Ethiopia vs Melanesia: Bananas — Area harvested
Bananas — Area harvested over time
- Ethiopia
- Melanesia
How they compare
Ethiopia currently reports 90,856 ha against 79,382 ha in Melanesia, a difference of 11,474 ha.
That makes Ethiopia's figure about 1.1 times Melanesia's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 32 shared years of data; in 1993 it was Melanesia ahead.
Ethiopia ranks 15th and Melanesia ranks 8th of 141 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Ethiopia averaged higher in 1 and Melanesia in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ethiopia | Melanesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 12,144 ha | 53,816 ha | 41,672 ha | Melanesia |
| 2000s | 27,948 ha | 65,744 ha | 37,796 ha | Melanesia |
| 2010s | 52,015 ha | 76,394 ha | 24,379 ha | Melanesia |
| 2020s | 91,876 ha | 79,011 ha | 12,865 ha | Ethiopia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bananas — area harvested, Ethiopia or Melanesia?
- Ethiopia, at 90,856 ha against 79,382 ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in bananas — area harvested between Ethiopia and Melanesia?
- 11,474 ha, with Ethiopia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Melanesia?
- 32 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2024.
- How do Ethiopia and Melanesia rank globally for bananas — area harvested?
- Ethiopia ranks 15th and Melanesia ranks 8th 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.