Bananas — Area harvested in Argentina
Argentina: Bananas — Area harvested was 8,450 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Bananas — Area harvested in Argentina, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for bananas — area harvested in Argentina is 8,450 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — area harvested in Argentina peaked at 13,450 ha in 1988 and was at its lowest, 480 ha, in 1961.
That places Argentina 51st out of 141 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Bananas — Area harvested in Argentina, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 480 ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,000 ha | +316.7% |
| 1963 | 1,700 ha | -15.0% |
| 1964 | 2,500 ha | +47.1% |
| 1965 | 1,700 ha | -32.0% |
| 1966 | 3,800 ha | +123.5% |
| 1967 | 4,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1968 | 2,100 ha | -47.5% |
| 1969 | 4,250 ha | +102.4% |
| 1970 | 6,400 ha | +50.6% |
| 1971 | 6,500 ha | +1.6% |
| 1972 | 10,000 ha | +53.8% |
| 1973 | 11,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1974 | 12,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1975 | 11,000 ha | -8.3% |
| 1976 | 8,500 ha | -22.7% |
| 1977 | 9,068 ha | +6.7% |
| 1978 | 9,020 ha | -0.5% |
| 1979 | 7,700 ha | -14.6% |
| 1980 | 6,400 ha | -16.9% |
| 1981 | 2,747 ha | -57.1% |
| 1982 | 3,310 ha | +20.5% |
| 1983 | 4,650 ha | +40.5% |
| 1984 | 6,020 ha | +29.5% |
| 1985 | 6,630 ha | +10.1% |
| 1986 | 8,250 ha | +24.4% |
| 1987 | 11,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1988 | 13,450 ha | +22.3% |
| 1989 | 9,234 ha | -31.3% |
| 1990 | 9,166 ha | -0.7% |
| 1991 | 8,830 ha | -3.7% |
| 1992 | 8,460 ha | -4.2% |
| 1993 | 8,910 ha | +5.3% |
| 1994 | 8,265 ha | -7.2% |
| 1995 | 8,295 ha | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 8,240 ha | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 6,780 ha | -17.7% |
| 1998 | 7,160 ha | +5.6% |
| 1999 | 8,500 ha | +18.7% |
| 2000 | 8,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 8,393 ha | -1.3% |
| 2002 | 8,600 ha | +2.5% |
| 2003 | 8,453 ha | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 8,430 ha | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 8,500 ha | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 8,600 ha | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 8,700 ha | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 8,618 ha | -0.9% |
| 2009 | 8,135 ha | -5.6% |
| 2010 | 8,176 ha | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 8,353 ha | +2.2% |
| 2012 | 8,360 ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 8,359 ha | -0.0% |
| 2014 | 8,382 ha | +0.3% |
| 2015 | 8,394 ha | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 8,394 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 8,395 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 8,403 ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 8,405 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 8,421 ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 8,433 ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 8,437 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 8,443 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 8,450 ha | +0.1% |
Argentina compared with similar countries
- Argentina's 8,450 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 6,574 ha, 1.3× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Argentina's 8,450 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 6,955 ha, 1.2× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — Area harvested in Argentina 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | +316.7% | 480 ha | 2,000 ha |
| 1966 | +123.5% | 1,700 ha | 3,800 ha |
| 1969 | +102.4% | 2,100 ha | 4,250 ha |
| 1981 | -57.1% | 6,400 ha | 2,747 ha |
| 1972 | +53.8% | 6,500 ha | 10,000 ha |
| 1970 | +50.6% | 4,250 ha | 6,400 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,503 ha | 480 ha | 4,250 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,119 ha | 6,400 ha | 12,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,169 ha | 2,747 ha | 13,450 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 8,261 ha | 6,780 ha | 9,166 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 8,493 ha | 8,135 ha | 8,700 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 8,362 ha | 8,176 ha | 8,405 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 8,437 ha | 8,421 ha | 8,450 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Argentina
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0553 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 824.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6693 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0765 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 5.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 5.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — area harvested in Argentina?
- Bananas — area harvested in Argentina was 8,450 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — area harvested recorded in Argentina?
- The highest recorded value was 13,450 ha in 1988.
- What is the lowest bananas — area harvested recorded in Argentina?
- The lowest recorded value was 480 ha in 1961.
- How does Argentina rank for bananas — area harvested?
- Argentina ranks 51st out of 141 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Argentina?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Argentina 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.