Caribbean vs China, mainland: Bananas — Yield
Bananas — Yield over time
- Caribbean
- China, mainland
How they compare
China, mainland currently reports 37,923 kg/ha against 18,031 kg/ha in Caribbean, a difference of 19,892 kg/ha.
That makes China, mainland's figure about 2.1 times Caribbean's.
The two have swapped places 8 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was China, mainland ahead.
Caribbean ranks 16th and China, mainland ranks 19th of 26 countries.
China, mainland has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean | China, mainland | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,391 kg/ha | 12,737 kg/ha | 2,347 kg/ha | China, mainland |
| 1970s | 11,440 kg/ha | 13,771 kg/ha | 2,331 kg/ha | China, mainland |
| 1980s | 11,478 kg/ha | 14,187 kg/ha | 2,708 kg/ha | China, mainland |
| 1990s | 13,177 kg/ha | 16,214 kg/ha | 3,037 kg/ha | China, mainland |
| 2000s | 13,058 kg/ha | 23,367 kg/ha | 10,309 kg/ha | China, mainland |
| 2010s | 14,876 kg/ha | 30,075 kg/ha | 15,199 kg/ha | China, mainland |
| 2020s | 15,964 kg/ha | 36,369 kg/ha | 20,405 kg/ha | China, mainland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bananas — yield, Caribbean or China, mainland?
- China, mainland, at 37,923 kg/ha against 18,031 kg/ha in Caribbean as of 2024.
- What is the difference in bananas — yield between Caribbean and China, mainland?
- 19,892 kg/ha, with China, mainland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and China, mainland?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Caribbean and China, mainland rank globally for bananas — yield?
- Caribbean ranks 16th and China, mainland ranks 19th of 26 countries.
- 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.