Philippines vs Southern Asia: Bananas — Area harvested
Bananas — Area harvested over time
- Philippines
- Southern Asia
How they compare
Southern Asia currently reports 1.07 million ha against 186,270 ha in Philippines, a difference of 879,730 ha.
That makes Southern Asia's figure about 5.7 times Philippines's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Philippines ahead.
Philippines ranks 8th and Southern Asia ranks 7th of 141 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Philippines averaged higher in 1 and Southern Asia in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Philippines | Southern Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 248,226 ha | 245,647 ha | 2,578 ha | Philippines |
| 1970s | 286,221 ha | 292,009 ha | 5,788 ha | Southern Asia |
| 1980s | 310,681 ha | 379,050 ha | 68,369 ha | Southern Asia |
| 1990s | 337,034 ha | 496,636 ha | 159,602 ha | Southern Asia |
| 2000s | 415,799 ha | 669,876 ha | 254,076 ha | Southern Asia |
| 2010s | 290,003 ha | 921,961 ha | 631,958 ha | Southern Asia |
| 2020s | 186,042 ha | 1.06 million ha | 869,338 ha | Southern Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bananas — area harvested, Philippines or Southern Asia?
- Southern Asia, at 1.07 million ha against 186,270 ha in Philippines as of 2024.
- What is the difference in bananas — area harvested between Philippines and Southern Asia?
- 879,730 ha, with Southern Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Philippines and Southern Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Philippines and Southern Asia rank globally for bananas — area harvested?
- Philippines ranks 8th and Southern Asia ranks 7th 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.