Bananas — Area harvested in Central America
Central America: Bananas — Area harvested was 215,845 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Bananas — Area harvested in Central America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Central America recorded 215,845 ha for bananas — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.1% on the previous year and up 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — area harvested in Central America peaked at 236,717 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 143,845 ha, in 1961.
That places Central America 14th out of 38 regions 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.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 166,916 ha | 143,845 ha | 189,611 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 194,601 ha | 168,868 ha | 213,560 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 176,861 ha | 164,424 ha | 192,058 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 183,286 ha | 168,009 ha | 194,880 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 196,954 ha | 177,279 ha | 221,150 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 222,308 ha | 214,407 ha | 229,842 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 226,740 ha | 215,845 ha | 236,717 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central America
More agriculture & rural data for Central America
- Tomatoes — Yield 50,692 kg/ha (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 2.05 million t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 82 kg/An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 25.03 million An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 32,019 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 5.12 million t (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 25.41 million An (2024)
- Bananas — Production 9.27 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 67,514 t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 100,964 ha (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — area harvested in Central America?
- Bananas — area harvested in Central America was 215,845 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 236,717 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest bananas — area harvested recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 143,845 ha in 1961.
- How does Central America rank for bananas — area harvested?
- Central America ranks 14th out of 38 regions with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Central America 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.