Costa Rica vs Malawi: Plantains and cooking bananas — Yield
Plantains and cooking bananas — Yield over time
- Costa Rica
- Malawi
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 11,408 kg/ha against 10,800 kg/ha in Malawi, a difference of 608 kg/ha.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times Malawi's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 64 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 23rd and Malawi ranks 25th of 50 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 5 and Malawi in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Malawi | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,099 kg/ha | 2,571 kg/ha | 4,528 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 1970s | 13,607 kg/ha | 3,045 kg/ha | 10,562 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 1980s | 18,053 kg/ha | 3,527 kg/ha | 14,526 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 6,814 kg/ha | 3,995 kg/ha | 2,819 kg/ha | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 7,796 kg/ha | 8,655 kg/ha | 858.85 kg/ha | Malawi |
| 2010s | 10,106 kg/ha | 10,354 kg/ha | 248.38 kg/ha | Malawi |
| 2020s | 11,184 kg/ha | 11,007 kg/ha | 177.58 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 Malawi?
- Costa Rica, at 11,408 kg/ha against 10,800 kg/ha in Malawi as of 2024.
- What is the difference in plantains and cooking bananas — yield between Costa Rica and Malawi?
- 608 kg/ha, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Malawi?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Malawi rank globally for plantains and cooking bananas — yield?
- Costa Rica ranks 23rd and Malawi ranks 25th 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.