Polynesia vs Zimbabwe: Bananas — Yield
Bananas — Yield over time
- Polynesia
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Zimbabwe currently reports 40,000 kg/ha against 6,353 kg/ha in Polynesia, a difference of 33,647 kg/ha.
That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 6.3 times Polynesia's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Zimbabwe ahead.
Polynesia ranks 14th and Zimbabwe ranks 15th of 18 countries.
Zimbabwe has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Polynesia | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,084 kg/ha | 4,516 kg/ha | 432.5 kg/ha | Zimbabwe |
| 1970s | 4,224 kg/ha | 4,921 kg/ha | 696.77 kg/ha | Zimbabwe |
| 1980s | 4,287 kg/ha | 5,059 kg/ha | 771.76 kg/ha | Zimbabwe |
| 1990s | 3,985 kg/ha | 4,946 kg/ha | 961.83 kg/ha | Zimbabwe |
| 2000s | 4,377 kg/ha | 6,670 kg/ha | 2,293 kg/ha | Zimbabwe |
| 2010s | 5,073 kg/ha | 27,253 kg/ha | 22,179 kg/ha | Zimbabwe |
| 2020s | 6,400 kg/ha | 38,200 kg/ha | 31,800 kg/ha | Zimbabwe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bananas — yield, Polynesia or Zimbabwe?
- Zimbabwe, at 40,000 kg/ha against 6,353 kg/ha in Polynesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in bananas — yield between Polynesia and Zimbabwe?
- 33,647 kg/ha, with Zimbabwe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Polynesia and Zimbabwe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Polynesia and Zimbabwe rank globally for bananas — yield?
- Polynesia ranks 14th and Zimbabwe ranks 15th 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.