Bananas — Area harvested in Mali
Mali: Bananas — Area harvested was 43,342 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Bananas — Area harvested in Mali, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for bananas — area harvested in Mali is 43,342 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.4% on the previous year and up 863.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — area harvested in Mali peaked at 43,342 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 400 ha, in 1961.
That places Mali 31st out of 141 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Bananas — Area harvested in Mali, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 400 ha | — |
| 1962 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 400 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 450 ha | +12.5% |
| 1971 | 450 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 450 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 500 ha | +11.1% |
| 1974 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 550 ha | +10.0% |
| 1977 | 600 ha | +9.1% |
| 1978 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 600 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 650 ha | +8.3% |
| 1985 | 650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 650 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 700 ha | +7.7% |
| 1989 | 700 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 769 ha | +9.9% |
| 1991 | 684 ha | -11.1% |
| 1992 | 636 ha | -7.0% |
| 1993 | 699 ha | +9.9% |
| 1994 | 800 ha | +14.4% |
| 1995 | 858 ha | +7.2% |
| 1996 | 946 ha | +10.3% |
| 1997 | 1,000 ha | +5.7% |
| 1998 | 1,112 ha | +11.2% |
| 1999 | 1,199 ha | +7.8% |
| 2000 | 1,100 ha | -8.3% |
| 2001 | 1,200 ha | +9.1% |
| 2002 | 1,465 ha | +22.1% |
| 2003 | 1,300 ha | -11.3% |
| 2004 | 3,099 ha | +138.4% |
| 2005 | 1,339 ha | -56.8% |
| 2006 | 1,800 ha | +34.4% |
| 2007 | 3,000 ha | +66.7% |
| 2008 | 4,657 ha | +55.2% |
| 2009 | 3,269 ha | -29.8% |
| 2010 | 4,110 ha | +25.7% |
| 2011 | 3,181 ha | -22.6% |
| 2012 | 3,828 ha | +20.3% |
| 2013 | 3,582 ha | -6.4% |
| 2014 | 4,500 ha | +25.6% |
| 2015 | 4,816 ha | +7.0% |
| 2016 | 5,761 ha | +19.6% |
| 2017 | 7,752 ha | +34.6% |
| 2018 | 8,270 ha | +6.7% |
| 2019 | 8,270 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 8,412 ha | +1.7% |
| 2021 | 37,835 ha | +349.8% |
| 2022 | 39,349 ha | +4.0% |
| 2023 | 42,322 ha | +7.6% |
| 2024 | 43,342 ha | +2.4% |
Mali compared with similar countries
- Mali's 43,342 ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 53,668 ha, 81% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Mali's 43,342 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 12,958 ha, 3.3× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — Area harvested in Mali 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | +349.8% | 8,412 ha | 37,835 ha |
| 2004 | +138.4% | 1,300 ha | 3,099 ha |
| 2007 | +66.7% | 1,800 ha | 3,000 ha |
| 2005 | -56.8% | 3,099 ha | 1,339 ha |
| 2008 | +55.2% | 3,000 ha | 4,657 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 400 ha | 400 ha | 400 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 520 ha | 450 ha | 600 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 640 ha | 600 ha | 700 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 870.3 ha | 636 ha | 1,199 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 2,223 ha | 1,100 ha | 4,657 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,407 ha | 3,181 ha | 8,270 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 34,252 ha | 8,412 ha | 43,342 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Mali
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3302 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 394.01 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.03 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6779 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 33.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 33.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 8.4% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — area harvested in Mali?
- Bananas — area harvested in Mali was 43,342 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — area harvested recorded in Mali?
- The highest recorded value was 43,342 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest bananas — area harvested recorded in Mali?
- The lowest recorded value was 400 ha in 1961.
- How does Mali rank for bananas — area harvested?
- Mali ranks 31st out of 141 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Mali?
- Over the last ten years it is up 863.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mali 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.