Melanesia vs Rwanda: Bananas — Area harvested
Bananas — Area harvested over time
- Melanesia
- Rwanda
How they compare
Rwanda currently reports 202,488 ha against 79,382 ha in Melanesia, a difference of 123,106 ha.
That makes Rwanda's figure about 2.6 times Melanesia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Rwanda has been ahead every year.
Melanesia ranks 8th and Rwanda ranks 6th of 18 countries.
Rwanda has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | Rwanda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 29,556 ha | 116,719 ha | 87,163 ha | Rwanda |
| 1970s | 34,589 ha | 179,162 ha | 144,574 ha | Rwanda |
| 1980s | 39,458 ha | 264,330 ha | 224,872 ha | Rwanda |
| 1990s | 51,266 ha | 379,106 ha | 327,840 ha | Rwanda |
| 2000s | 65,744 ha | 362,892 ha | 297,149 ha | Rwanda |
| 2010s | 76,394 ha | 217,818 ha | 141,424 ha | Rwanda |
| 2020s | 79,011 ha | 191,328 ha | 112,318 ha | Rwanda |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bananas — area harvested, Melanesia or Rwanda?
- Rwanda, at 202,488 ha against 79,382 ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in bananas — area harvested between Melanesia and Rwanda?
- 123,106 ha, with Rwanda ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and Rwanda?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Melanesia and Rwanda rank globally for bananas — area harvested?
- Melanesia ranks 8th and Rwanda ranks 6th of 18 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.