Bananas — Area harvested in Guyana
Guyana: Bananas — Area harvested was 625 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Bananas — Area harvested in Guyana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for bananas — area harvested in Guyana is 625 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 7.9% on the previous year and up 38.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — area harvested in Guyana peaked at 3,500 ha in 2005 and was at its lowest, 184 ha, in 2012.
Guyana ranks 89th 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 Guyana, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 450 ha | — |
| 1962 | 550 ha | +22.2% |
| 1963 | 416 ha | -24.4% |
| 1964 | 573 ha | +37.7% |
| 1965 | 587 ha | +2.4% |
| 1966 | 700 ha | +19.3% |
| 1967 | 890 ha | +27.1% |
| 1968 | 830 ha | -6.7% |
| 1969 | 1,190 ha | +43.4% |
| 1970 | 1,117 ha | -6.1% |
| 1971 | 1,174 ha | +5.1% |
| 1972 | 1,210 ha | +3.1% |
| 1973 | 1,125 ha | -7.0% |
| 1974 | 650 ha | -42.2% |
| 1975 | 650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 600 ha | -7.7% |
| 1977 | 730 ha | +21.7% |
| 1978 | 700 ha | -4.1% |
| 1979 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1,500 ha | +114.3% |
| 1985 | 2,200 ha | +46.7% |
| 1986 | 2,300 ha | +4.5% |
| 1987 | 1,400 ha | -39.1% |
| 1988 | 2,000 ha | +42.9% |
| 1989 | 2,200 ha | +10.0% |
| 1990 | 1,800 ha | -18.2% |
| 1991 | 1,860 ha | +3.3% |
| 1992 | 1,900 ha | +2.2% |
| 1993 | 1,937 ha | +1.9% |
| 1994 | 2,151 ha | +11.0% |
| 1995 | 2,250 ha | +4.6% |
| 1996 | 2,000 ha | -11.1% |
| 1997 | 1,600 ha | -20.0% |
| 1998 | 1,715 ha | +7.2% |
| 1999 | 1,500 ha | -12.5% |
| 2000 | 2,000 ha | +33.3% |
| 2001 | 2,038 ha | +1.9% |
| 2002 | 2,471 ha | +21.2% |
| 2003 | 2,423 ha | -1.9% |
| 2004 | 1,200 ha | -50.5% |
| 2005 | 3,500 ha | +191.7% |
| 2006 | 1,000 ha | -71.4% |
| 2007 | 839 ha | -16.1% |
| 2008 | 900 ha | +7.3% |
| 2009 | 1,150 ha | +27.8% |
| 2010 | 486 ha | -57.7% |
| 2011 | 292 ha | -39.9% |
| 2012 | 184 ha | -37.0% |
| 2013 | 221 ha | +20.1% |
| 2014 | 451 ha | +104.1% |
| 2015 | 603 ha | +33.7% |
| 2016 | 754 ha | +25.0% |
| 2017 | 553 ha | -26.7% |
| 2018 | 1,321 ha | +138.9% |
| 2019 | 571 ha | -56.8% |
| 2020 | 571 ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 582 ha | +1.9% |
| 2022 | 588 ha | +1.0% |
| 2023 | 579 ha | -1.5% |
| 2024 | 625 ha | +7.9% |
Guyana compared with similar countries
- Guyana's 625 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 5 ha, 125.0× the median. (45 countries reporting)
- Guyana's 625 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 6,955 ha, 9% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — Area harvested in Guyana 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | +191.7% | 1,200 ha | 3,500 ha |
| 2018 | +138.9% | 553 ha | 1,321 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 687.33 ha | 416 ha | 1,190 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 865.6 ha | 600 ha | 1,210 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,440 ha | 700 ha | 2,300 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,871 ha | 1,500 ha | 2,250 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,752 ha | 839 ha | 3,500 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 543.6 ha | 184 ha | 1,321 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 589 ha | 571 ha | 625 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guyana
- 86 Brunei Darussalam 743 ha compare
- 87 Guinea-Bissau 724 ha compare
- 88 Fiji 669 ha compare
- 90 Tonga 571 ha compare
- 91 Republic of Korea 551 ha compare
- 92 New Caledonia 457 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Guyana
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 11.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0773 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 2,507 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5708 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7351 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — area harvested in Guyana?
- Bananas — area harvested in Guyana was 625 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — area harvested recorded in Guyana?
- The highest recorded value was 3,500 ha in 2005.
- What is the lowest bananas — area harvested recorded in Guyana?
- The lowest recorded value was 184 ha in 2012.
- How does Guyana rank for bananas — area harvested?
- Guyana ranks 89th out of 141 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Guyana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 38.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Guyana 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.