Eswatini vs South Africa: Bananas — Area harvested
Bananas — Area harvested over time
- Eswatini
- South Africa
How they compare
South Africa currently reports 6,829 ha against 5,076 ha in Eswatini, a difference of 1,753 ha.
That makes South Africa's figure about 1.3 times Eswatini's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, South Africa has been ahead every year.
Eswatini ranks 61st 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 | Eswatini | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 188.11 ha | 6,768 ha | 6,580 ha | South Africa |
| 1970s | 175.1 ha | 7,770 ha | 7,595 ha | South Africa |
| 1980s | 120 ha | 10,940 ha | 10,820 ha | South Africa |
| 1990s | 109.2 ha | 14,160 ha | 14,051 ha | South Africa |
| 2000s | 459.4 ha | 10,089 ha | 9,630 ha | South Africa |
| 2010s | 1,641 ha | 7,240 ha | 5,599 ha | South Africa |
| 2020s | 3,925 ha | 6,626 ha | 2,702 ha | South Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bananas — area harvested, Eswatini or South Africa?
- South Africa, at 6,829 ha against 5,076 ha in Eswatini as of 2024.
- What is the difference in bananas — area harvested between Eswatini and South Africa?
- 1,753 ha, with South Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eswatini and South Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Eswatini and South Africa rank globally for bananas — area harvested?
- Eswatini ranks 61st 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.