Jordan vs Southern Africa: Bananas — Yield
Bananas — Yield over time
- Jordan
- Southern Africa
How they compare
Jordan currently reports 64,033 kg/ha against 38,746 kg/ha in Southern Africa, a difference of 25,287 kg/ha.
That makes Jordan's figure about 1.7 times Southern Africa's.
The two have swapped places 18 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Jordan ahead.
Jordan ranks 2nd and Southern Africa ranks 5th of 120 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Jordan averaged higher in 5 and Southern Africa in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Jordan | Southern Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 15,123 kg/ha | 6,935 kg/ha | 8,188 kg/ha | Jordan |
| 1970s | 13,082 kg/ha | 11,434 kg/ha | 1,647 kg/ha | Jordan |
| 1980s | 18,879 kg/ha | 13,787 kg/ha | 5,092 kg/ha | Jordan |
| 1990s | 16,127 kg/ha | 14,390 kg/ha | 1,736 kg/ha | Jordan |
| 2000s | 21,596 kg/ha | 37,178 kg/ha | 15,582 kg/ha | Southern Africa |
| 2010s | 40,187 kg/ha | 45,969 kg/ha | 5,782 kg/ha | Southern Africa |
| 2020s | 55,753 kg/ha | 41,022 kg/ha | 14,731 kg/ha | Jordan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bananas — yield, Jordan or Southern Africa?
- Jordan, at 64,033 kg/ha against 38,746 kg/ha in Southern Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in bananas — yield between Jordan and Southern Africa?
- 25,287 kg/ha, with Jordan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Jordan and Southern Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Jordan and Southern Africa rank globally for bananas — yield?
- Jordan ranks 2nd and Southern Africa ranks 5th 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.