Caribbean vs Western Africa: Bananas — Yield
Bananas — Yield over time
- Caribbean
- Western Africa
How they compare
Caribbean currently reports 18,031 kg/ha against 14,574 kg/ha in Western Africa, a difference of 3,457 kg/ha.
That makes Caribbean's figure about 1.2 times Western Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Caribbean has been ahead every year.
Caribbean ranks 16th and Western Africa ranks 19th of 26 countries.
Caribbean has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Caribbean | Western Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,391 kg/ha | 8,500 kg/ha | 1,891 kg/ha | Caribbean |
| 1970s | 11,440 kg/ha | 8,427 kg/ha | 3,013 kg/ha | Caribbean |
| 1980s | 11,478 kg/ha | 9,000 kg/ha | 2,479 kg/ha | Caribbean |
| 1990s | 13,177 kg/ha | 7,361 kg/ha | 5,816 kg/ha | Caribbean |
| 2000s | 13,058 kg/ha | 6,341 kg/ha | 6,717 kg/ha | Caribbean |
| 2010s | 14,876 kg/ha | 8,453 kg/ha | 6,423 kg/ha | Caribbean |
| 2020s | 15,964 kg/ha | 13,516 kg/ha | 2,448 kg/ha | Caribbean |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bananas — yield, Caribbean or Western Africa?
- Caribbean, at 18,031 kg/ha against 14,574 kg/ha in Western Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in bananas — yield between Caribbean and Western Africa?
- 3,457 kg/ha, with Caribbean ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Caribbean and Western Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Caribbean and Western Africa rank globally for bananas — yield?
- Caribbean ranks 16th and Western Africa ranks 19th of 26 countries.
- 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.