Panama vs Puerto Rico: Bananas — Yield
Bananas — Yield over time
- Panama
- Puerto Rico
How they compare
Panama currently reports 55,741 kg/ha against 52,205 kg/ha in Puerto Rico, a difference of 3,536 kg/ha.
That makes Panama's figure about 1.1 times Puerto Rico's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Panama ahead.
Panama ranks 8th and Puerto Rico ranks 10th of 134 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Panama averaged higher in 6 and Puerto Rico in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Panama | Puerto Rico | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 45,154 kg/ha | 16,447 kg/ha | 28,707 kg/ha | Panama |
| 1970s | 47,368 kg/ha | 17,164 kg/ha | 30,205 kg/ha | Panama |
| 1980s | 47,832 kg/ha | 18,293 kg/ha | 29,539 kg/ha | Panama |
| 1990s | 43,629 kg/ha | 14,639 kg/ha | 28,989 kg/ha | Panama |
| 2000s | 43,819 kg/ha | 23,177 kg/ha | 20,642 kg/ha | Panama |
| 2010s | 41,403 kg/ha | 45,758 kg/ha | 4,355 kg/ha | Puerto Rico |
| 2020s | 54,159 kg/ha | 50,731 kg/ha | 3,428 kg/ha | Panama |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher bananas — yield, Panama or Puerto Rico?
- Panama, at 55,741 kg/ha against 52,205 kg/ha in Puerto Rico as of 2024.
- What is the difference in bananas — yield between Panama and Puerto Rico?
- 3,536 kg/ha, with Panama ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Panama and Puerto Rico?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Panama and Puerto Rico rank globally for bananas — yield?
- Panama ranks 8th and Puerto Rico ranks 10th of 134 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.