Bananas — Area harvested in Bahamas
Bahamas: Bananas — Area harvested was 411 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Bananas — Area harvested in Bahamas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, bananas — area harvested in Bahamas stood at 411 ha.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 1.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — area harvested in Bahamas peaked at 570 ha in 1984 and was at its lowest, 33 ha, in 1997.
Bahamas ranks 94th of 141 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Bananas — Area harvested in Bahamas, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 450 ha | — |
| 1962 | 460 ha | +2.2% |
| 1963 | 470 ha | +2.2% |
| 1964 | 480 ha | +2.1% |
| 1965 | 490 ha | +2.1% |
| 1966 | 500 ha | +2.0% |
| 1967 | 505 ha | +1.0% |
| 1968 | 510 ha | +1.0% |
| 1969 | 528 ha | +3.5% |
| 1970 | 530 ha | +0.4% |
| 1971 | 530 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 532 ha | +0.4% |
| 1973 | 540 ha | +1.5% |
| 1974 | 545 ha | +0.9% |
| 1975 | 548 ha | +0.6% |
| 1976 | 550 ha | +0.4% |
| 1977 | 550 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 551 ha | +0.2% |
| 1979 | 550 ha | -0.2% |
| 1980 | 550 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 555 ha | +0.9% |
| 1982 | 560 ha | +0.9% |
| 1983 | 565 ha | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 570 ha | +0.9% |
| 1985 | 570 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 570 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 540 ha | -5.3% |
| 1988 | 520 ha | -3.7% |
| 1989 | 510 ha | -1.9% |
| 1990 | 500 ha | -2.0% |
| 1991 | 450 ha | -10.0% |
| 1992 | 330 ha | -26.7% |
| 1993 | 250 ha | -24.2% |
| 1994 | 172 ha | -31.2% |
| 1995 | 220 ha | +27.9% |
| 1996 | 172 ha | -21.8% |
| 1997 | 33 ha | -80.8% |
| 1998 | 45 ha | +36.4% |
| 1999 | 172 ha | +282.2% |
| 2000 | 250 ha | +45.3% |
| 2001 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 270 ha | +8.0% |
| 2004 | 280 ha | +3.7% |
| 2005 | 280 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 300 ha | +7.1% |
| 2007 | 357 ha | +19.0% |
| 2008 | 382 ha | +7.0% |
| 2009 | 339 ha | -11.3% |
| 2010 | 385 ha | +13.6% |
| 2011 | 389 ha | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 391 ha | +0.5% |
| 2013 | 401 ha | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 417 ha | +4.0% |
| 2015 | 441 ha | +5.8% |
| 2016 | 420 ha | -4.8% |
| 2017 | 413 ha | -1.7% |
| 2018 | 409 ha | -1.0% |
| 2019 | 409 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 412 ha | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 417 ha | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 412 ha | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 412 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 411 ha | -0.2% |
Bahamas compared with similar countries
- Bahamas's 411 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 5 ha, 82.2× the median. (45 countries reporting)
- Bahamas's 411 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 6,955 ha, 6% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — Area harvested in Bahamas 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +282.2% | 45 ha | 172 ha |
| 1997 | -80.8% | 172 ha | 33 ha |
| 2000 | +45.3% | 172 ha | 250 ha |
| 1998 | +36.4% | 33 ha | 45 ha |
| 1994 | -31.2% | 250 ha | 172 ha |
| 1995 | +27.9% | 172 ha | 220 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 488.11 ha | 450 ha | 528 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 542.6 ha | 530 ha | 551 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 551 ha | 510 ha | 570 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 234.4 ha | 33 ha | 500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 295.8 ha | 250 ha | 382 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 407.5 ha | 385 ha | 441 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 412.8 ha | 411 ha | 417 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bahamas
- 91 Republic of Korea 551 ha compare
- 92 New Caledonia 457 ha compare
- 93 Grenada 443 ha compare
- 95 French Guiana 355 ha compare
- 96 French Polynesia 247 ha compare
- 97 Cyprus 220 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Bahamas
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 17.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0051 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 203.1 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4043 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1867 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.5% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.5% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — area harvested in Bahamas?
- Bananas — area harvested in Bahamas was 411 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — area harvested recorded in Bahamas?
- The highest recorded value was 570 ha in 1984.
- What is the lowest bananas — area harvested recorded in Bahamas?
- The lowest recorded value was 33 ha in 1997.
- How does Bahamas rank for bananas — area harvested?
- Bahamas ranks 94th out of 141 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Bahamas?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bahamas 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.