecuador ahead.
Eastern Asia ranks 12th and Ecuador ranks 9th of 28 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Eastern Asia averaged higher in 3 and Ecuador in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Asia | Ecuador | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 33,496 ha | 166,741 ha | 133,245 ha | Ecuador |
| 1970s | 26,836 ha | 132,115 ha | 105,279 ha | Ecuador |
| 1980s | 67,575 ha | 87,385 ha | 19,810 ha | Ecuador |
| 1990s | 178,621 ha | 199,802 ha | 21,181 ha | Ecuador |
| 2000s | 288,677 ha | 223,099 ha | 65,577 ha | Eastern Asia |
| 2010s | 385,130 ha | 185,814 ha | 199,315 ha | Eastern Asia |
| 2020s | 336,646 ha | 173,843 ha | 162,803 ha | Eastern Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bananas — area harvested, Eastern Asia or Ecuador?
- Eastern Asia, at 325,506 ha against 181,088 ha in Ecuador as of 2024.
- What is the difference in bananas — area harvested between Eastern Asia and Ecuador?
- 144,418 ha, with Eastern Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Asia and Ecuador?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Eastern Asia and Ecuador rank globally for bananas — area harvested?
- Eastern Asia ranks 12th and Ecuador ranks 9th of 28 groups.
- 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.