Bananas — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Bananas — Area harvested was 12,633 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Bananas — Area harvested in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, bananas — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand stood at 12,633 ha.
The figure is down 3.0% on the previous year and up 4.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 16,612 ha in 2016 and was at its lowest, 6,148 ha, in 1978.
That places Australia and New Zealand 45th 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 Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,353 ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,353 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 10,971 ha | +6.0% |
| 1964 | 10,845 ha | -1.1% |
| 1965 | 9,792 ha | -9.7% |
| 1966 | 9,411 ha | -3.9% |
| 1967 | 9,130 ha | -3.0% |
| 1968 | 9,354 ha | +2.5% |
| 1969 | 9,457 ha | +1.1% |
| 1970 | 9,420 ha | -0.4% |
| 1971 | 9,409 ha | -0.1% |
| 1972 | 9,027 ha | -4.1% |
| 1973 | 8,593 ha | -4.8% |
| 1974 | 8,075 ha | -6.0% |
| 1975 | 7,280 ha | -9.8% |
| 1976 | 6,875 ha | -5.6% |
| 1977 | 6,679 ha | -2.9% |
| 1978 | 6,148 ha | -8.0% |
| 1979 | 6,878 ha | +11.9% |
| 1980 | 7,109 ha | +3.4% |
| 1981 | 7,603 ha | +6.9% |
| 1982 | 7,571 ha | -0.4% |
| 1983 | 7,844 ha | +3.6% |
| 1984 | 8,129 ha | +3.6% |
| 1985 | 7,832 ha | -3.7% |
| 1986 | 7,659 ha | -2.2% |
| 1987 | 7,769 ha | +1.4% |
| 1988 | 7,969 ha | +2.6% |
| 1989 | 7,941 ha | -0.4% |
| 1990 | 7,924 ha | -0.2% |
| 1991 | 7,962 ha | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 8,159 ha | +2.5% |
| 1993 | 8,656 ha | +6.1% |
| 1994 | 8,756 ha | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 8,281 ha | -5.4% |
| 1996 | 8,893 ha | +7.4% |
| 1997 | 9,589 ha | +7.8% |
| 1998 | 10,478 ha | +9.3% |
| 1999 | 11,405 ha | +8.8% |
| 2000 | 13,436 ha | +17.8% |
| 2001 | 11,737 ha | -12.6% |
| 2002 | 12,583 ha | +7.2% |
| 2003 | 10,659 ha | -15.3% |
| 2004 | 10,861 ha | +1.9% |
| 2005 | 10,361 ha | -4.6% |
| 2006 | 11,168 ha | +7.8% |
| 2007 | 11,662 ha | +4.4% |
| 2008 | 9,853 ha | -15.5% |
| 2009 | 11,992 ha | +21.7% |
| 2010 | 11,543 ha | -3.7% |
| 2011 | 11,196 ha | -3.0% |
| 2012 | 13,496 ha | +20.5% |
| 2013 | 14,218 ha | +5.3% |
| 2014 | 12,085 ha | -15.0% |
| 2015 | 11,788 ha | -2.5% |
| 2016 | 16,612 ha | +40.9% |
| 2017 | 14,021 ha | -15.6% |
| 2018 | 12,477 ha | -11.0% |
| 2019 | 10,962 ha | -12.1% |
| 2020 | 12,254 ha | +11.8% |
| 2021 | 14,200 ha | +15.9% |
| 2022 | 13,452 ha | -5.3% |
| 2023 | 13,022 ha | -3.2% |
| 2024 | 12,633 ha | -3.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,963 ha | 9,130 ha | 10,971 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,838 ha | 6,148 ha | 9,420 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,743 ha | 7,109 ha | 8,129 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 9,010 ha | 7,924 ha | 11,405 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,431 ha | 9,853 ha | 13,436 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,840 ha | 10,962 ha | 16,612 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,112 ha | 12,254 ha | 14,200 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand?
- Bananas — area harvested in Australia and New Zealand was 12,633 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — area harvested recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 16,612 ha in 2016.
- What is the lowest bananas — area harvested recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,148 ha in 1978.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for bananas — area harvested?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 45th out of 141 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia and New Zealand 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.