East Timor vs Tonga: Banana yields
East Timor
0.6004 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
Tonga
1.43 tonnes per hectare
in 2024
East Timor rank
129th
Tonga rank
127th
Banana yields over time
- East Timor
- Tonga
How they compare
Tonga currently reports 1.43 tonnes per hectare against 0.6004 tonnes per hectare in East Timor, a difference of 0.8296 tonnes per hectare.
That makes Tonga's figure about 2.4 times East Timor's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was East Timor ahead.
East Timor ranks 129th and Tonga ranks 127th of 130 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, East Timor averaged higher in 6 and Tonga in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | East Timor | Tonga | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 30.83 tonnes per hectare | 3.32 tonnes per hectare | 27.51 tonnes per hectare | East Timor |
| 1970s | 30.49 tonnes per hectare | 2.21 tonnes per hectare | 28.28 tonnes per hectare | East Timor |
| 1980s | 29.03 tonnes per hectare | 1.14 tonnes per hectare | 27.89 tonnes per hectare | East Timor |
| 1990s | 31.02 tonnes per hectare | 1.77 tonnes per hectare | 29.25 tonnes per hectare | East Timor |
| 2000s | 13.42 tonnes per hectare | 1.53 tonnes per hectare | 11.9 tonnes per hectare | East Timor |
| 2010s | 1.61 tonnes per hectare | 1.46 tonnes per hectare | 0.1441 tonnes per hectare | East Timor |
| 2020s | 0.598 tonnes per hectare | 1.43 tonnes per hectare | 0.8312 tonnes per hectare | Tonga |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher banana yields, East Timor or Tonga?
- Tonga, at 1.43 tonnes per hectare against 0.6004 tonnes per hectare in East Timor as of 2024.
- What is the difference in banana yields between East Timor and Tonga?
- 0.8296 tonnes per hectare, with Tonga ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for East Timor and Tonga?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do East Timor and Tonga rank globally for banana yields?
- East Timor ranks 129th and Tonga ranks 127th 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.