Bananas — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
Least Developed Countries (LDCs): Bananas — Area harvested was 1.83 million ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Bananas — Area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, bananas — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) stood at 1.83 million ha.
The figure is up 1.1% on the previous year and up 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) peaked at 1.93 million ha in 2011 and was at its lowest, 620,007 ha, in 1963.
That places Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 3rd out of 38 regions with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 678,206 ha | 620,007 ha | 756,695 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 852,386 ha | 801,811 ha | 895,586 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.03 million ha | 914,132 ha | 1.25 million ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.21 million ha | 969,500 ha | 1.46 million ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.55 million ha | 1.39 million ha | 1.71 million ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.72 million ha | 1.60 million ha | 1.93 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.78 million ha | 1.70 million ha | 1.83 million ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Least Developed Countries (LDCs)
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- Fat of pigs — Producing Animals/Slaughtered 43.68 million An (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 467,729 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 16,020 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 7.49 million t (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 482,612 ha (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 56.51 million An (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 47 kg/An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 596,645 t (2024)
- Fat of pigs — Production 146,458 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 2.07 million t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Bananas — area harvested in Least Developed Countries (LDCs) was 1.83 million ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The highest recorded value was 1.93 million ha in 2011.
- What is the lowest bananas — area harvested recorded in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- The lowest recorded value was 620,007 ha in 1963.
- How does Least Developed Countries (LDCs) rank for bananas — area harvested?
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) ranks 3rd out of 38 regions with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Least Developed Countries (LDCs)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 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.