Melanesia vs Middle Africa: Bananas — Yield
Bananas — Yield over time
- Melanesia
- Middle Africa
How they compare
Melanesia currently reports 16,459 kg/ha against 13,740 kg/ha in Middle Africa, a difference of 2,719 kg/ha.
That makes Melanesia's figure about 1.2 times Middle Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Melanesia has been ahead every year.
Melanesia ranks 8th and Middle Africa ranks 11th of 18 countries.
Melanesia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Melanesia | Middle Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,935 kg/ha | 6,053 kg/ha | 5,882 kg/ha | Melanesia |
| 1970s | 12,266 kg/ha | 7,034 kg/ha | 5,233 kg/ha | Melanesia |
| 1980s | 12,694 kg/ha | 7,888 kg/ha | 4,806 kg/ha | Melanesia |
| 1990s | 13,937 kg/ha | 7,672 kg/ha | 6,265 kg/ha | Melanesia |
| 2000s | 13,936 kg/ha | 9,082 kg/ha | 4,853 kg/ha | Melanesia |
| 2010s | 16,056 kg/ha | 11,902 kg/ha | 4,154 kg/ha | Melanesia |
| 2020s | 16,258 kg/ha | 13,175 kg/ha | 3,083 kg/ha | Melanesia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bananas — yield, Melanesia or Middle Africa?
- Melanesia, at 16,459 kg/ha against 13,740 kg/ha in Middle Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in bananas — yield between Melanesia and Middle Africa?
- 2,719 kg/ha, with Melanesia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Melanesia and Middle Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Melanesia and Middle Africa rank globally for bananas — yield?
- Melanesia ranks 8th and Middle Africa ranks 11th of 18 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.