Samoa vs Tanzania: Banana yields
Samoa
7.83 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Tanzania
10.34 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Samoa rank
94th
Tanzania rank
91st
Banana yields over time
- Samoa
- Tanzania
How they compare
Tanzania currently reports 10.34 tonnes per hectare against 7.83 tonnes per hectare in Samoa, a difference of 2.51 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Tanzania's figure about 1.3 times Samoa's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Samoa ahead.
Samoa ranks 94th and Tanzania ranks 91st of 130 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Samoa averaged higher in 4 and Tanzania in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Samoa | Tanzania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4.21 tonnes per hectare | 2.6 tonnes per hectare | 1.61 tonnes per hectare | Samoa |
| 1970s | 4.75 tonnes per hectare | 2.6 tonnes per hectare | 2.15 tonnes per hectare | Samoa |
| 1980s | 6.15 tonnes per hectare | 2.61 tonnes per hectare | 3.54 tonnes per hectare | Samoa |
| 1990s | 4.88 tonnes per hectare | 2.62 tonnes per hectare | 2.26 tonnes per hectare | Samoa |
| 2000s | 5.04 tonnes per hectare | 5.62 tonnes per hectare | 0.5745 tonnes per hectare | Tanzania |
| 2010s | 5.94 tonnes per hectare | 7.59 tonnes per hectare | 1.65 tonnes per hectare | Tanzania |
| 2020s | 7.84 tonnes per hectare | 10.09 tonnes per hectare | 2.26 tonnes per hectare | Tanzania |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher banana yields, Samoa or Tanzania?
- Tanzania, at 10.34 tonnes per hectare against 7.83 tonnes per hectare in Samoa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in banana yields between Samoa and Tanzania?
- 2.51 tonnes per hectare, with Tanzania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Samoa and Tanzania?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Samoa and Tanzania rank globally for banana yields?
- Samoa ranks 94th and Tanzania ranks 91st 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.