Bananas — Area harvested in Mauritius
Mauritius: Bananas — Area harvested was 759 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Bananas — Area harvested in Mauritius, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, bananas — area harvested in Mauritius stood at 759 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 6.2% on the previous year and up 63.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — area harvested in Mauritius peaked at 759 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 84 ha, in 1962.
Mauritius ranks 96th of 155 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 310.78 ha | 84 ha | 476 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 394.2 ha | 292 ha | 540 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 328 ha | 254 ha | 370 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 437 ha | 350 ha | 508 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 516.3 ha | 464 ha | 600 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 495 ha | 459 ha | 542 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 638.6 ha | 486 ha | 759 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mauritius
- 93 Jordan 913 ha compare
- 94 El Salvador 842 ha compare
- 95 Dominica 783 ha compare
- 97 Brunei Darussalam 743 ha compare
- 98 Guinea-Bissau 724 ha compare
- 99 Fiji 669 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Mauritius
- Agriculture share gdp 4.62 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 4.62 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2024)
- Rural population 61.0% (2025)
- Rural population growth -0.2% (2025)
- Rural population 758,222 (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 4.6% (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added 745.90 million current US$ (2025)
- Bananas — Production 10,843 t (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — area harvested in Mauritius?
- Bananas — area harvested in Mauritius was 759 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — area harvested recorded in Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 759 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest bananas — area harvested recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 84 ha in 1962.
- How does Mauritius rank for bananas — area harvested?
- Mauritius ranks 96th out of 155 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is up 63.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritius 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.