Bananas — Area harvested in Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea: Bananas — Area harvested was 6,574 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Bananas — Area harvested in Equatorial Guinea, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Equatorial Guinea recorded 6,574 ha for bananas — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.2% on the previous year and up 6.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — area harvested in Equatorial Guinea peaked at 6,626 ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 2,300 ha, in 1961.
That places Equatorial Guinea 59th 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 Equatorial Guinea, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,300 ha | — |
| 1962 | 3,000 ha | +30.4% |
| 1963 | 2,500 ha | -16.7% |
| 1964 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 2,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 3,300 ha | +32.0% |
| 1967 | 3,300 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 3,500 ha | +6.1% |
| 1969 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 3,600 ha | +2.9% |
| 1972 | 3,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 3,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 3,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 3,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 3,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 3,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 3,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 3,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 3,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 3,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 3,700 ha | +2.8% |
| 1983 | 3,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 3,800 ha | +2.7% |
| 1985 | 3,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 3,900 ha | +2.6% |
| 1987 | 3,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 3,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 3,900 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 3,435 ha | -11.9% |
| 1991 | 4,000 ha | +16.4% |
| 1992 | 4,126 ha | +3.1% |
| 1993 | 4,200 ha | +1.8% |
| 1994 | 4,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 1995 | 4,200 ha | -6.7% |
| 1996 | 4,400 ha | +4.8% |
| 1997 | 4,300 ha | -2.3% |
| 1998 | 4,200 ha | -2.3% |
| 1999 | 4,500 ha | +7.1% |
| 2000 | 4,650 ha | +3.3% |
| 2001 | 5,015 ha | +7.8% |
| 2002 | 5,227 ha | +4.2% |
| 2003 | 5,374 ha | +2.8% |
| 2004 | 5,387 ha | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 5,490 ha | +1.9% |
| 2006 | 5,582 ha | +1.7% |
| 2007 | 5,691 ha | +2.0% |
| 2008 | 5,754 ha | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 5,823 ha | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 6,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 2011 | 5,961 ha | -0.7% |
| 2012 | 6,000 ha | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 6,125 ha | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 6,200 ha | +1.2% |
| 2015 | 6,267 ha | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 6,338 ha | +1.1% |
| 2017 | 6,411 ha | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 6,483 ha | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 6,558 ha | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 6,626 ha | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 6,556 ha | -1.1% |
| 2022 | 6,580 ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 6,587 ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 6,574 ha | -0.2% |
Equatorial Guinea compared with similar countries
- Equatorial Guinea's 6,574 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 6,574 ha, 1.0× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Equatorial Guinea's 6,574 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 12,958 ha, 51% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — Area harvested in Equatorial Guinea 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | +32.0% | 2,500 ha | 3,300 ha |
| 1962 | +30.4% | 2,300 ha | 3,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,933 ha | 2,300 ha | 3,500 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,590 ha | 3,500 ha | 3,600 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,780 ha | 3,600 ha | 3,900 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,186 ha | 3,435 ha | 4,500 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,399 ha | 4,650 ha | 5,823 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,234 ha | 5,961 ha | 6,558 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 6,585 ha | 6,556 ha | 6,626 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Equatorial Guinea
- 56 Martinique 6,980 ha compare
- 57 Panama 6,955 ha compare
- 58 South Africa 6,829 ha compare
- 60 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6,064 ha compare
- 61 Eswatini 5,076 ha compare
- 62 Benin 4,348 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Equatorial Guinea
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.54 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0321 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 212.14 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2842 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 30.0% (1983)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.2% (1983)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — area harvested in Equatorial Guinea?
- Bananas — area harvested in Equatorial Guinea was 6,574 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — area harvested recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 6,626 ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest bananas — area harvested recorded in Equatorial Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,300 ha in 1961.
- How does Equatorial Guinea rank for bananas — area harvested?
- Equatorial Guinea ranks 59th out of 141 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Equatorial Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 6.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Equatorial Guinea 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.