Lao People's Democratic Republic vs Melanesia: Bananas — Area harvested
Bananas — Area harvested over time
- Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Melanesia
How they compare
Melanesia currently reports 79,382 ha against 27,560 ha in Lao People's Democratic Republic, a difference of 51,822 ha.
That makes Melanesia's figure about 2.9 times Lao People's Democratic Republic's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Melanesia has been ahead every year.
Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 10th and Melanesia ranks 8th of 18 countries.
Melanesia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lao People's Democratic Republic | Melanesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 833.89 ha | 29,556 ha | 28,722 ha | Melanesia |
| 1970s | 942 ha | 34,589 ha | 33,647 ha | Melanesia |
| 1980s | 1,451 ha | 39,458 ha | 38,007 ha | Melanesia |
| 1990s | 2,696 ha | 51,266 ha | 48,571 ha | Melanesia |
| 2000s | 9,276 ha | 65,744 ha | 56,468 ha | Melanesia |
| 2010s | 21,733 ha | 76,394 ha | 54,661 ha | Melanesia |
| 2020s | 28,364 ha | 79,011 ha | 50,647 ha | Melanesia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bananas — area harvested, Lao People's Democratic Republic or Melanesia?
- Melanesia, at 79,382 ha against 27,560 ha in Lao People's Democratic Republic as of 2024.
- What is the difference in bananas — area harvested between Lao People's Democratic Republic and Melanesia?
- 51,822 ha, with Melanesia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lao People's Democratic Republic and Melanesia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Lao People's Democratic Republic and Melanesia rank globally for bananas — area harvested?
- Lao People's Democratic Republic ranks 10th and Melanesia ranks 8th of 18 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.