Micronesia vs South America: Bananas — Yield
Bananas — Yield over time
- Micronesia
- South America
How they compare
South America currently reports 20,640 kg/ha against 5,200 kg/ha in Micronesia, a difference of 15,440 kg/ha.
That makes South America's figure about 4.0 times Micronesia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, South America has been ahead every year.
Micronesia ranks 16th and South America ranks 14th of 18 countries.
South America has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Micronesia | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 3,995 kg/ha | 17,006 kg/ha | 13,011 kg/ha | South America |
| 1970s | 4,021 kg/ha | 17,421 kg/ha | 13,400 kg/ha | South America |
| 1980s | 4,400 kg/ha | 15,889 kg/ha | 11,488 kg/ha | South America |
| 1990s | 5,096 kg/ha | 15,930 kg/ha | 10,834 kg/ha | South America |
| 2000s | 5,190 kg/ha | 18,063 kg/ha | 12,873 kg/ha | South America |
| 2010s | 5,199 kg/ha | 19,367 kg/ha | 14,167 kg/ha | South America |
| 2020s | 5,202 kg/ha | 19,924 kg/ha | 14,721 kg/ha | South America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bananas — yield, Micronesia or South America?
- South America, at 20,640 kg/ha against 5,200 kg/ha in Micronesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in bananas — yield between Micronesia and South America?
- 15,440 kg/ha, with South America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Micronesia and South America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Micronesia and South America rank globally for bananas — yield?
- Micronesia ranks 16th and South America ranks 14th 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.