Costa Rica vs Ghana: Plantains and cooking bananas — Yield
Plantains and cooking bananas — Yield over time
- Costa Rica
- Ghana
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 11,408 kg/ha against 11,134 kg/ha in Ghana, a difference of 274 kg/ha.
The two have swapped places 12 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 23rd and Ghana ranks 24th of 50 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 4 and Ghana in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Ghana | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,099 kg/ha | 5,457 kg/ha | 1,643 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 13,607 kg/ha | 5,551 kg/ha | 8,056 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 18,053 kg/ha | 5,626 kg/ha | 12,427 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 6,814 kg/ha | 7,559 kg/ha | 744.98 kg/ha | Ghana |
| 2000s | 7,796 kg/ha | 9,214 kg/ha | 1,418 kg/ha | Ghana |
| 2010s | 10,106 kg/ha | 10,889 kg/ha | 783.33 kg/ha | Ghana |
| 2020s | 11,184 kg/ha | 11,132 kg/ha | 52.4 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher plantains and cooking bananas — yield, Costa Rica or Ghana?
- Costa Rica, at 11,408 kg/ha against 11,134 kg/ha in Ghana as of 2024.
- What is the difference in plantains and cooking bananas — yield between Costa Rica and Ghana?
- 274 kg/ha, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Ghana?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Ghana rank globally for plantains and cooking bananas — yield?
- Costa Rica ranks 23rd and Ghana ranks 24th of 50 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as Plantains and cooking 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.