Ecuador vs Western Africa: Bananas — Area harvested
Bananas — Area harvested over time
- Ecuador
- Western Africa
How they compare
Western Africa currently reports 598,635 ha against 181,088 ha in Ecuador, a difference of 417,547 ha.
That makes Western Africa's figure about 3.3 times Ecuador's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Ecuador ahead.
Ecuador ranks 9th and Western Africa ranks 11th of 141 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Ecuador averaged higher in 3 and Western Africa in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ecuador | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 166,741 ha | 41,253 ha | 125,488 ha | Ecuador |
| 1970s | 132,115 ha | 49,307 ha | 82,808 ha | Ecuador |
| 1980s | 87,385 ha | 45,327 ha | 42,058 ha | Ecuador |
| 1990s | 199,802 ha | 286,972 ha | 87,170 ha | Western Africa |
| 2000s | 223,099 ha | 510,492 ha | 287,393 ha | Western Africa |
| 2010s | 185,814 ha | 538,026 ha | 352,212 ha | Western Africa |
| 2020s | 173,843 ha | 618,453 ha | 444,610 ha | Western Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bananas — area harvested, Ecuador or Western Africa?
- Western Africa, at 598,635 ha against 181,088 ha in Ecuador as of 2024.
- What is the difference in bananas — area harvested between Ecuador and Western Africa?
- 417,547 ha, with Western Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Western Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Ecuador and Western Africa rank globally for bananas — area harvested?
- Ecuador ranks 9th and Western Africa ranks 11th 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.