Democratic Republic of the Congo vs South America: Plantains and cooking bananas — Yield
Plantains and cooking bananas — Yield over time
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- South America
How they compare
South America currently reports 9,590 kg/ha against 4,495 kg/ha in Democratic Republic of the Congo, a difference of 5,095 kg/ha.
That makes South America's figure about 2.1 times Democratic Republic of the Congo's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, South America has been ahead every year.
Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 9th and South America ranks 7th of 12 countries.
South America has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Democratic Republic of the Congo | South America | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,590 kg/ha | 8,233 kg/ha | 3,643 kg/ha | South America |
| 1970s | 4,897 kg/ha | 6,748 kg/ha | 1,850 kg/ha | South America |
| 1980s | 4,904 kg/ha | 7,424 kg/ha | 2,520 kg/ha | South America |
| 1990s | 4,656 kg/ha | 8,286 kg/ha | 3,630 kg/ha | South America |
| 2000s | 4,498 kg/ha | 8,528 kg/ha | 4,030 kg/ha | South America |
| 2010s | 4,493 kg/ha | 8,436 kg/ha | 3,942 kg/ha | South America |
| 2020s | 4,491 kg/ha | 9,204 kg/ha | 4,714 kg/ha | South America |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher plantains and cooking bananas — yield, Democratic Republic of the Congo or South America?
- South America, at 9,590 kg/ha against 4,495 kg/ha in Democratic Republic of the Congo as of 2024.
- What is the difference in plantains and cooking bananas — yield between Democratic Republic of the Congo and South America?
- 5,095 kg/ha, with South America ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Democratic Republic of the Congo and South America?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Democratic Republic of the Congo and South America rank globally for plantains and cooking bananas — yield?
- Democratic Republic of the Congo ranks 9th and South America ranks 7th of 12 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.