Rwanda vs South America: Bananas — Area harvested
Bananas — Area harvested over time
- Rwanda
- South America
How they compare
South America currently reports 1.00 million ha against 202,488 ha in Rwanda, a difference of 802,342 ha.
That makes South America's figure about 5.0 times Rwanda's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, South America has been ahead every year.
Rwanda ranks 6th and South America ranks 8th of 141 countries.
South America has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Rwanda | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 116,719 ha | 497,290 ha | 380,571 ha | South America |
| 1970s | 179,162 ha | 553,589 ha | 374,426 ha | South America |
| 1980s | 264,330 ha | 628,528 ha | 364,199 ha | South America |
| 1990s | 379,106 ha | 850,951 ha | 471,845 ha | South America |
| 2000s | 362,892 ha | 866,810 ha | 503,918 ha | South America |
| 2010s | 217,818 ha | 979,549 ha | 761,731 ha | South America |
| 2020s | 191,328 ha | 982,851 ha | 791,523 ha | South America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bananas — area harvested, Rwanda or South America?
- South America, at 1.00 million ha against 202,488 ha in Rwanda as of 2024.
- What is the difference in bananas — area harvested between Rwanda and South America?
- 802,342 ha, with South America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Rwanda and South America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Rwanda and South America rank globally for bananas — area harvested?
- Rwanda ranks 6th and South America ranks 8th 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.