Panama vs South Africa: Bananas — Area harvested
Bananas — Area harvested over time
- Panama
- South Africa
How they compare
Panama currently reports 6,955 ha against 6,829 ha in South Africa, a difference of 126 ha.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Panama ahead.
Panama ranks 57th and South Africa ranks 58th of 141 countries.
Panama has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Panama | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,667 ha | 6,768 ha | 7,898 ha | Panama |
| 1970s | 21,250 ha | 7,770 ha | 13,480 ha | Panama |
| 1980s | 22,850 ha | 10,940 ha | 11,910 ha | Panama |
| 1990s | 19,282 ha | 14,160 ha | 5,122 ha | Panama |
| 2000s | 11,459 ha | 10,089 ha | 1,370 ha | Panama |
| 2010s | 8,246 ha | 7,240 ha | 1,006 ha | Panama |
| 2020s | 7,373 ha | 6,626 ha | 747 ha | Panama |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bananas — area harvested, Panama or South Africa?
- Panama, at 6,955 ha against 6,829 ha in South Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in bananas — area harvested between Panama and South Africa?
- 126 ha, with Panama ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Panama and South Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Panama and South Africa rank globally for bananas — area harvested?
- Panama ranks 57th and South Africa ranks 58th 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.