Costa Rica vs Samoa: Bananas — Area harvested, per square kilometre
Costa Rica
0.9081 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Samoa
1.02 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
10th
Samoa rank
9th
Bananas — Area harvested, per square kilometre over time
- Costa Rica
- Samoa
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 1.02 ha per square kilometre against 0.9081 ha per square kilometre in Costa Rica, a difference of 0.1119 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Samoa's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Samoa ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 10th and Samoa ranks 9th of 126 countries.
Samoa has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.5512 ha per square kilometre | 2.58 ha per square kilometre | 2.02 ha per square kilometre | Samoa |
| 1970s | 0.7047 ha per square kilometre | 1.74 ha per square kilometre | 1.04 ha per square kilometre | Samoa |
| 1980s | 0.4664 ha per square kilometre | 1.22 ha per square kilometre | 0.7511 ha per square kilometre | Samoa |
| 1990s | 0.8904 ha per square kilometre | 0.9579 ha per square kilometre | 0.0675 ha per square kilometre | Samoa |
| 2000s | 0.8487 ha per square kilometre | 1.54 ha per square kilometre | 0.6962 ha per square kilometre | Samoa |
| 2010s | 0.8656 ha per square kilometre | 1.45 ha per square kilometre | 0.5855 ha per square kilometre | Samoa |
| 2020s | 0.9413 ha per square kilometre | 1.02 ha per square kilometre | 0.0779 ha per square kilometre | Samoa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bananas — area harvested, per square kilometre, Costa Rica or Samoa?
- Samoa, at 1.02 ha per square kilometre against 0.9081 ha per square kilometre in Costa Rica as of 2023.
- What is the difference in bananas — area harvested, per square kilometre between Costa Rica and Samoa?
- 0.1119 ha per square kilometre, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Samoa?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and Samoa rank globally for bananas — area harvested, per square kilometre?
- Costa Rica ranks 10th and Samoa ranks 9th 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.