Bananas — Area harvested in Africa
Africa: Bananas — Area harvested was 2.29 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Bananas — Area harvested in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, bananas — area harvested in Africa stood at 2.29 million ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.7% on the previous year and up 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — area harvested in Africa peaked at 2.47 million ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 625,266 ha, in 1963.
Africa ranks 1st of 38 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 676,173 ha | 625,266 ha | 747,745 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 867,500 ha | 813,349 ha | 932,342 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.08 million ha | 957,586 ha | 1.33 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.51 million ha | 1.28 million ha | 1.88 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2.08 million ha | 1.88 million ha | 2.25 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 2.23 million ha | 2.10 million ha | 2.47 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.26 million ha | 2.17 million ha | 2.31 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
More agriculture & rural data for Africa
- Tomatoes — Production 26.38 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 47.50 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 2.37 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 50 kg/An (2024)
- Bananas — Production 31.26 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 706,446 t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 613,627 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 15,779 kg/ha (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 55.77 million An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 1.67 million ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — area harvested in Africa?
- Bananas — area harvested in Africa was 2.29 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 2.47 million ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest bananas — area harvested recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 625,266 ha in 1963.
- How does Africa rank for bananas — area harvested?
- Africa ranks 1st out of 38 groups with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Bananas — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.