Jamaica vs Spain: Bananas — Area harvested
Bananas — Area harvested over time
- Jamaica
- Spain
How they compare
Spain currently reports 8,760 ha against 8,247 ha in Jamaica, a difference of 513 ha.
That makes Spain's figure about 1.1 times Jamaica's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Jamaica ahead.
Jamaica ranks 52nd and Spain ranks 50th of 141 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Jamaica averaged higher in 5 and Spain in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Jamaica | Spain | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 30,222 ha | 10,056 ha | 20,167 ha | Jamaica |
| 1970s | 20,000 ha | 12,720 ha | 7,280 ha | Jamaica |
| 1980s | 18,800 ha | 11,807 ha | 6,993 ha | Jamaica |
| 1990s | 15,750 ha | 8,754 ha | 6,996 ha | Jamaica |
| 2000s | 11,523 ha | 9,363 ha | 2,160 ha | Jamaica |
| 2010s | 7,225 ha | 9,090 ha | 1,864 ha | Spain |
| 2020s | 8,747 ha | 8,930 ha | 182.8 ha | Spain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bananas — area harvested, Jamaica or Spain?
- Spain, at 8,760 ha against 8,247 ha in Jamaica as of 2024.
- What is the difference in bananas — area harvested between Jamaica and Spain?
- 513 ha, with Spain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and Spain?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Jamaica and Spain rank globally for bananas — area harvested?
- Jamaica ranks 52nd and Spain ranks 50th 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.