Asia vs Costa Rica: Bananas — Yield
Bananas — Yield over time
- Asia
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 57,338 kg/ha against 34,732 kg/ha in Asia, a difference of 22,606 kg/ha.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.7 times Asia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Costa Rica has been ahead every year.
Asia ranks 10th and Costa Rica ranks 5th of 37 regions.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Asia | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,064 kg/ha | 20,351 kg/ha | 11,287 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 10,366 kg/ha | 34,191 kg/ha | 23,825 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 13,821 kg/ha | 49,296 kg/ha | 35,474 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 18,359 kg/ha | 43,005 kg/ha | 24,647 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 23,472 kg/ha | 40,841 kg/ha | 17,370 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 30,539 kg/ha | 52,602 kg/ha | 22,063 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 33,292 kg/ha | 55,003 kg/ha | 21,711 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bananas — yield, Asia or Costa Rica?
- Costa Rica, at 57,338 kg/ha against 34,732 kg/ha in Asia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in bananas — yield between Asia and Costa Rica?
- 22,606 kg/ha, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Asia and Costa Rica?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Asia and Costa Rica rank globally for bananas — yield?
- Asia ranks 10th and Costa Rica ranks 5th of 37 regions.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Bananas — Yield. 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.