China, mainland vs Eastern Africa: Bananas — Yield
Bananas — Yield over time
- China, mainland
- Eastern Africa
How they compare
China, mainland currently reports 37,923 kg/ha against 11,649 kg/ha in Eastern Africa, a difference of 26,274 kg/ha.
That makes China, mainland's figure about 3.3 times Eastern Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, China, mainland has been ahead every year.
China, mainland ranks 19th and Eastern Africa ranks 23rd of 120 countries.
China, mainland has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China, mainland | Eastern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,737 kg/ha | 7,077 kg/ha | 5,660 kg/ha | China, mainland |
| 1970s | 13,771 kg/ha | 6,850 kg/ha | 6,921 kg/ha | China, mainland |
| 1980s | 14,187 kg/ha | 6,957 kg/ha | 7,229 kg/ha | China, mainland |
| 1990s | 16,214 kg/ha | 6,171 kg/ha | 10,043 kg/ha | China, mainland |
| 2000s | 23,367 kg/ha | 7,018 kg/ha | 16,348 kg/ha | China, mainland |
| 2010s | 30,075 kg/ha | 9,232 kg/ha | 20,842 kg/ha | China, mainland |
| 2020s | 36,369 kg/ha | 11,386 kg/ha | 24,982 kg/ha | China, mainland |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bananas — yield, China, mainland or Eastern Africa?
- China, mainland, at 37,923 kg/ha against 11,649 kg/ha in Eastern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in bananas — yield between China, mainland and Eastern Africa?
- 26,274 kg/ha, with China, mainland ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China, mainland and Eastern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China, mainland and Eastern Africa rank globally for bananas — yield?
- China, mainland ranks 19th and Eastern Africa ranks 23rd of 120 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.