Stat of the week: Papua New Guinea produces around 1.2 million tonnes of bananas.

In Papua New Guinea, the area harvested for banana production covers approximately 76,000 hectares, producing around 1.2 million tonnes of bananas.

To put that in perspective, this area is roughly three times the size of Niue!

Bananas play a crucial role in local agriculture and the economy. Stay tuned for more interesting insights from the Pacific Data Hub (pacificdata.org), through this dataset: https://bit.ly/4dtascZ.