Eastern Asia vs Philippines: Bananas — Area harvested
Bananas — Area harvested over time
- Eastern Asia
- Philippines
How they compare
Eastern Asia currently reports 325,506 ha against 186,270 ha in Philippines, a difference of 139,236 ha.
That makes Eastern Asia's figure about 1.7 times Philippines's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Philippines ahead.
Eastern Asia ranks 12th and Philippines ranks 8th of 28 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Eastern Asia averaged higher in 2 and Philippines in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Asia | Philippines | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 33,496 ha | 248,226 ha | 214,730 ha | Philippines |
| 1970s | 26,836 ha | 286,221 ha | 259,386 ha | Philippines |
| 1980s | 67,575 ha | 310,681 ha | 243,106 ha | Philippines |
| 1990s | 178,621 ha | 337,034 ha | 158,413 ha | Philippines |
| 2000s | 288,677 ha | 415,799 ha | 127,123 ha | Philippines |
| 2010s | 385,130 ha | 290,003 ha | 95,127 ha | Eastern Asia |
| 2020s | 336,646 ha | 186,042 ha | 150,604 ha | Eastern Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bananas — area harvested, Eastern Asia or Philippines?
- Eastern Asia, at 325,506 ha against 186,270 ha in Philippines as of 2024.
- What is the difference in bananas — area harvested between Eastern Asia and Philippines?
- 139,236 ha, with Eastern Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Asia and Philippines?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Eastern Asia and Philippines rank globally for bananas — area harvested?
- Eastern Asia ranks 12th and Philippines ranks 8th 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.