Barbados vs Eswatini: Banana yields

Barbados
5.74 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Eswatini
5.98 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Barbados rank
103rd
Eswatini rank
101st

Banana yields over time

  • Barbados
  • Eswatini
051015196119922024

How they compare

Eswatini currently reports 5.98 tonnes per hectare against 5.74 tonnes per hectare in Barbados, a difference of 0.24 tonnes per hectare.

The two have swapped places 13 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Barbados ahead.

Barbados ranks 103rd and Eswatini ranks 101st of 130 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Barbados averaged higher in 3 and Eswatini in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Barbados Eswatini Difference Ahead
1960s 9.3 tonnes per hectare 5.96 tonnes per hectare 3.34 tonnes per hectare Barbados
1970s 8.04 tonnes per hectare 7.15 tonnes per hectare 0.8884 tonnes per hectare Barbados
1980s 8.59 tonnes per hectare 8.33 tonnes per hectare 0.2574 tonnes per hectare Barbados
1990s 5.95 tonnes per hectare 6.15 tonnes per hectare 0.1995 tonnes per hectare Eswatini
2000s 5.5 tonnes per hectare 5.84 tonnes per hectare 0.3321 tonnes per hectare Eswatini
2010s 5.71 tonnes per hectare 5.99 tonnes per hectare 0.2761 tonnes per hectare Eswatini
2020s 5.72 tonnes per hectare 5.98 tonnes per hectare 0.2511 tonnes per hectare Eswatini

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher banana yields, Barbados or Eswatini?
Eswatini, at 5.98 tonnes per hectare against 5.74 tonnes per hectare in Barbados as of 2024.
What is the difference in banana yields between Barbados and Eswatini?
0.24 tonnes per hectare, with Eswatini ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Eswatini?
64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Barbados and Eswatini rank globally for banana yields?
Barbados ranks 103rd and Eswatini ranks 101st of 130 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Banana yields. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Banana yields
Unit
tonnes per hectare
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
130 places, 7,317 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.