Puerto Rico vs Samoa: Bananas — Area harvested
Bananas — Area harvested over time
- Puerto Rico
- Samoa
How they compare
Samoa currently reports 2,791 ha against 2,057 ha in Puerto Rico, a difference of 734 ha.
That makes Samoa's figure about 1.4 times Puerto Rico's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Samoa ahead.
Puerto Rico ranks 68th and Samoa ranks 65th of 141 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Puerto Rico averaged higher in 3 and Samoa in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Puerto Rico | Samoa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,874 ha | 7,290 ha | 416.67 ha | Samoa |
| 1970s | 6,553 ha | 4,938 ha | 1,615 ha | Puerto Rico |
| 1980s | 5,210 ha | 3,445 ha | 1,764 ha | Puerto Rico |
| 1990s | 3,566 ha | 2,711 ha | 855.2 ha | Puerto Rico |
| 2000s | 2,646 ha | 4,372 ha | 1,726 ha | Samoa |
| 2010s | 1,967 ha | 4,091 ha | 2,124 ha | Samoa |
| 2020s | 2,036 ha | 2,825 ha | 789 ha | Samoa |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bananas — area harvested, Puerto Rico or Samoa?
- Samoa, at 2,791 ha against 2,057 ha in Puerto Rico as of 2024.
- What is the difference in bananas — area harvested between Puerto Rico and Samoa?
- 734 ha, with Samoa ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Puerto Rico and Samoa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Puerto Rico and Samoa rank globally for bananas — area harvested?
- Puerto Rico ranks 68th and Samoa ranks 65th 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.