China vs Middle Africa: Bananas — Yield
Bananas — Yield over time
- China
- Middle Africa
How they compare
China currently reports 37,177 kg/ha against 13,740 kg/ha in Middle Africa, a difference of 23,437 kg/ha.
That makes China's figure about 2.7 times Middle Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, China has been ahead every year.
China ranks 22nd and Middle Africa ranks 20th of 134 countries.
China has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | China | Middle Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,946 kg/ha | 6,053 kg/ha | 7,893 kg/ha | China |
| 1970s | 17,117 kg/ha | 7,034 kg/ha | 10,083 kg/ha | China |
| 1980s | 16,463 kg/ha | 7,888 kg/ha | 8,575 kg/ha | China |
| 1990s | 16,520 kg/ha | 7,672 kg/ha | 8,848 kg/ha | China |
| 2000s | 23,278 kg/ha | 9,082 kg/ha | 14,196 kg/ha | China |
| 2010s | 29,751 kg/ha | 11,902 kg/ha | 17,849 kg/ha | China |
| 2020s | 35,780 kg/ha | 13,175 kg/ha | 22,605 kg/ha | China |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bananas — yield, China or Middle Africa?
- China, at 37,177 kg/ha against 13,740 kg/ha in Middle Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in bananas — yield between China and Middle Africa?
- 23,437 kg/ha, with China ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for China and Middle Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do China and Middle Africa rank globally for bananas — yield?
- China ranks 22nd and Middle Africa ranks 20th 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.