Bananas — Area harvested in Grenada
Grenada: Bananas — Area harvested was 443 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Bananas — Area harvested in Grenada, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for bananas — area harvested in Grenada is 443 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 30.5% on the previous year and down 77.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — area harvested in Grenada peaked at 6,330 ha in 1979 and was at its lowest, 115 ha, in 2005.
Grenada ranks 93rd 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 Grenada, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 3,500 ha | -12.5% |
| 1965 | 6,000 ha | +71.4% |
| 1966 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 5,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1974 | 4,500 ha | -10.0% |
| 1975 | 6,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 1976 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 6,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 6,202 ha | +3.4% |
| 1979 | 6,330 ha | +2.1% |
| 1980 | 6,300 ha | -0.5% |
| 1981 | 5,870 ha | -6.8% |
| 1982 | 5,580 ha | -4.9% |
| 1983 | 5,500 ha | -1.4% |
| 1984 | 5,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 5,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1986 | 4,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1987 | 3,700 ha | -7.5% |
| 1988 | 3,700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 3,500 ha | -5.4% |
| 1990 | 3,600 ha | +2.9% |
| 1991 | 3,300 ha | -8.3% |
| 1992 | 3,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1993 | 2,700 ha | -10.0% |
| 1994 | 2,600 ha | -3.7% |
| 1995 | 2,500 ha | -3.8% |
| 1996 | 1,800 ha | -28.0% |
| 1997 | 1,000 ha | -44.4% |
| 1998 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 1,200 ha | +20.0% |
| 2000 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 1,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 900 ha | -25.0% |
| 2004 | 900 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 115 ha | -87.2% |
| 2006 | 1,200 ha | +943.5% |
| 2007 | 1,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 2008 | 900 ha | -10.0% |
| 2009 | 750 ha | -16.7% |
| 2010 | 886 ha | +18.1% |
| 2011 | 1,326 ha | +49.7% |
| 2012 | 1,721 ha | +29.8% |
| 2013 | 1,956 ha | +13.7% |
| 2014 | 1,954 ha | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 1,953 ha | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 1,956 ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 1,957 ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 1,484 ha | -24.2% |
| 2019 | 1,115 ha | -24.9% |
| 2020 | 725 ha | -35.0% |
| 2021 | 959 ha | +32.3% |
| 2022 | 755 ha | -21.3% |
| 2023 | 637 ha | -15.6% |
| 2024 | 443 ha | -30.5% |
Grenada compared with similar countries
- Grenada's 443 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 6,574 ha, 7% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Grenada's 443 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 Grenada 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +943.5% | 115 ha | 1,200 ha |
| 2005 | -87.2% | 900 ha | 115 ha |
| 1965 | +71.4% | 3,500 ha | 6,000 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,056 ha | 3,500 ha | 6,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,803 ha | 4,500 ha | 6,330 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,865 ha | 3,500 ha | 6,300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,270 ha | 1,000 ha | 3,600 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 936.5 ha | 115 ha | 1,200 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,631 ha | 886 ha | 1,957 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 703.8 ha | 443 ha | 959 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Grenada
- 90 Tonga 571 ha compare
- 91 Republic of Korea 551 ha compare
- 92 New Caledonia 457 ha compare
- 94 Bahamas 411 ha compare
- 95 French Guiana 355 ha compare
- 96 French Polynesia 247 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Grenada
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.9004 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0254 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 307.48 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.0888 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6333 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.3% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — area harvested in Grenada?
- Bananas — area harvested in Grenada was 443 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — area harvested recorded in Grenada?
- The highest recorded value was 6,330 ha in 1979.
- What is the lowest bananas — area harvested recorded in Grenada?
- The lowest recorded value was 115 ha in 2005.
- How does Grenada rank for bananas — area harvested?
- Grenada ranks 93rd out of 141 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Grenada?
- Over the last ten years it is down 77.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Grenada 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.