Jamaica vs Samoa: Bananas — Area harvested, per square kilometre
Jamaica
0.8509 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Samoa
1.02 ha per square kilometre
in 2023
Jamaica rank
12th
Samoa rank
9th
Bananas — Area harvested, per square kilometre over time
- Jamaica
- Samoa
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 1.02 ha per square kilometre against 0.8509 ha per square kilometre in Jamaica, a difference of 0.1691 ha per square kilometre.
That makes Samoa's figure about 1.2 times Jamaica's.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Jamaica ahead.
Jamaica ranks 12th and Samoa ranks 9th of 126 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Jamaica averaged higher in 4 and Samoa in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Jamaica | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.79 ha per square kilometre | 2.58 ha per square kilometre | 0.2145 ha per square kilometre | Jamaica |
| 1970s | 1.85 ha per square kilometre | 1.74 ha per square kilometre | 0.1018 ha per square kilometre | Jamaica |
| 1980s | 1.74 ha per square kilometre | 1.22 ha per square kilometre | 0.5185 ha per square kilometre | Jamaica |
| 1990s | 1.45 ha per square kilometre | 0.9579 ha per square kilometre | 0.4964 ha per square kilometre | Jamaica |
| 2000s | 1.06 ha per square kilometre | 1.54 ha per square kilometre | 0.481 ha per square kilometre | Samoa |
| 2010s | 0.6672 ha per square kilometre | 1.45 ha per square kilometre | 0.7839 ha per square kilometre | Samoa |
| 2020s | 0.8192 ha per square kilometre | 1.02 ha per square kilometre | 0.1999 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, Jamaica or Samoa?
- Samoa, at 1.02 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 Jamaica and Samoa?
- 0.1691 ha per square kilometre, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and Samoa?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Jamaica and Samoa rank globally for bananas — area harvested, per square kilometre?
- Jamaica ranks 12th 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.