Polynesia vs Sri Lanka: Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested
Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested over time
- Polynesia
- Sri Lanka
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 40,542 ha against 292 ha in Polynesia, a difference of 40,250 ha.
That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 138.8 times Polynesia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Sri Lanka has been ahead every year.
Polynesia ranks 12th and Sri Lanka ranks 15th of 12 groups.
Sri Lanka has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Polynesia | Sri Lanka | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 344.44 ha | 38,577 ha | 38,232 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1970s | 264 ha | 34,230 ha | 33,966 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1980s | 273.1 ha | 35,802 ha | 35,529 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 1990s | 497 ha | 43,861 ha | 43,364 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2000s | 413.9 ha | 49,697 ha | 49,283 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 357 ha | 50,572 ha | 50,215 ha | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | 290.2 ha | 46,550 ha | 46,260 ha | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested, Polynesia or Sri Lanka?
- Sri Lanka, at 40,542 ha against 292 ha in Polynesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested between Polynesia and Sri Lanka?
- 40,250 ha, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Polynesia and Sri Lanka?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Polynesia and Sri Lanka rank globally for plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested?
- Polynesia ranks 12th and Sri Lanka ranks 15th of 12 groups.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested. 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.