What is the difference in banana yields between Kenya and Sao Tome and Principe?

0.72 tonnes per hectare, with Kenya ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Sao Tome and Principe?

64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.

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.

Kenya vs Sao Tome and Principe: Banana yields

Kenya

27.16 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Sao Tome and Principe

26.44 tonnes per hectare

in 2024

Kenya rank

38th

Sao Tome and Principe rank

41st

Banana yields over time

Kenya
Sao Tome and Principe

How they compare

Kenya currently reports 27.16 tonnes per hectare against 26.44 tonnes per hectare in Sao Tome and Principe, a difference of 0.72 tonnes per hectare.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Kenya ahead.

Kenya ranks 38th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 41st of 130 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 6 and Sao Tome and Principe in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Kenya	Sao Tome and Principe	Difference	Ahead
1960s	10 tonnes per hectare	5.7 tonnes per hectare	4.3 tonnes per hectare	Kenya
1970s	8.6 tonnes per hectare	4.19 tonnes per hectare	4.41 tonnes per hectare	Kenya
1980s	12.56 tonnes per hectare	5.24 tonnes per hectare	7.32 tonnes per hectare	Kenya
1990s	12.3 tonnes per hectare	6.15 tonnes per hectare	6.16 tonnes per hectare	Kenya
2000s	15.65 tonnes per hectare	6.83 tonnes per hectare	8.83 tonnes per hectare	Kenya
2010s	21.65 tonnes per hectare	22.75 tonnes per hectare	1.1 tonnes per hectare	Sao Tome and Principe
2020s	26.68 tonnes per hectare	25.58 tonnes per hectare	1.1 tonnes per hectare	Kenya

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher banana yields, Kenya or Sao Tome and Principe?: Kenya, at 27.16 tonnes per hectare against 26.44 tonnes per hectare in Sao Tome and Principe as of 2024.
What is the difference in banana yields between Kenya and Sao Tome and Principe?: 0.72 tonnes per hectare, with Kenya ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Sao Tome and Principe?: 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
How do Kenya and Sao Tome and Principe rank globally for banana yields?: Kenya ranks 38th and Sao Tome and Principe ranks 41st 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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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: 28 August 2026

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