Madagascar vs South Africa: Bananas — Production
Bananas — Production over time
- Madagascar
- South Africa
How they compare
South Africa currently reports 430,925 t against 399,940 t in Madagascar, a difference of 30,985 t.
That makes South Africa's figure about 1.1 times Madagascar's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Madagascar ahead.
Madagascar ranks 33rd and South Africa ranks 31st of 142 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Madagascar averaged higher in 4 and South Africa in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Madagascar | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 170,981 t | 45,243 t | 125,737 t | Madagascar |
| 1970s | 309,091 t | 90,096 t | 218,995 t | Madagascar |
| 1980s | 252,544 t | 152,662 t | 99,882 t | Madagascar |
| 1990s | 237,500 t | 210,372 t | 27,128 t | Madagascar |
| 2000s | 309,224 t | 352,934 t | 43,710 t | South Africa |
| 2010s | 369,411 t | 398,944 t | 29,533 t | South Africa |
| 2020s | 400,811 t | 407,254 t | 6,443 t | South Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bananas — production, Madagascar or South Africa?
- South Africa, at 430,925 t against 399,940 t in Madagascar as of 2024.
- What is the difference in bananas — production between Madagascar and South Africa?
- 30,985 t, with South Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and South Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Madagascar and South Africa rank globally for bananas — production?
- Madagascar ranks 33rd and South Africa ranks 31st of 142 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Bananas — Production. 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.