Middle Africa vs Zimbabwe: Bananas — Yield
Bananas — Yield over time
- Middle Africa
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Zimbabwe currently reports 40,000 kg/ha against 13,740 kg/ha in Middle Africa, a difference of 26,260 kg/ha.
That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 2.9 times Middle Africa's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Middle Africa ahead.
Middle Africa ranks 26th and Zimbabwe ranks 15th of 37 regions.
Across the 7 decades both report, Middle Africa averaged higher in 5 and Zimbabwe in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Middle Africa | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,053 kg/ha | 4,516 kg/ha | 1,537 kg/ha | Middle Africa |
| 1970s | 7,034 kg/ha | 4,921 kg/ha | 2,113 kg/ha | Middle Africa |
| 1980s | 7,888 kg/ha | 5,059 kg/ha | 2,829 kg/ha | Middle Africa |
| 1990s | 7,672 kg/ha | 4,946 kg/ha | 2,726 kg/ha | Middle Africa |
| 2000s | 9,082 kg/ha | 6,670 kg/ha | 2,412 kg/ha | Middle Africa |
| 2010s | 11,902 kg/ha | 27,253 kg/ha | 15,351 kg/ha | Zimbabwe |
| 2020s | 13,175 kg/ha | 38,200 kg/ha | 25,025 kg/ha | Zimbabwe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bananas — yield, Middle Africa or Zimbabwe?
- Zimbabwe, at 40,000 kg/ha against 13,740 kg/ha in Middle Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in bananas — yield between Middle Africa and Zimbabwe?
- 26,260 kg/ha, with Zimbabwe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Middle Africa and Zimbabwe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Middle Africa and Zimbabwe rank globally for bananas — yield?
- Middle Africa ranks 26th and Zimbabwe ranks 15th of 37 regions.
- 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.