Bananas — Area harvested, per capita by country
Bananas — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Countries reporting
107
Highest
0.0603 ha per person
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Lowest
0 ha per person
Singapore
Median
0.0007 ha per person
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
6,344
What the numbers show
Bananas — Area harvested, per capita is currently reported for 107 countries. The highest value is 0.0603 ha per person in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines; the lowest is 0 ha per person in Singapore.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.0007 ha per person, and the mean is 0.0027 ha per person.
Over the past decade 36 countries rose and 69 fell. The largest increase was in Mali (up 609.0%), and the largest decrease in Italy (down 100.0%).
Bananas — Area harvested, per capita: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.0603 ha per person | 2024 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 2 | Comoros | 0.0168 ha per person | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 3 | Rwanda | 0.0142 ha per person | 2024 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 4 | Samoa | 0.0128 ha per person | 2024 | down 43.1% | volatile |
| 5 | Dominica | 0.0118 ha per person | 2024 | up 7.5% | volatile |
| 6 | Burundi | 0.0118 ha per person | 2024 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 7 | Kiribati | 0.0107 ha per person | 2024 | down 12.2% | falling |
| 8 | Ecuador | 0.01 ha per person | 2024 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 9 | Costa Rica | 0.0089 ha per person | 2024 | down 0.7% | falling |
| 10 | Papua New Guinea | 0.0072 ha per person | 2024 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 11 | Belize | 0.0071 ha per person | 2024 | down 14.9% | rising |
| 12 | Uganda | 0.0067 ha per person | 1990 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 13 | Tonga | 0.0055 ha per person | 2024 | up 4.9% | volatile |
| 14 | Vanuatu | 0.0052 ha per person | 2024 | down 16.1% | rising |
| 15 | Peru | 0.0051 ha per person | 2024 | down 6.9% | flat |
| 16 | Angola | 0.005 ha per person | 2024 | up 7.7% | flat |
| 17 | Cambodia | 0.005 ha per person | 2024 | up 150.1% | rising |
| 18 | Dominican Republic | 0.0049 ha per person | 2024 | up 95.4% | falling |
| 19 | Haiti | 0.0046 ha per person | 2024 | down 12.7% | falling |
| 20 | Eswatini | 0.0041 ha per person | 2024 | up 231.3% | volatile |
| 21 | Central African Republic | 0.0039 ha per person | 2024 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 22 | Grenada | 0.0038 ha per person | 2024 | down 77.9% | volatile |
| 23 | Equatorial Guinea | 0.0035 ha per person | 2024 | down 21.6% | falling |
| 24 | Guatemala | 0.0031 ha per person | 2024 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 25 | Jamaica | 0.0029 ha per person | 2024 | up 24.8% | volatile |
| 26 | Guinea | 0.0027 ha per person | 2024 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 27 | Malawi | 0.0027 ha per person | 2024 | up 39.2% | falling |
| 28 | Liberia | 0.0024 ha per person | 2024 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 29 | Madagascar | 0.0023 ha per person | 2024 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 30 | Brazil | 0.0022 ha per person | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 31 | Cameroon | 0.0021 ha per person | 2024 | down 29.2% | rising |
| 32 | Nigeria | 0.002 ha per person | 2024 | down 17.1% | falling |
| 33 | Congo | 0.002 ha per person | 2024 | down 17.2% | rising |
| 34 | Colombia | 0.002 ha per person | 2024 | up 25.9% | rising |
| 35 | Mozambique | 0.002 ha per person | 2024 | down 29.2% | volatile |
| 36 | Cuba | 0.0019 ha per person | 2024 | up 50.8% | volatile |
| 37 | Mali | 0.0018 ha per person | 2024 | up 609.0% | volatile |
| 38 | Tuvalu | 0.0017 ha per person | 2024 | up 21.5% | rising |
| 39 | Philippines | 0.0016 ha per person | 2024 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 40 | New Caledonia | 0.0016 ha per person | 2024 | up 75.0% | volatile |
| 41 | Panama | 0.0015 ha per person | 2024 | down 26.7% | volatile |
| 42 | Kenya | 0.0013 ha per person | 2024 | up 4.3% | falling |
| 43 | Honduras | 0.0013 ha per person | 2024 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 44 | Paraguay | 0.0011 ha per person | 2024 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 45 | Sudan | 0.0011 ha per person | 2024 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 46 | Bahamas | 0.001 ha per person | 2024 | down 6.1% | volatile |
| 47 | Gabon | 0.0009 ha per person | 2024 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 48 | French Polynesia | 0.0009 ha per person | 2024 | down 40.6% | volatile |
| 49 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.0009 ha per person | 2024 | down 90.8% | volatile |
| 50 | Seychelles | 0.0008 ha per person | 2024 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 51 | Thailand | 0.0008 ha per person | 2024 | up 52.7% | falling |
| 52 | Nepal | 0.0008 ha per person | 2024 | up 69.8% | volatile |
| 53 | Guyana | 0.0008 ha per person | 2024 | up 25.8% | volatile |
| 54 | Fiji | 0.0007 ha per person | 2024 | down 35.7% | volatile |
| 55 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.0007 ha per person | 2024 | down 11.3% | falling |
| 56 | Ethiopia | 0.0007 ha per person | 2024 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 57 | Mexico | 0.0007 ha per person | 2024 | up 6.2% | falling |
| 58 | India | 0.0007 ha per person | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 59 | Puerto Rico | 0.0006 ha per person | 2024 | up 48.5% | volatile |
| 60 | Malaysia | 0.0006 ha per person | 2024 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 61 | Mauritius | 0.0006 ha per person | 2024 | up 65.6% | rising |
| 62 | Barbados | 0.0006 ha per person | 2024 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 63 | Indonesia | 0.0005 ha per person | 2024 | up 22.3% | volatile |
| 64 | Saint Lucia | 0.0005 ha per person | 2024 | down 77.6% | volatile |
| 65 | Zimbabwe | 0.0005 ha per person | 2024 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 66 | Australia | 0.0005 ha per person | 2024 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 67 | Suriname | 0.0003 ha per person | 2024 | down 91.2% | falling |
| 68 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.0003 ha per person | 2024 | down 16.2% | volatile |
| 69 | Ghana | 0.0003 ha per person | 2024 | up 14.4% | volatile |
| 70 | Oman | 0.0003 ha per person | 2024 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 71 | Benin | 0.0003 ha per person | 2024 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 72 | Israel | 0.0003 ha per person | 2024 | up 1.4% | falling |
| 73 | Bangladesh | 0.0003 ha per person | 2024 | down 1.9% | falling |
| 74 | Yemen | 0.0003 ha per person | 2024 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 75 | Nicaragua | 0.0002 ha per person | 2023 | up 87.5% | volatile |
| 76 | Egypt | 0.0002 ha per person | 2024 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 77 | China | 0.0002 ha per person | 2024 | down 21.8% | volatile |
| 78 | Togo | 0.0002 ha per person | 2024 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 79 | Morocco | 0.0002 ha per person | 2024 | down 13.1% | volatile |
| 80 | Lebanon | 0.0002 ha per person | 2024 | down 43.1% | falling |
| 81 | Argentina | 0.0002 ha per person | 2024 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 82 | Spain | 0.0002 ha per person | 2024 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 83 | Solomon Islands | 0.0002 ha per person | 2024 | down 20.7% | flat |
| 84 | Cyprus | 0.0002 ha per person | 2024 | down 11.5% | volatile |
| 85 | France | 0.0002 ha per person | 2024 | up 43.8% | rising |
| 86 | Pakistan | 0.0002 ha per person | 2024 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 87 | El Salvador | 0.0001 ha per person | 2024 | down 50.1% | falling |
| 88 | Bahrain | 0.0001 ha per person | 1990 | down 5.2% | rising |
| 89 | Portugal | 0.0001 ha per person | 2024 | up 1.8% | falling |
| 90 | South Africa | 0.0001 ha per person | 2024 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 91 | Jordan | 0.0001 ha per person | 2024 | down 20.1% | volatile |
| 92 | Senegal | 0.0001 ha per person | 2024 | down 21.4% | rising |
| 93 | Burkina Faso | 0.0001 ha per person | 2024 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 94 | Somalia | 0.0001 ha per person | 2024 | down 29.2% | volatile |
| 95 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.0001 ha per person | 2024 | down 21.1% | volatile |
| 96 | Maldives | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 14.8% | volatile |
| 97 | Bhutan | 0 ha per person | 2024 | up 49.0% | rising |
| 98 | Saudi Arabia | 0 ha per person | 2024 | — | rising |
| 99 | State of Palestine | 0 ha per person | 2022 | down 35.8% | volatile |
| 100 | Greece | 0 ha per person | 2024 | up 8.8% | volatile |
| 101 | Zambia | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 27.3% | volatile |
| 102 | United Arab Emirates | 0 ha per person | 2024 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Algeria | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 30.2% | volatile |
| 104 | Japan | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 26.7% | volatile |
| 105 | Italy | 0 ha per person | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 105 | Libya | 0 ha per person | 1992 | — | volatile |
| 105 | Singapore | 0 ha per person | 1992 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 0.0007 ha per person
How this figure is calculated
Bananas — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Bananas — Area harvested ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Bananas — Area harvested Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Bananas — Area harvested divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.