Bananas — Area harvested in Cyprus
Cyprus: Bananas — Area harvested was 220 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Bananas — Area harvested in Cyprus, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, bananas — area harvested in Cyprus stood at 220 ha.
The figure is down 4.3% on the previous year and unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — area harvested in Cyprus peaked at 415 ha in 1982 and was at its lowest, 50 ha, in 1961.
That places Cyprus 97th 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 Cyprus, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 50 ha | — |
| 1962 | 130 ha | +160.0% |
| 1963 | 90 ha | -30.8% |
| 1964 | 80 ha | -11.1% |
| 1965 | 80 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 90 ha | +12.5% |
| 1967 | 70 ha | -22.2% |
| 1968 | 75 ha | +7.1% |
| 1969 | 100 ha | +33.3% |
| 1970 | 87 ha | -13.0% |
| 1971 | 87 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 87 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 87 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 87 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 134 ha | +54.0% |
| 1976 | 134 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 134 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 261 ha | +94.8% |
| 1979 | 281 ha | +7.7% |
| 1980 | 334 ha | +18.9% |
| 1981 | 401 ha | +20.1% |
| 1982 | 415 ha | +3.5% |
| 1983 | 401 ha | -3.4% |
| 1984 | 415 ha | +3.5% |
| 1985 | 401 ha | -3.4% |
| 1986 | 401 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 401 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 380 ha | -5.2% |
| 1989 | 360 ha | -5.3% |
| 1990 | 360 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 360 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 350 ha | -2.8% |
| 1993 | 340 ha | -2.9% |
| 1994 | 260 ha | -23.5% |
| 1995 | 260 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 300 ha | +15.4% |
| 1997 | 320 ha | +6.7% |
| 1998 | 320 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 320 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 320 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 280 ha | -12.5% |
| 2002 | 290 ha | +3.6% |
| 2003 | 280 ha | -3.4% |
| 2004 | 262 ha | -6.4% |
| 2005 | 250 ha | -4.6% |
| 2006 | 260 ha | +4.0% |
| 2007 | 258 ha | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 250 ha | -3.1% |
| 2009 | 243 ha | -2.8% |
| 2010 | 233 ha | -4.1% |
| 2011 | 238 ha | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 234 ha | -1.7% |
| 2013 | 206 ha | -12.0% |
| 2014 | 220 ha | +6.8% |
| 2015 | 200 ha | -9.1% |
| 2016 | 287 ha | +43.5% |
| 2017 | 211 ha | -26.5% |
| 2018 | 220 ha | +4.3% |
| 2019 | 210 ha | -4.5% |
| 2020 | 220 ha | +4.8% |
| 2021 | 210 ha | -4.5% |
| 2022 | 220 ha | +4.8% |
| 2023 | 230 ha | +4.5% |
| 2024 | 220 ha | -4.3% |
Cyprus compared with similar countries
- Cyprus's 220 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 5 ha, 44.0× the median. (45 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — Area harvested in Cyprus 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 | +160.0% | 50 ha | 130 ha |
| 1978 | +94.8% | 134 ha | 261 ha |
| 1975 | +54.0% | 87 ha | 134 ha |
| 2016 | +43.5% | 200 ha | 287 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 85 ha | 50 ha | 130 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 137.9 ha | 87 ha | 281 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 390.9 ha | 334 ha | 415 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 319 ha | 260 ha | 360 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 269.3 ha | 243 ha | 320 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 225.9 ha | 200 ha | 287 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 220 ha | 210 ha | 230 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cyprus
- 94 Bahamas 411 ha compare
- 95 French Guiana 355 ha compare
- 96 French Polynesia 247 ha compare
- 98 Suriname 209 ha compare
- 99 Sao Tome and Principe 203 ha compare
- 100 Barbados 171 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Cyprus
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.78 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0112 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 335.46 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8799 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3331 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — area harvested in Cyprus?
- Bananas — area harvested in Cyprus was 220 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — area harvested recorded in Cyprus?
- The highest recorded value was 415 ha in 1982.
- What is the lowest bananas — area harvested recorded in Cyprus?
- The lowest recorded value was 50 ha in 1961.
- How does Cyprus rank for bananas — area harvested?
- Cyprus ranks 97th out of 141 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Cyprus?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cyprus 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.