Papua New Guinea vs Western Asia: Bananas — Production
Bananas — Production over time
- Papua New Guinea
- Western Asia
How they compare
Western Asia currently reports 1.37 million t against 1.27 million t in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 98,120 t.
That makes Western Asia's figure about 1.1 times Papua New Guinea's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.
Papua New Guinea ranks 19th and Western Asia ranks 17th of 142 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Papua New Guinea averaged higher in 6 and Western Asia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Papua New Guinea | Western Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 342,500 t | 120,632 t | 221,868 t | Papua New Guinea |
| 1970s | 413,000 t | 149,396 t | 263,604 t | Papua New Guinea |
| 1980s | 485,350 t | 213,694 t | 271,656 t | Papua New Guinea |
| 1990s | 695,900 t | 338,948 t | 356,952 t | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 896,200 t | 511,376 t | 384,824 t | Papua New Guinea |
| 2010s | 1.21 million t | 717,992 t | 487,119 t | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 1.25 million t | 1.35 million t | 92,108 t | Western Asia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bananas — production, Papua New Guinea or Western Asia?
- Western Asia, at 1.37 million t against 1.27 million t in Papua New Guinea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in bananas — production between Papua New Guinea and Western Asia?
- 98,120 t, with Western Asia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Papua New Guinea and Western Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Papua New Guinea and Western Asia rank globally for bananas — production?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 19th and Western Asia ranks 17th 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.