Kenya vs Melanesia: Bananas — Area harvested
Bananas — Area harvested over time
- Kenya
- Melanesia
How they compare
Melanesia currently reports 79,382 ha against 75,895 ha in Kenya, a difference of 3,487 ha.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Kenya ahead.
Kenya ranks 19th and Melanesia ranks 8th of 141 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 5 and Melanesia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Melanesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 40,000 ha | 29,556 ha | 10,444 ha | Kenya |
| 1970s | 42,400 ha | 34,589 ha | 7,811 ha | Kenya |
| 1980s | 63,700 ha | 39,458 ha | 24,242 ha | Kenya |
| 1990s | 67,922 ha | 51,266 ha | 16,656 ha | Kenya |
| 2000s | 78,934 ha | 65,744 ha | 13,191 ha | Kenya |
| 2010s | 66,272 ha | 76,394 ha | 10,122 ha | Melanesia |
| 2020s | 72,993 ha | 79,011 ha | 6,018 ha | Melanesia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bananas — area harvested, Kenya or Melanesia?
- Melanesia, at 79,382 ha against 75,895 ha in Kenya as of 2024.
- What is the difference in bananas — area harvested between Kenya and Melanesia?
- 3,487 ha, with Melanesia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Melanesia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Kenya and Melanesia rank globally for bananas — area harvested?
- Kenya ranks 19th 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.