Papua New Guinea vs Southern Africa: Bananas — Area harvested
Bananas — Area harvested over time
- Papua New Guinea
- Southern Africa
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 76,416 ha against 11,906 ha in Southern Africa, a difference of 64,510 ha.
That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 6.4 times Southern Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Papua New Guinea has been ahead every year.
Papua New Guinea ranks 18th and Southern Africa ranks 21st of 141 countries.
Papua New Guinea has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Papua New Guinea | Southern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 27,122 ha | 6,956 ha | 20,166 ha | Papua New Guinea |
| 1970s | 32,730 ha | 7,945 ha | 24,785 ha | Papua New Guinea |
| 1980s | 37,210 ha | 11,060 ha | 26,150 ha | Papua New Guinea |
| 1990s | 49,100 ha | 14,269 ha | 34,831 ha | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 63,200 ha | 10,548 ha | 52,652 ha | Papua New Guinea |
| 2010s | 73,699 ha | 8,880 ha | 64,819 ha | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 75,994 ha | 10,551 ha | 65,443 ha | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bananas — area harvested, Papua New Guinea or Southern Africa?
- Papua New Guinea, at 76,416 ha against 11,906 ha in Southern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in bananas — area harvested between Papua New Guinea and Southern Africa?
- 64,510 ha, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Southern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Papua New Guinea and Southern Africa rank globally for bananas — area harvested?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 18th and Southern Africa ranks 21st 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.
Individual pages
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.