Europe vs Puerto Rico: Bananas — Yield
Bananas — Yield over time
- Europe
- Puerto Rico
How they compare
Puerto Rico currently reports 52,205 kg/ha against 31,553 kg/ha in Europe, a difference of 20,652 kg/ha.
That makes Puerto Rico's figure about 1.7 times Europe's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Europe ahead.
Europe ranks 12th and Puerto Rico ranks 9th of 37 regions.
Across the 7 decades both report, Europe averaged higher in 5 and Puerto Rico in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Europe | Puerto Rico | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 31,747 kg/ha | 16,447 kg/ha | 15,299 kg/ha | Europe |
| 1970s | 26,146 kg/ha | 17,164 kg/ha | 8,982 kg/ha | Europe |
| 1980s | 33,556 kg/ha | 18,293 kg/ha | 15,262 kg/ha | Europe |
| 1990s | 39,813 kg/ha | 14,639 kg/ha | 25,174 kg/ha | Europe |
| 2000s | 38,509 kg/ha | 23,177 kg/ha | 15,332 kg/ha | Europe |
| 2010s | 38,825 kg/ha | 45,758 kg/ha | 6,933 kg/ha | Puerto Rico |
| 2020s | 30,999 kg/ha | 50,731 kg/ha | 19,732 kg/ha | Puerto Rico |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bananas — yield, Europe or Puerto Rico?
- Puerto Rico, at 52,205 kg/ha against 31,553 kg/ha in Europe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in bananas — yield between Europe and Puerto Rico?
- 20,652 kg/ha, with Puerto Rico ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Europe and Puerto Rico?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Europe and Puerto Rico rank globally for bananas — yield?
- Europe ranks 12th and Puerto Rico ranks 9th 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.