Kenya vs Madagascar: Bananas — Area harvested
Bananas — Area harvested over time
- Kenya
- Madagascar
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 75,895 ha against 72,365 ha in Madagascar, a difference of 3,530 ha.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Kenya ahead.
Kenya ranks 19th and Madagascar ranks 20th of 139 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 6 and Madagascar in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Madagascar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 40,000 ha | 21,162 ha | 18,838 ha | Kenya |
| 1970s | 42,400 ha | 37,621 ha | 4,779 ha | Kenya |
| 1980s | 63,700 ha | 38,124 ha | 25,576 ha | Kenya |
| 1990s | 67,922 ha | 42,554 ha | 25,368 ha | Kenya |
| 2000s | 78,934 ha | 53,606 ha | 25,329 ha | Kenya |
| 2010s | 66,272 ha | 67,437 ha | 1,166 ha | Madagascar |
| 2020s | 72,993 ha | 72,521 ha | 472 ha | Kenya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bananas — area harvested, Kenya or Madagascar?
- Kenya, at 75,895 ha against 72,365 ha in Madagascar as of 2024.
- What is the difference in bananas — area harvested between Kenya and Madagascar?
- 3,530 ha, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Madagascar?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Kenya and Madagascar rank globally for bananas — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 19th and Madagascar ranks 20th of 139 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.