Costa Rica vs Melanesia: Bananas — Yield
Bananas — Yield over time
- Costa Rica
- Melanesia
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 57,338 kg/ha against 16,459 kg/ha in Melanesia, a difference of 40,879 kg/ha.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 3.5 times Melanesia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Costa Rica has been ahead every year.
Costa Rica ranks 5th and Melanesia ranks 8th of 120 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Melanesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20,351 kg/ha | 11,935 kg/ha | 8,416 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 34,191 kg/ha | 12,266 kg/ha | 21,925 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 49,296 kg/ha | 12,694 kg/ha | 36,602 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 43,005 kg/ha | 13,937 kg/ha | 29,068 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 40,841 kg/ha | 13,936 kg/ha | 26,906 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 52,602 kg/ha | 16,056 kg/ha | 36,546 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 55,003 kg/ha | 16,258 kg/ha | 38,745 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bananas — yield, Costa Rica or Melanesia?
- Costa Rica, at 57,338 kg/ha against 16,459 kg/ha in Melanesia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in bananas — yield between Costa Rica and Melanesia?
- 40,879 kg/ha, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Melanesia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Melanesia rank globally for bananas — yield?
- Costa Rica ranks 5th and Melanesia ranks 8th of 120 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.