China, mainland vs India: Bananas — Yield
Bananas — Yield over time
- China, mainland
- India
How they compare
India currently reports 39,658 kg/ha against 37,923 kg/ha in China, mainland, a difference of 1,735 kg/ha.
The two have swapped places 14 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was India ahead.
China, mainland ranks 21st and India ranks 18th of 134 countries.
India has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China, mainland | India | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,737 kg/ha | 14,372 kg/ha | 1,634 kg/ha | India |
| 1970s | 13,771 kg/ha | 14,898 kg/ha | 1,127 kg/ha | India |
| 1980s | 14,187 kg/ha | 16,659 kg/ha | 2,472 kg/ha | India |
| 1990s | 16,214 kg/ha | 25,187 kg/ha | 8,973 kg/ha | India |
| 2000s | 23,367 kg/ha | 32,023 kg/ha | 8,656 kg/ha | India |
| 2010s | 30,075 kg/ha | 35,310 kg/ha | 5,235 kg/ha | India |
| 2020s | 36,369 kg/ha | 36,894 kg/ha | 525.08 kg/ha | India |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bananas — yield, China, mainland or India?
- India, at 39,658 kg/ha against 37,923 kg/ha in China, mainland as of 2024.
- What is the difference in bananas — yield between China, mainland and India?
- 1,735 kg/ha, with India ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China, mainland and India?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China, mainland and India rank globally for bananas — yield?
- China, mainland ranks 21st and India ranks 18th of 134 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.