Costa Rica vs Guinea: Bananas — Area harvested
Bananas — Area harvested over time
- Costa Rica
- Guinea
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 45,868 ha against 40,006 ha in Guinea, a difference of 5,862 ha.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times Guinea's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 30th and Guinea ranks 33rd of 141 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 28,144 ha | 17,667 ha | 10,478 ha | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 35,984 ha | 20,153 ha | 15,832 ha | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 23,812 ha | 22,715 ha | 1,098 ha | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 45,465 ha | 36,618 ha | 8,846 ha | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 43,336 ha | 40,419 ha | 2,916 ha | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 44,196 ha | 41,427 ha | 2,769 ha | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 47,622 ha | 40,655 ha | 6,967 ha | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bananas — area harvested, Costa Rica or Guinea?
- Costa Rica, at 45,868 ha against 40,006 ha in Guinea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in bananas — area harvested between Costa Rica and Guinea?
- 5,862 ha, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Guinea?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Guinea rank globally for bananas — area harvested?
- Costa Rica ranks 30th and Guinea ranks 33rd of 141 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Bananas — Area harvested. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Crop and livestock statistics are recorded for 278 products, covering the following categories: 1) CROPS PRIMARY: Cereals, Citrus Fruit, Fibre Crops, Fruit, Oil Crops, Oil Crops and Cakes in Oil Equivalent, Pulses, Roots and Tubers, Sugar Crops, Treenuts and Vegetables. Data are expressed in terms of area harvested, production quantity and yield. Cereals: Area and production data on cereals relate to crops harvested for dry grain only. Cereal crops harvested for hay or harvested green for food, feed or silage or used for grazing are therefore excluded. 2) CROPS PROCESSED: Beer of barley; Cotton lint; Cottonseed; Margarine, short; Molasses; Oil, coconut (copra); Oil, cottonseed; Oil, groundnut; Oil, linseed; Oil, maize; Oil, olive, virgin; Oil, palm; Oil, palm kernel; Oil, rapeseed; Oil, safflower; Oil, sesame; Oil, soybean; Oil, sunflower; Palm kernels; Sugar Raw Centrifugal; Wine. 3) LIVE ANIMALS: Animals live n.e.s.; Asses; Beehives; Buffaloes; Camelids, other; Camels; Cattle; Chickens; Ducks; Geese and guinea fowls; Goats; Horses; Mules; Pigeons, other birds; Pigs; Rabbits and hares; Rodents, other; Sheep; Turkeys. 4) LIVESTOCK PRIMARY: Beeswax; Eggs (various types); Hides buffalo, fresh; Hides, cattle, fresh; Honey, natural; Meat (ass, bird nes, buffalo, camel, cattle, chicken, duck, game, goat, goose and guinea fowl, horse, mule, Meat nes, meat other camelids, Meat other rodents, pig, rabbit, sheep, turkey); Milk (buffalo, camel, cow, goat, sheep); Offals, nes; Silk-worm cocoons, reelable; Skins (goat, sheep); Snails, not sea; Wool, greasy. 5) LIVESTOCK PROCESSED: Butter (of milk from sheep, goat, buffalo, cow); Cheese (of milk from goat, buffalo, sheep, cow milk); Cheese of skimmed cow milk; Cream fresh; Ghee (cow and buffalo milk); Lard; Milk (dry buttermilk, skimmed condensed, skimmed cow, skimmed dried, skimmed evaporated, whole condensed, whole dried, whole evaporated); Silk raw; Tallow; Whey (condensed and dry); Yoghurt.