Bananas — Area harvested in Angola
Angola: Bananas — Area harvested was 190,740 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Bananas — Area harvested in Angola, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Angola recorded 190,740 ha for bananas — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and up 50.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — area harvested in Angola peaked at 190,740 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 20,000 ha, in 1961.
Angola ranks 7th of 141 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Bananas — Area harvested in Angola, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 20,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 22,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1964 | 22,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 24,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1966 | 24,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 24,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 24,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 30,000 ha | +25.0% |
| 1970 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 30,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 26,421 ha | -11.9% |
| 1991 | 63,269 ha | +139.5% |
| 1992 | 53,984 ha | -14.7% |
| 1993 | 42,756 ha | -20.8% |
| 1994 | 34,047 ha | -20.4% |
| 1995 | 31,000 ha | -8.9% |
| 1996 | 32,380 ha | +4.5% |
| 1997 | 30,840 ha | -4.8% |
| 1998 | 32,000 ha | +3.8% |
| 1999 | 30,000 ha | -6.2% |
| 2000 | 31,000 ha | +3.3% |
| 2001 | 28,500 ha | -8.1% |
| 2002 | 32,000 ha | +12.3% |
| 2003 | 34,000 ha | +6.2% |
| 2004 | 45,000 ha | +32.4% |
| 2005 | 52,000 ha | +15.6% |
| 2006 | 58,000 ha | +11.5% |
| 2007 | 65,061 ha | +12.2% |
| 2008 | 95,793 ha | +47.2% |
| 2009 | 106,376 ha | +11.0% |
| 2010 | 108,740 ha | +2.2% |
| 2011 | 104,750 ha | -3.7% |
| 2012 | 115,749 ha | +10.5% |
| 2013 | 126,582 ha | +9.4% |
| 2014 | 126,966 ha | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 127,034 ha | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 135,849 ha | +6.9% |
| 2017 | 149,554 ha | +10.1% |
| 2018 | 162,154 ha | +8.4% |
| 2019 | 162,156 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 165,191 ha | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 169,971 ha | +2.9% |
| 2022 | 172,102 ha | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 188,724 ha | +9.7% |
| 2024 | 190,740 ha | +1.1% |
Angola compared with similar countries
- Angola's 190,740 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 11,932 ha, 16.0× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Angola's 190,740 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 12,958 ha, 14.7× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — Area harvested in Angola changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +139.5% | 26,421 ha | 63,269 ha |
| 2008 | +47.2% | 65,061 ha | 95,793 ha |
| 2004 | +32.4% | 34,000 ha | 45,000 ha |
| 1969 | +25.0% | 24,000 ha | 30,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 23,333 ha | 20,000 ha | 30,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 30,000 ha | 30,000 ha | 30,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 30,000 ha | 30,000 ha | 30,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 37,670 ha | 26,421 ha | 63,269 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 54,773 ha | 28,500 ha | 106,376 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 131,953 ha | 104,750 ha | 162,156 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 177,346 ha | 165,191 ha | 190,740 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Angola
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 38.81 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2524 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 789.91 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2141 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2854 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 25.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 25.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — area harvested in Angola?
- Bananas — area harvested in Angola was 190,740 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — area harvested recorded in Angola?
- The highest recorded value was 190,740 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest bananas — area harvested recorded in Angola?
- The lowest recorded value was 20,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Angola rank for bananas — area harvested?
- Angola ranks 7th out of 141 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Angola?
- Over the last ten years it is up 50.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Angola 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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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.