Bananas — Area harvested in India
India: Bananas — Area harvested was 948,469 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Bananas — Area harvested in India, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, bananas — area harvested in India stood at 948,469 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.6% on the previous year and up 18.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — area harvested in India peaked at 994,000 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 165,000 ha, in 1961.
That places India 1st out of 141 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Bananas — Area harvested in India, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 165,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 181,000 ha | +9.7% |
| 1963 | 193,000 ha | +6.6% |
| 1964 | 198,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1965 | 211,000 ha | +6.6% |
| 1966 | 209,000 ha | -0.9% |
| 1967 | 208,000 ha | -0.5% |
| 1968 | 220,000 ha | +5.8% |
| 1969 | 229,800 ha | +4.5% |
| 1970 | 224,500 ha | -2.3% |
| 1971 | 224,700 ha | +0.1% |
| 1972 | 219,400 ha | -2.4% |
| 1973 | 222,800 ha | +1.5% |
| 1974 | 235,200 ha | +5.6% |
| 1975 | 231,400 ha | -1.6% |
| 1976 | 245,800 ha | +6.2% |
| 1977 | 268,800 ha | +9.4% |
| 1978 | 268,400 ha | -0.1% |
| 1979 | 274,400 ha | +2.2% |
| 1980 | 291,300 ha | +6.2% |
| 1981 | 290,900 ha | -0.1% |
| 1982 | 284,900 ha | -2.1% |
| 1983 | 282,900 ha | -0.7% |
| 1984 | 301,800 ha | +6.7% |
| 1985 | 304,400 ha | +0.9% |
| 1986 | 300,200 ha | -1.4% |
| 1987 | 306,900 ha | +2.2% |
| 1988 | 500,000 ha | +62.9% |
| 1989 | 332,800 ha | -33.4% |
| 1990 | 365,000 ha | +9.7% |
| 1991 | 378,600 ha | +3.7% |
| 1992 | 425,000 ha | +12.3% |
| 1993 | 433,000 ha | +1.9% |
| 1994 | 441,000 ha | +1.8% |
| 1995 | 428,000 ha | -2.9% |
| 1996 | 438,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 1997 | 447,000 ha | +2.1% |
| 1998 | 460,000 ha | +2.9% |
| 1999 | 490,000 ha | +6.5% |
| 2000 | 469,700 ha | -4.1% |
| 2001 | 466,200 ha | -0.7% |
| 2002 | 475,300 ha | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 498,600 ha | +4.9% |
| 2004 | 589,600 ha | +18.3% |
| 2005 | 569,500 ha | -3.4% |
| 2006 | 604,200 ha | +6.1% |
| 2007 | 658,000 ha | +8.9% |
| 2008 | 709,000 ha | +7.8% |
| 2009 | 770,300 ha | +8.6% |
| 2010 | 830,000 ha | +7.8% |
| 2011 | 796,500 ha | -4.0% |
| 2012 | 776,000 ha | -2.6% |
| 2013 | 796,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 2014 | 802,570 ha | +0.8% |
| 2015 | 822,000 ha | +2.4% |
| 2016 | 841,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 860,000 ha | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 884,000 ha | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 866,000 ha | -2.0% |
| 2020 | 897,000 ha | +3.6% |
| 2021 | 924,000 ha | +3.0% |
| 2022 | 963,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 2023 | 994,000 ha | +3.2% |
| 2024 | 948,469 ha | -4.6% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 948,469 ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 11,932 ha, 79.5× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- India's 948,469 ha is above the median for South Asia, which is 23,404 ha, 40.5× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — Area harvested in India 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | +62.9% | 306,900 ha | 500,000 ha |
| 1989 | -33.4% | 500,000 ha | 332,800 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 201,644 ha | 165,000 ha | 229,800 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 241,540 ha | 219,400 ha | 274,400 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 319,610 ha | 282,900 ha | 500,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 430,560 ha | 365,000 ha | 490,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 581,040 ha | 466,200 ha | 770,300 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 827,407 ha | 776,000 ha | 884,000 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 945,294 ha | 897,000 ha | 994,000 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
More agriculture & rural data for India
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1623 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 438.73 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4067 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6431 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — area harvested in India?
- Bananas — area harvested in India was 948,469 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — area harvested recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 994,000 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest bananas — area harvested recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 165,000 ha in 1961.
- How does India rank for bananas — area harvested?
- India ranks 1st out of 141 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — area harvested rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 18.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this India 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.