South Africa vs Western Asia: Bananas — Yield
Bananas — Yield over time
- South Africa
- Western Asia
How they compare
South Africa currently reports 63,101 kg/ha against 43,517 kg/ha in Western Asia, a difference of 19,584 kg/ha.
That makes South Africa's figure about 1.5 times Western Asia's.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Western Asia ahead.
South Africa ranks 3rd and Western Asia ranks 3rd of 120 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, South Africa averaged higher in 4 and Western Asia in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | South Africa | Western Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,979 kg/ha | 9,268 kg/ha | 2,289 kg/ha | Western Asia |
| 1970s | 11,547 kg/ha | 10,830 kg/ha | 716.1 kg/ha | South Africa |
| 1980s | 13,847 kg/ha | 14,913 kg/ha | 1,066 kg/ha | Western Asia |
| 1990s | 14,454 kg/ha | 17,462 kg/ha | 3,009 kg/ha | Western Asia |
| 2000s | 39,451 kg/ha | 21,923 kg/ha | 17,528 kg/ha | South Africa |
| 2010s | 55,218 kg/ha | 29,901 kg/ha | 25,317 kg/ha | South Africa |
| 2020s | 61,326 kg/ha | 42,979 kg/ha | 18,347 kg/ha | South Africa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bananas — yield, South Africa or Western Asia?
- South Africa, at 63,101 kg/ha against 43,517 kg/ha in Western Asia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in bananas — yield between South Africa and Western Asia?
- 19,584 kg/ha, with South Africa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for South Africa and Western Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do South Africa and Western Asia rank globally for bananas — yield?
- South Africa ranks 3rd and Western Asia ranks 3rd 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.