Egypt vs South America: Bananas — Yield
Bananas — Yield over time
- Egypt
- South America
How they compare
Egypt currently reports 43,612 kg/ha against 20,640 kg/ha in South America, a difference of 22,972 kg/ha.
That makes Egypt's figure about 2.1 times South America's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Egypt ahead.
Egypt ranks 13th and South America ranks 14th of 120 countries.
Egypt has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 19,580 kg/ha | 17,006 kg/ha | 2,574 kg/ha | Egypt |
| 1970s | 22,166 kg/ha | 17,421 kg/ha | 4,745 kg/ha | Egypt |
| 1980s | 21,555 kg/ha | 15,889 kg/ha | 5,667 kg/ha | Egypt |
| 1990s | 32,664 kg/ha | 15,930 kg/ha | 16,734 kg/ha | Egypt |
| 2000s | 42,027 kg/ha | 18,063 kg/ha | 23,964 kg/ha | Egypt |
| 2010s | 45,212 kg/ha | 19,367 kg/ha | 25,845 kg/ha | Egypt |
| 2020s | 40,784 kg/ha | 19,924 kg/ha | 20,860 kg/ha | Egypt |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bananas — yield, Egypt or South America?
- Egypt, at 43,612 kg/ha against 20,640 kg/ha in South America as of 2024.
- What is the difference in bananas — yield between Egypt and South America?
- 22,972 kg/ha, with Egypt ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and South America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Egypt and South America rank globally for bananas — yield?
- Egypt ranks 13th and South America ranks 14th 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.