Bananas — Area harvested in Eswatini
Eswatini: Bananas — Area harvested was 5,076 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Bananas — Area harvested in Eswatini, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for bananas — area harvested in Eswatini is 5,076 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 6.8% on the previous year and up 262.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — area harvested in Eswatini peaked at 5,076 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 88 ha, in 1992.
Eswatini ranks 61st of 141 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Bananas — Area harvested in Eswatini, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 152 ha | — |
| 1962 | 117 ha | -23.0% |
| 1963 | 170 ha | +45.3% |
| 1964 | 200 ha | +17.6% |
| 1965 | 328 ha | +64.0% |
| 1966 | 283 ha | -13.7% |
| 1967 | 180 ha | -36.4% |
| 1968 | 138 ha | -23.3% |
| 1969 | 125 ha | -9.4% |
| 1970 | 242 ha | +93.6% |
| 1971 | 250 ha | +3.3% |
| 1972 | 247 ha | -1.2% |
| 1973 | 266 ha | +7.7% |
| 1974 | 150 ha | -43.6% |
| 1975 | 116 ha | -22.7% |
| 1976 | 120 ha | +3.4% |
| 1977 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 120 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 110 ha | -8.3% |
| 1991 | 141 ha | +28.2% |
| 1992 | 88 ha | -37.6% |
| 1993 | 96 ha | +9.1% |
| 1994 | 97 ha | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 104 ha | +7.2% |
| 1996 | 112 ha | +7.7% |
| 1997 | 121 ha | +8.0% |
| 1998 | 127 ha | +5.0% |
| 1999 | 96 ha | -24.4% |
| 2000 | 102 ha | +6.2% |
| 2001 | 108 ha | +5.9% |
| 2002 | 114 ha | +5.6% |
| 2003 | 120 ha | +5.3% |
| 2004 | 160 ha | +33.3% |
| 2005 | 330 ha | +106.2% |
| 2006 | 480 ha | +45.5% |
| 2007 | 1,300 ha | +170.8% |
| 2008 | 930 ha | -28.5% |
| 2009 | 950 ha | +2.2% |
| 2010 | 955 ha | +0.5% |
| 2011 | 960 ha | +0.5% |
| 2012 | 980 ha | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 1,202 ha | +22.7% |
| 2014 | 1,401 ha | +16.6% |
| 2015 | 1,723 ha | +23.0% |
| 2016 | 1,947 ha | +13.0% |
| 2017 | 2,172 ha | +11.6% |
| 2018 | 2,387 ha | +9.9% |
| 2019 | 2,680 ha | +12.3% |
| 2020 | 2,427 ha | -9.4% |
| 2021 | 2,844 ha | +17.2% |
| 2022 | 4,523 ha | +59.0% |
| 2023 | 4,753 ha | +5.1% |
| 2024 | 5,076 ha | +6.8% |
Eswatini compared with similar countries
- Eswatini's 5,076 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 11,932 ha, 43% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Eswatini's 5,076 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 12,958 ha, 39% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — Area harvested in Eswatini 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | +170.8% | 480 ha | 1,300 ha |
| 2005 | +106.2% | 160 ha | 330 ha |
| 1970 | +93.6% | 125 ha | 242 ha |
| 1965 | +64.0% | 200 ha | 328 ha |
| 2022 | +59.0% | 2,844 ha | 4,523 ha |
| 1974 | -43.6% | 266 ha | 150 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 188.11 ha | 117 ha | 328 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 175.1 ha | 116 ha | 266 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 120 ha | 120 ha | 120 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 109.2 ha | 88 ha | 141 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 459.4 ha | 102 ha | 1,300 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,641 ha | 955 ha | 2,680 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,925 ha | 2,427 ha | 5,076 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eswatini
- 58 South Africa 6,829 ha compare
- 59 Equatorial Guinea 6,574 ha compare
- 60 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 6,064 ha compare
- 62 Benin 4,348 ha compare
- 63 Belize 2,949 ha compare
- 63 Israel 2,949 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Eswatini
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0641 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 263.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4281 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7328 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.2% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — area harvested in Eswatini?
- Bananas — area harvested in Eswatini was 5,076 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — area harvested recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 5,076 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest bananas — area harvested recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 88 ha in 1992.
- How does Eswatini rank for bananas — area harvested?
- Eswatini ranks 61st out of 141 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is up 262.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eswatini 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.