Asia vs South Africa: Bananas — Yield
Bananas — Yield over time
- Asia
- South Africa
How they compare
South Africa currently reports 63,101 kg/ha against 34,732 kg/ha in Asia, a difference of 28,369 kg/ha.
That makes South Africa's figure about 1.8 times Asia's.
The two have swapped places 13 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Asia ahead.
Asia ranks 3rd and South Africa ranks 3rd of 18 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Asia averaged higher in 2 and South Africa in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Asia | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,064 kg/ha | 6,979 kg/ha | 2,085 kg/ha | Asia |
| 1970s | 10,366 kg/ha | 11,547 kg/ha | 1,181 kg/ha | South Africa |
| 1980s | 13,821 kg/ha | 13,847 kg/ha | 26.19 kg/ha | South Africa |
| 1990s | 18,359 kg/ha | 14,454 kg/ha | 3,905 kg/ha | Asia |
| 2000s | 23,472 kg/ha | 39,451 kg/ha | 15,979 kg/ha | South Africa |
| 2010s | 30,539 kg/ha | 55,218 kg/ha | 24,679 kg/ha | South Africa |
| 2020s | 33,292 kg/ha | 61,326 kg/ha | 28,034 kg/ha | South Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bananas — yield, Asia or South Africa?
- South Africa, at 63,101 kg/ha against 34,732 kg/ha in Asia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in bananas — yield between Asia and South Africa?
- 28,369 kg/ha, with South Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Asia and South Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Asia and South Africa rank globally for bananas — yield?
- Asia ranks 3rd and South Africa ranks 3rd of 18 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Bananas — Yield. 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.