Costa Rica vs Nicaragua: Bananas — Yield
Bananas — Yield over time
- Costa Rica
- Nicaragua
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 57,338 kg/ha against 53,312 kg/ha in Nicaragua, a difference of 4,026 kg/ha.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times Nicaragua's.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 63 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Nicaragua ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 5th and Nicaragua ranks 8th of 120 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 1 and Nicaragua in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Nicaragua | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20,351 kg/ha | 40,828 kg/ha | 20,477 kg/ha | Nicaragua |
| 1970s | 34,191 kg/ha | 58,332 kg/ha | 24,141 kg/ha | Nicaragua |
| 1980s | 49,296 kg/ha | 44,420 kg/ha | 4,876 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 43,005 kg/ha | 44,379 kg/ha | 1,374 kg/ha | Nicaragua |
| 2000s | 40,841 kg/ha | 50,183 kg/ha | 9,342 kg/ha | Nicaragua |
| 2010s | 52,602 kg/ha | 56,025 kg/ha | 3,423 kg/ha | Nicaragua |
| 2020s | 54,420 kg/ha | 55,434 kg/ha | 1,014 kg/ha | Nicaragua |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bananas — yield, Costa Rica or Nicaragua?
- Costa Rica, at 57,338 kg/ha against 53,312 kg/ha in Nicaragua as of 2024.
- What is the difference in bananas — yield between Costa Rica and Nicaragua?
- 4,026 kg/ha, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Nicaragua?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and Nicaragua rank globally for bananas — yield?
- Costa Rica ranks 5th and Nicaragua 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.