Madagascar vs Western Asia: Bananas — Area harvested
Bananas — Area harvested over time
- Madagascar
- Western Asia
How they compare
Madagascar currently reports 72,365 ha against 31,503 ha in Western Asia, a difference of 40,862 ha.
That makes Madagascar's figure about 2.3 times Western Asia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Madagascar has been ahead every year.
Madagascar ranks 20th and Western Asia ranks 17th of 141 countries.
Madagascar has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Madagascar | Western Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21,162 ha | 13,021 ha | 8,141 ha | Madagascar |
| 1970s | 37,621 ha | 13,797 ha | 23,824 ha | Madagascar |
| 1980s | 38,124 ha | 14,321 ha | 23,804 ha | Madagascar |
| 1990s | 42,554 ha | 19,252 ha | 23,303 ha | Madagascar |
| 2000s | 53,606 ha | 23,299 ha | 30,307 ha | Madagascar |
| 2010s | 67,437 ha | 24,030 ha | 43,407 ha | Madagascar |
| 2020s | 72,521 ha | 31,276 ha | 41,245 ha | Madagascar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bananas — area harvested, Madagascar or Western Asia?
- Madagascar, at 72,365 ha against 31,503 ha in Western Asia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in bananas — area harvested between Madagascar and Western Asia?
- 40,862 ha, with Madagascar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Western Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Madagascar and Western Asia rank globally for bananas — area harvested?
- Madagascar ranks 20th and Western Asia 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.