Costa Rica vs Western Asia: Bananas — Yield
Bananas — Yield over time
- Costa Rica
- Western Asia
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 57,338 kg/ha against 43,517 kg/ha in Western Asia, a difference of 13,821 kg/ha.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.3 times Western Asia's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Costa Rica has been ahead every year.
Costa Rica ranks 5th and Western Asia ranks 3rd 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 | Western Asia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20,351 kg/ha | 9,268 kg/ha | 11,083 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 34,191 kg/ha | 10,830 kg/ha | 23,361 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 49,296 kg/ha | 14,913 kg/ha | 34,382 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 43,005 kg/ha | 17,462 kg/ha | 25,543 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 40,841 kg/ha | 21,923 kg/ha | 18,918 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 52,602 kg/ha | 29,901 kg/ha | 22,701 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 55,003 kg/ha | 42,979 kg/ha | 12,024 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bananas — yield, Costa Rica or Western Asia?
- Costa Rica, at 57,338 kg/ha against 43,517 kg/ha in Western Asia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in bananas — yield between Costa Rica and Western Asia?
- 13,821 kg/ha, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Western Asia?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Western Asia rank globally for bananas — yield?
- Costa Rica ranks 5th and Western Asia ranks 3rd 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.