Europe vs Melanesia: Bananas — Yield
Bananas — Yield over time
- Europe
- Melanesia
How they compare
Europe currently reports 31,553 kg/ha against 16,459 kg/ha in Melanesia, a difference of 15,094 kg/ha.
That makes Europe's figure about 1.9 times Melanesia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Europe has been ahead every year.
Europe ranks 8th and Melanesia ranks 8th of 26 groups.
Europe has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Europe | Melanesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 31,747 kg/ha | 11,935 kg/ha | 19,812 kg/ha | Europe |
| 1970s | 26,146 kg/ha | 12,266 kg/ha | 13,879 kg/ha | Europe |
| 1980s | 33,556 kg/ha | 12,694 kg/ha | 20,862 kg/ha | Europe |
| 1990s | 39,813 kg/ha | 13,937 kg/ha | 25,876 kg/ha | Europe |
| 2000s | 38,509 kg/ha | 13,936 kg/ha | 24,573 kg/ha | Europe |
| 2010s | 38,825 kg/ha | 16,056 kg/ha | 22,769 kg/ha | Europe |
| 2020s | 30,999 kg/ha | 16,258 kg/ha | 14,741 kg/ha | Europe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bananas — yield, Europe or Melanesia?
- Europe, at 31,553 kg/ha against 16,459 kg/ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in bananas — yield between Europe and Melanesia?
- 15,094 kg/ha, with Europe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Europe and Melanesia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Europe and Melanesia rank globally for bananas — yield?
- Europe ranks 8th and Melanesia ranks 8th 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.