Costa Rica Banana Stats
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- Exports: Value of Bananas exported in million US dollars.
- Exports > Per $ GDP: Value of Bananas exported in million US dollars. Per $ GDP figures expressed per $1 million of Gross Domestic Product.
- Exports per million: Value of Bananas exported in million US dollars. Figures expressed per million population for the same year.
- Exports, % of GDP: Value of Bananas exported in million US dollars. Figures expressed as a proportion of GDP for the same year
SOURCES: Food and Agricultural Organization (1998); Food and Agricultural Organization (1998). Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; Food and Agricultural Organization (1998). GDP figures sourced from World Bank national accounts data, and OECD National Accounts data files.
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Did you know
- Costa Rica leads the world in per capita exports of bananas, cassava, melons, and pineapples to the United States. Unsuprisingly, they’re also first in pesticide use.
