Costa Rica vs Syria: Banana yields
Costa Rica
57.34 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Syria
63.54 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
7th
Syria rank
4th
Banana yields over time
- Costa Rica
- Syria
How they compare
Syria currently reports 63.54 tonnes per hectare against 57.34 tonnes per hectare in Costa Rica, a difference of 6.2 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Syria's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 9 times across 55 shared years of data; in 1970 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 7th and Syria ranks 4th of 130 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 5 and Syria in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Syria | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 34.19 tonnes per hectare | 9.75 tonnes per hectare | 24.44 tonnes per hectare | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 49.3 tonnes per hectare | 9.1 tonnes per hectare | 40.2 tonnes per hectare | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 43.01 tonnes per hectare | 23.36 tonnes per hectare | 19.64 tonnes per hectare | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 40.84 tonnes per hectare | 33.1 tonnes per hectare | 7.74 tonnes per hectare | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 52.6 tonnes per hectare | 69.92 tonnes per hectare | 17.31 tonnes per hectare | Syria |
| 2020s | 55 tonnes per hectare | 50.45 tonnes per hectare | 4.56 tonnes per hectare | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher banana yields, Costa Rica or Syria?
- Syria, at 63.54 tonnes per hectare against 57.34 tonnes per hectare in Costa Rica as of 2024.
- What is the difference in banana yields between Costa Rica and Syria?
- 6.2 tonnes per hectare, with Syria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Syria?
- 55 years are reported by both, from 1970 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Syria rank globally for banana yields?
- Costa Rica ranks 7th and Syria ranks 4th 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
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.