South America vs Zimbabwe: Bananas — Yield
Bananas — Yield over time
- South America
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Zimbabwe currently reports 40,000 kg/ha against 20,640 kg/ha in South America, a difference of 19,360 kg/ha.
That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 1.9 times South America's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was South America ahead.
South America ranks 16th and Zimbabwe ranks 15th of 37 groups.
Across the 7 decades both report, South America averaged higher in 5 and Zimbabwe in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | South America | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 17,006 kg/ha | 4,516 kg/ha | 12,489 kg/ha | South America |
| 1970s | 17,421 kg/ha | 4,921 kg/ha | 12,500 kg/ha | South America |
| 1980s | 15,889 kg/ha | 5,059 kg/ha | 10,829 kg/ha | South America |
| 1990s | 15,930 kg/ha | 4,946 kg/ha | 10,983 kg/ha | South America |
| 2000s | 18,063 kg/ha | 6,670 kg/ha | 11,393 kg/ha | South America |
| 2010s | 19,367 kg/ha | 27,253 kg/ha | 7,886 kg/ha | Zimbabwe |
| 2020s | 19,924 kg/ha | 38,200 kg/ha | 18,276 kg/ha | Zimbabwe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bananas — yield, South America or Zimbabwe?
- Zimbabwe, at 40,000 kg/ha against 20,640 kg/ha in South America as of 2024.
- What is the difference in bananas — yield between South America and Zimbabwe?
- 19,360 kg/ha, with Zimbabwe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for South America and Zimbabwe?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do South America and Zimbabwe rank globally for bananas — yield?
- South America ranks 16th and Zimbabwe ranks 15th of 37 groups.
- 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.