Micronesia vs Polynesia: Bananas — Area harvested
Bananas — Area harvested over time
- Micronesia
- Polynesia
How they compare
Polynesia currently reports 3,676 ha against 1,818 ha in Micronesia, a difference of 1,858 ha.
That makes Polynesia's figure about 2.0 times Micronesia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Polynesia has been ahead every year.
Micronesia ranks 15th and Polynesia ranks 14th of 18 countries.
Polynesia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Micronesia | Polynesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 560 ha | 10,623 ha | 10,063 ha | Polynesia |
| 1970s | 784.5 ha | 6,940 ha | 6,155 ha | Polynesia |
| 1980s | 872.5 ha | 6,458 ha | 5,586 ha | Polynesia |
| 1990s | 1,071 ha | 3,879 ha | 2,808 ha | Polynesia |
| 2000s | 1,402 ha | 5,473 ha | 4,072 ha | Polynesia |
| 2010s | 1,770 ha | 5,016 ha | 3,246 ha | Polynesia |
| 2020s | 1,809 ha | 3,688 ha | 1,880 ha | Polynesia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bananas — area harvested, Micronesia or Polynesia?
- Polynesia, at 3,676 ha against 1,818 ha in Micronesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in bananas — area harvested between Micronesia and Polynesia?
- 1,858 ha, with Polynesia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Micronesia and Polynesia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Micronesia and Polynesia rank globally for bananas — area harvested?
- Micronesia ranks 15th and Polynesia ranks 14th 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.