Equatorial Guinea vs South Africa: Bananas — Area harvested
Bananas — Area harvested over time
- Equatorial Guinea
- South Africa
How they compare
South Africa currently reports 6,829 ha against 6,574 ha in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 255 ha.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was South Africa ahead.
Equatorial Guinea ranks 59th and South Africa ranks 58th of 141 countries.
South Africa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Equatorial Guinea | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,933 ha | 6,768 ha | 3,835 ha | South Africa |
| 1970s | 3,590 ha | 7,770 ha | 4,180 ha | South Africa |
| 1980s | 3,780 ha | 10,940 ha | 7,160 ha | South Africa |
| 1990s | 4,186 ha | 14,160 ha | 9,974 ha | South Africa |
| 2000s | 5,399 ha | 10,089 ha | 4,690 ha | South Africa |
| 2010s | 6,234 ha | 7,240 ha | 1,005 ha | South Africa |
| 2020s | 6,585 ha | 6,626 ha | 41.6 ha | South Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bananas — area harvested, Equatorial Guinea or South Africa?
- South Africa, at 6,829 ha against 6,574 ha in Equatorial Guinea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in bananas — area harvested between Equatorial Guinea and South Africa?
- 255 ha, with South Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and South Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Equatorial Guinea and South Africa rank globally for bananas — area harvested?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 59th and South Africa ranks 58th 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.