Jamaica vs Middle Africa: Plantains and cooking bananas — Yield
Plantains and cooking bananas — Yield over time
- Jamaica
- Middle Africa
How they compare
Jamaica currently reports 18,819 kg/ha against 5,791 kg/ha in Middle Africa, a difference of 13,028 kg/ha.
That makes Jamaica's figure about 3.2 times Middle Africa's.
Across all 64 years both countries report, Jamaica has been ahead every year.
Jamaica ranks 8th and Middle Africa ranks 7th of 50 countries.
Jamaica has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Jamaica | Middle Africa | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,944 kg/ha | 4,784 kg/ha | 5,160 kg/ha | Jamaica |
| 1970s | 9,440 kg/ha | 4,830 kg/ha | 4,611 kg/ha | Jamaica |
| 1980s | 12,365 kg/ha | 4,535 kg/ha | 7,830 kg/ha | Jamaica |
| 1990s | 16,035 kg/ha | 4,818 kg/ha | 11,217 kg/ha | Jamaica |
| 2000s | 17,549 kg/ha | 5,572 kg/ha | 11,976 kg/ha | Jamaica |
| 2010s | 18,989 kg/ha | 6,184 kg/ha | 12,805 kg/ha | Jamaica |
| 2020s | 19,342 kg/ha | 5,830 kg/ha | 13,512 kg/ha | Jamaica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher plantains and cooking bananas — yield, Jamaica or Middle Africa?
- Jamaica, at 18,819 kg/ha against 5,791 kg/ha in Middle Africa as of 2024.
- What is the difference in plantains and cooking bananas — yield between Jamaica and Middle Africa?
- 13,028 kg/ha, with Jamaica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Jamaica and Middle Africa?
- 64 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2024.
- How do Jamaica and Middle Africa rank globally for plantains and cooking bananas — yield?
- Jamaica ranks 8th and Middle Africa ranks 7th 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.