Madagascar vs Melanesia: Bananas — Area harvested
Bananas — Area harvested over time
- Madagascar
- Melanesia
How they compare
Melanesia currently reports 79,382 ha against 72,365 ha in Madagascar, a difference of 7,017 ha.
That makes Melanesia's figure about 1.1 times Madagascar's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Melanesia ahead.
Madagascar ranks 20th and Melanesia ranks 8th of 141 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Madagascar averaged higher in 1 and Melanesia in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Madagascar | Melanesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21,162 ha | 29,556 ha | 8,394 ha | Melanesia |
| 1970s | 37,621 ha | 34,589 ha | 3,032 ha | Madagascar |
| 1980s | 38,124 ha | 39,458 ha | 1,333 ha | Melanesia |
| 1990s | 42,554 ha | 51,266 ha | 8,712 ha | Melanesia |
| 2000s | 53,606 ha | 65,744 ha | 12,138 ha | Melanesia |
| 2010s | 67,437 ha | 76,394 ha | 8,956 ha | Melanesia |
| 2020s | 72,521 ha | 79,011 ha | 6,490 ha | Melanesia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bananas — area harvested, Madagascar or Melanesia?
- Melanesia, at 79,382 ha against 72,365 ha in Madagascar as of 2024.
- What is the difference in bananas — area harvested between Madagascar and Melanesia?
- 7,017 ha, with Melanesia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Melanesia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Madagascar and Melanesia rank globally for bananas — area harvested?
- Madagascar ranks 20th 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.