Banana yields in Bhutan
Bhutan: Banana yields was 56.16 tonnes per hectare in 2024. ▼ Falling
Banana yields in Bhutan, 2003–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per hectare.
Analysis
Bhutan recorded 56.16 tonnes per hectare for banana yields in 2024.
That represents a change of up 83.6% on the previous year and down 16.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, banana yields in Bhutan peaked at 70.53 tonnes per hectare in 2019 and was at its lowest, 30.59 tonnes per hectare, in 2023.
Bhutan ranks 8th of 130 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 66.23 tonnes per hectare | 66 tonnes per hectare | 66.5 tonnes per hectare | 7 |
| 2010s | 66.97 tonnes per hectare | 65.87 tonnes per hectare | 70.53 tonnes per hectare | 10 |
| 2020s | 53.23 tonnes per hectare | 30.59 tonnes per hectare | 67.95 tonnes per hectare | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bhutan
- 5 South Africa 63.1 tonnes per hectare compare
- 6 Indonesia 60.66 tonnes per hectare compare
- 7 Costa Rica 57.34 tonnes per hectare compare
- 9 Panama 55.74 tonnes per hectare compare
- 10 Nicaragua 53.31 tonnes per hectare compare
- 11 Puerto Rico 52.2 tonnes per hectare compare
More agriculture & rural data for Bhutan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 489.68 million current US$ (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 13.7% (2025)
- Rural population 450,682 (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.9% (2025)
- Rural population 56.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 13.7% (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 13.7% (2025)
- Land under cereal production 20,654 hectares (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is banana yields in Bhutan?
- Banana yields in Bhutan was 56.16 tonnes per hectare in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest banana yields recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 70.53 tonnes per hectare in 2019.
- What is the lowest banana yields recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 30.59 tonnes per hectare in 2023.
- How does Bhutan rank for banana yields?
- Bhutan ranks 8th out of 130 countries with data for 2024.
- Is banana yields rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bhutan data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Banana yields. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 22 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
About this data
Yield is the amount produced per unit of land used, measured in tonnes per hectare.