Rwanda vs Southern Asia: Bananas — Area harvested
Bananas — Area harvested over time
- Rwanda
- Southern Asia
How they compare
Southern Asia currently reports 1.07 million ha against 202,488 ha in Rwanda, a difference of 863,512 ha.
That makes Southern Asia's figure about 5.3 times Rwanda's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Southern Asia ahead.
Rwanda ranks 6th and Southern Asia ranks 7th of 141 countries.
Southern Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Rwanda | Southern Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 116,719 ha | 245,647 ha | 128,929 ha | Southern Asia |
| 1970s | 179,162 ha | 292,009 ha | 112,847 ha | Southern Asia |
| 1980s | 264,330 ha | 379,050 ha | 114,721 ha | Southern Asia |
| 1990s | 379,106 ha | 496,636 ha | 117,530 ha | Southern Asia |
| 2000s | 362,892 ha | 669,876 ha | 306,983 ha | Southern Asia |
| 2010s | 217,818 ha | 921,961 ha | 704,143 ha | Southern Asia |
| 2020s | 191,328 ha | 1.06 million ha | 864,052 ha | Southern Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bananas — area harvested, Rwanda or Southern Asia?
- Southern Asia, at 1.07 million ha against 202,488 ha in Rwanda as of 2024.
- What is the difference in bananas — area harvested between Rwanda and Southern Asia?
- 863,512 ha, with Southern Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Rwanda and Southern Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Rwanda and Southern Asia rank globally for bananas — area harvested?
- Rwanda ranks 6th 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.