Madagascar vs Southern Africa: Bananas — Area harvested
Bananas — Area harvested over time
- Madagascar
- Southern Africa
How they compare
Madagascar currently reports 72,365 ha against 11,906 ha in Southern Africa, a difference of 60,459 ha.
That makes Madagascar's figure about 6.1 times Southern Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Madagascar has been ahead every year.
Madagascar ranks 20th and Southern Africa ranks 21st of 141 countries.
Madagascar has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Madagascar | Southern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21,162 ha | 6,956 ha | 14,206 ha | Madagascar |
| 1970s | 37,621 ha | 7,945 ha | 29,676 ha | Madagascar |
| 1980s | 38,124 ha | 11,060 ha | 27,064 ha | Madagascar |
| 1990s | 42,554 ha | 14,269 ha | 28,285 ha | Madagascar |
| 2000s | 53,606 ha | 10,548 ha | 43,057 ha | Madagascar |
| 2010s | 67,437 ha | 8,880 ha | 58,557 ha | Madagascar |
| 2020s | 72,521 ha | 10,551 ha | 61,970 ha | Madagascar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bananas — area harvested, Madagascar or Southern Africa?
- Madagascar, at 72,365 ha against 11,906 ha in Southern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in bananas — area harvested between Madagascar and Southern Africa?
- 60,459 ha, with Madagascar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Southern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Madagascar and Southern Africa rank globally for bananas — area harvested?
- Madagascar ranks 20th and Southern Africa ranks 21st 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.