Banana yields by country
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.
Countries reporting
128
Highest
67.73 tonnes per hectare
Turkey
Lowest
0.5216 tonnes per hectare
Antigua and Barbuda
Median
15.7 tonnes per hectare
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
7,317
What the numbers show
Banana yields is currently reported for 128 countries. The highest value is 67.73 tonnes per hectare in Turkey; the lowest is 0.5216 tonnes per hectare in Antigua and Barbuda.
The median across all reporting countries is 15.7 tonnes per hectare, and the mean is 20.95 tonnes per hectare.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 130.
Over the past decade 65 countries rose and 61 fell. The largest increase was in Fiji (up 309.2%), and the largest decrease in Greece (down 63.2%).
Banana yields: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkey | 67.73 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 43.8% | volatile |
| 2 | Israel | 66.8 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 3 | Jordan | 64.03 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 48.6% | volatile |
| 4 | Syria | 63.54 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 16.4% | volatile |
| 5 | South Africa | 63.1 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 10.5% | volatile |
| 6 | Indonesia | 60.66 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 0.8% | volatile |
| 7 | Costa Rica | 57.34 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 8 | Bhutan | 56.16 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 9 | Panama | 55.74 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 42.8% | flat |
| 10 | Nicaragua | 53.31 tonnes per hectare | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 11 | Puerto Rico | 52.2 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 9.3% | volatile |
| 12 | Guatemala | 49.73 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 13 | South Korea | 49.63 tonnes per hectare | 1990 | up 106.9% | rising |
| 14 | Spain | 48.1 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 15 | Cote d'Ivoire | 44.2 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 16 | Egypt | 43.61 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 17 | Ecuador | 41.89 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 18 | Zimbabwe | 40 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 47.9% | volatile |
| 19 | India | 39.66 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 20 | Honduras | 39.15 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 30.1% | rising |
| 21 | Morocco | 38.17 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 22 | China | 37.92 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 23 | Palestine | 36.73 tonnes per hectare | 2022 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 24 | Dominican Republic | 36.44 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 15.6% | rising |
| 26 | Lebanon | 33.83 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 27 | Guyana | 33.81 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 28.8% | volatile |
| 28 | Iran | 31.91 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 29 | Mexico | 30.86 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 30 | Philippines | 30.28 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 3.6% | volatile |
| 31 | Saudi Arabia | 29.78 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | — | flat |
| 32 | Saint Lucia | 29.74 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 34.6% | volatile |
| 33 | Australia | 29.19 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 38.6% | rising |
| 34 | Belize | 28.85 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 20.7% | rising |
| 35 | Maldives | 27.98 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 2.5% | volatile |
| 36 | Laos | 27.8 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 25.3% | volatile |
| 37 | Angola | 27.33 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 0.4% | volatile |
| 38 | Kenya | 27.16 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 39 | Cyprus | 26.68 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 40 | Senegal | 26.67 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 41 | Sao Tome and Principe | 26.44 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 60.5% | volatile |
| 42 | Bahamas | 25.62 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 43 | Portugal | 25.62 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 19.3% | falling |
| 44 | Burkina Faso | 25.55 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 45 | Colombia | 24.98 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 46 | Algeria | 24.62 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 48 | El Salvador | 23.82 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 142.1% | rising |
| 49 | Italy | 23.49 tonnes per hectare | 2017 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 50 | Thailand | 22.63 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 40.4% | rising |
| 51 | United Arab Emirates | 22.27 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 22.2% | volatile |
| 52 | Taiwan | 22.16 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 53 | Argentina | 20.96 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 54 | Seychelles | 20.31 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 55 | Fiji | 20 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 309.2% | rising |
| 56 | Malawi | 19.35 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 3.6% | volatile |
| 57 | France | 19.16 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 58 | Vietnam | 18.26 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 59 | Tuvalu | 18.01 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 60 | Sudan | 17.74 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 61 | Suriname | 17.16 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 51.8% | rising |
| 62 | Somalia | 17.06 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 63 | Papua New Guinea | 16.66 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 64 | Nepal | 16.38 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 65 | Bangladesh | 16.36 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 66 | Cape Verde | 16.26 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 50.9% | rising |
| 67 | Venezuela | 15.13 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 68 | Bolivia | 15.04 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 69 | Libya | 15 tonnes per hectare | 1972 | unchanged | falling |
| 70 | Brazil | 14.99 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 71 | Malaysia | 14.8 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 41.1% | falling |
| 72 | Nigeria | 14.75 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 124.2% | rising |
| 73 | Dominica | 14.73 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 74 | Mali | 14.53 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 52.0% | falling |
| 75 | Mauritius | 14.29 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 76 | Togo | 13.74 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 77 | Greece | 13.62 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 63.2% | volatile |
| 78 | Peru | 13.34 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 79 | Ethiopia | 13.1 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 47.8% | rising |
| 80 | Yemen | 13 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 81 | Cameroon | 12.98 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 82 | Ghana | 12.09 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 9.9% | volatile |
| 83 | Guinea-Bissau | 12.05 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 84 | Rwanda | 12.04 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 17.4% | flat |
| 85 | Oman | 11.94 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 86 | Paraguay | 11.36 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 26.2% | volatile |
| 87 | Liberia | 10.78 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 88 | United States | 10.66 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 43.2% | rising |
| 89 | Vanuatu | 10.5 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 90 | Bahrain | 10.44 tonnes per hectare | 1990 | down 13.0% | rising |
| 91 | Tanzania | 10.34 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 63.6% | volatile |
| 92 | French Guiana | 10.09 tonnes per hectare | 2006 | up 40.3% | falling |
| 93 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 9.81 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 94 | Samoa | 7.83 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 54.5% | rising |
| 95 | Pakistan | 7.76 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 82.3% | falling |
| 96 | Gabon | 7.73 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 97 | Jamaica | 7.64 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 98 | Burundi | 7.31 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 99 | Cuba | 7.3 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 47.7% | volatile |
| 100 | Congo | 6.79 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 101 | Eswatini | 5.98 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 102 | Guinea | 5.78 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 103 | Barbados | 5.74 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 104 | Mozambique | 5.63 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 29.1% | rising |
| 105 | Madagascar | 5.53 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 106 | Comoros | 5.51 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 107 | Micronesia (country) | 5.32 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 108 | Reunion | 5.26 tonnes per hectare | 2006 | up 5.3% | volatile |
| 109 | Kiribati | 5.17 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 110 | Haiti | 4.88 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 111 | New Caledonia | 4.84 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 20.6% | falling |
| 112 | Benin | 4.82 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 113 | Equatorial Guinea | 4.78 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 114 | Uganda | 4.75 tonnes per hectare | 1990 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 115 | Zambia | 4.33 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 116 | Cambodia | 4.29 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 117 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 3.76 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 118 | Grenada | 3.39 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 119 | Japan | 3.33 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 120 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3.33 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 121 | Singapore | 3 tonnes per hectare | 1991 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 122 | Cook Islands | 2.96 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 17.9% | volatile |
| 123 | Central African Republic | 2.73 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 124 | Brunei | 2.67 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 13.9% | rising |
| 125 | Solomon Islands | 2.32 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 126 | Niue | 1.97 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 127 | Tonga | 1.43 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 128 | French Polynesia | 1.15 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | up 5.5% | volatile |
| 129 | East Timor | 0.6004 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 28.9% | volatile |
| 130 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.5216 tonnes per hectare | 2024 | down 40.0% | volatile |
About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.