Costa Rica vs Jamaica: Bananas — Area harvested, per square kilometre
Costa Rica
0.9081 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Jamaica
0.8509 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
10th
Jamaica rank
12th
Bananas — Area harvested, per square kilometre over time
- Costa Rica
- Jamaica
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 0.9081 ha per square kilometre against 0.8509 ha per square kilometre in Jamaica, a difference of 0.0572 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times Jamaica's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Jamaica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 10th and Jamaica ranks 12th of 126 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 2 and Jamaica in 5.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Jamaica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.5512 ha per square kilometre | 2.79 ha per square kilometre | 2.24 ha per square kilometre | Jamaica |
| 1970s | 0.7047 ha per square kilometre | 1.85 ha per square kilometre | 1.14 ha per square kilometre | Jamaica |
| 1980s | 0.4664 ha per square kilometre | 1.74 ha per square kilometre | 1.27 ha per square kilometre | Jamaica |
| 1990s | 0.8904 ha per square kilometre | 1.45 ha per square kilometre | 0.5639 ha per square kilometre | Jamaica |
| 2000s | 0.8487 ha per square kilometre | 1.06 ha per square kilometre | 0.2153 ha per square kilometre | Jamaica |
| 2010s | 0.8656 ha per square kilometre | 0.6672 ha per square kilometre | 0.1984 ha per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 0.9413 ha per square kilometre | 0.8192 ha per square kilometre | 0.122 ha per square kilometre | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bananas — area harvested, per square kilometre, Costa Rica or Jamaica?
- Costa Rica, at 0.9081 ha per square kilometre against 0.8509 ha per square kilometre in Jamaica as of 2023.
- What is the difference in bananas — area harvested, per square kilometre between Costa Rica and Jamaica?
- 0.0572 ha per square kilometre, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Jamaica?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and Jamaica rank globally for bananas — area harvested, per square kilometre?
- Costa Rica ranks 10th and Jamaica ranks 12th of 126 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Bananas — Area harvested, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Bananas — Area harvested divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.