Mexico vs Northern Africa: Bananas — Area harvested
Bananas — Area harvested over time
- Mexico
- Northern Africa
How they compare
Northern Africa currently reports 90,508 ha against 86,524 ha in Mexico, a difference of 3,984 ha.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Mexico ahead.
Mexico ranks 17th and Northern Africa ranks 16th of 141 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Mexico averaged higher in 6 and Northern Africa in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mexico | Northern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 68,793 ha | 5,687 ha | 63,105 ha | Mexico |
| 1970s | 72,163 ha | 7,086 ha | 65,077 ha | Mexico |
| 1980s | 78,579 ha | 12,727 ha | 65,852 ha | Mexico |
| 1990s | 72,748 ha | 23,510 ha | 49,237 ha | Mexico |
| 2000s | 74,335 ha | 42,697 ha | 31,638 ha | Mexico |
| 2010s | 76,312 ha | 70,973 ha | 5,339 ha | Mexico |
| 2020s | 83,244 ha | 90,547 ha | 7,304 ha | Northern Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bananas — area harvested, Mexico or Northern Africa?
- Northern Africa, at 90,508 ha against 86,524 ha in Mexico as of 2024.
- What is the difference in bananas — area harvested between Mexico and Northern Africa?
- 3,984 ha, with Northern Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mexico and Northern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Mexico and Northern Africa rank globally for bananas — area harvested?
- Mexico ranks 17th and Northern Africa ranks 16th 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.