Eastern Asia vs South Africa: Bananas — Yield
Bananas — Yield over time
- Eastern Asia
- South Africa
How they compare
South Africa currently reports 63,101 kg/ha against 37,176 kg/ha in Eastern Asia, a difference of 25,925 kg/ha.
That makes South Africa's figure about 1.7 times Eastern Asia's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Eastern Asia ahead.
Eastern Asia ranks 6th and South Africa ranks 3rd of 26 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, Eastern Asia averaged higher in 4 and South Africa in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Eastern Asia | South Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,903 kg/ha | 6,979 kg/ha | 6,924 kg/ha | Eastern Asia |
| 1970s | 17,026 kg/ha | 11,547 kg/ha | 5,480 kg/ha | Eastern Asia |
| 1980s | 16,463 kg/ha | 13,847 kg/ha | 2,616 kg/ha | Eastern Asia |
| 1990s | 16,529 kg/ha | 14,454 kg/ha | 2,076 kg/ha | Eastern Asia |
| 2000s | 23,274 kg/ha | 39,451 kg/ha | 16,178 kg/ha | South Africa |
| 2010s | 29,750 kg/ha | 55,218 kg/ha | 25,468 kg/ha | South Africa |
| 2020s | 35,780 kg/ha | 61,326 kg/ha | 25,546 kg/ha | South Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bananas — yield, Eastern Asia or South Africa?
- South Africa, at 63,101 kg/ha against 37,176 kg/ha in Eastern Asia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in bananas — yield between Eastern Asia and South Africa?
- 25,925 kg/ha, with South Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Eastern Asia and South Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Eastern Asia and South Africa rank globally for bananas — yield?
- Eastern Asia ranks 6th and South Africa ranks 3rd of 26 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.