Malawi vs Northern America: Bananas — Area harvested
Bananas — Area harvested over time
- Malawi
- Northern America
How they compare
Malawi currently reports 58,474 ha against 334 ha in Northern America, a difference of 58,140 ha.
That makes Malawi's figure about 175.1 times Northern America's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Malawi has been ahead every year.
Malawi ranks 23rd and Northern America ranks 24th of 141 countries.
Malawi has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Northern America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,556 ha | 374.89 ha | 11,181 ha | Malawi |
| 1970s | 15,200 ha | 258.7 ha | 14,941 ha | Malawi |
| 1980s | 18,030 ha | 348.8 ha | 17,681 ha | Malawi |
| 1990s | 10,165 ha | 404.2 ha | 9,761 ha | Malawi |
| 2000s | 19,260 ha | 490.1 ha | 18,770 ha | Malawi |
| 2010s | 32,972 ha | 365.3 ha | 32,607 ha | Malawi |
| 2020s | 47,275 ha | 334.8 ha | 46,940 ha | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bananas — area harvested, Malawi or Northern America?
- Malawi, at 58,474 ha against 334 ha in Northern America as of 2024.
- What is the difference in bananas — area harvested between Malawi and Northern America?
- 58,140 ha, with Malawi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Northern America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Malawi and Northern America rank globally for bananas — area harvested?
- Malawi ranks 23rd and Northern America ranks 24th 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.