Madagascar vs Mexico: Bananas — Area harvested
Bananas — Area harvested over time
- Madagascar
- Mexico
How they compare
Mexico currently reports 86,524 ha against 72,365 ha in Madagascar, a difference of 14,159 ha.
That makes Mexico's figure about 1.2 times Madagascar's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Mexico has been ahead every year.
Madagascar ranks 20th and Mexico ranks 17th of 141 countries.
Mexico has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Madagascar | Mexico | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21,162 ha | 68,793 ha | 47,630 ha | Mexico |
| 1970s | 37,621 ha | 72,163 ha | 34,542 ha | Mexico |
| 1980s | 38,124 ha | 78,579 ha | 40,454 ha | Mexico |
| 1990s | 42,554 ha | 72,748 ha | 30,193 ha | Mexico |
| 2000s | 53,606 ha | 74,335 ha | 20,729 ha | Mexico |
| 2010s | 67,437 ha | 76,312 ha | 8,875 ha | Mexico |
| 2020s | 72,521 ha | 83,244 ha | 10,723 ha | Mexico |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bananas — area harvested, Madagascar or Mexico?
- Mexico, at 86,524 ha against 72,365 ha in Madagascar as of 2024.
- What is the difference in bananas — area harvested between Madagascar and Mexico?
- 14,159 ha, with Mexico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Mexico?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Madagascar and Mexico rank globally for bananas — area harvested?
- Madagascar ranks 20th and Mexico ranks 17th 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.