Bananas — Area harvested in Mexico
Mexico: Bananas — Area harvested was 86,524 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Bananas — Area harvested in Mexico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, bananas — area harvested in Mexico stood at 86,524 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.6% on the previous year and up 16.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — area harvested in Mexico peaked at 87,922 ha in 1987 and was at its lowest, 56,180 ha, in 1961.
Mexico ranks 17th of 141 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Bananas — Area harvested in Mexico, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 56,180 ha | — |
| 1962 | 58,874 ha | +4.8% |
| 1963 | 73,845 ha | +25.4% |
| 1964 | 74,483 ha | +0.9% |
| 1965 | 75,102 ha | +0.8% |
| 1966 | 80,681 ha | +7.4% |
| 1967 | 71,294 ha | -11.6% |
| 1968 | 70,724 ha | -0.8% |
| 1969 | 57,951 ha | -18.1% |
| 1970 | 74,406 ha | +28.4% |
| 1971 | 81,650 ha | +9.7% |
| 1972 | 74,235 ha | -9.1% |
| 1973 | 66,841 ha | -10.0% |
| 1974 | 70,554 ha | +5.6% |
| 1975 | 74,842 ha | +6.1% |
| 1976 | 73,392 ha | -1.9% |
| 1977 | 67,677 ha | -7.8% |
| 1978 | 71,918 ha | +6.3% |
| 1979 | 66,116 ha | -8.1% |
| 1980 | 73,343 ha | +10.9% |
| 1981 | 74,365 ha | +1.4% |
| 1982 | 74,088 ha | -0.4% |
| 1983 | 71,730 ha | -3.2% |
| 1984 | 74,733 ha | +4.2% |
| 1985 | 79,116 ha | +5.9% |
| 1986 | 81,766 ha | +3.3% |
| 1987 | 87,922 ha | +7.5% |
| 1988 | 87,559 ha | -0.4% |
| 1989 | 81,164 ha | -7.3% |
| 1990 | 74,658 ha | -8.0% |
| 1991 | 73,606 ha | -1.4% |
| 1992 | 73,754 ha | +0.2% |
| 1993 | 78,658 ha | +6.6% |
| 1994 | 75,185 ha | -4.4% |
| 1995 | 73,577 ha | -2.1% |
| 1996 | 68,411 ha | -7.0% |
| 1997 | 67,801 ha | -0.9% |
| 1998 | 66,441 ha | -2.0% |
| 1999 | 75,385 ha | +13.5% |
| 2000 | 71,949 ha | -4.6% |
| 2001 | 71,052 ha | -1.2% |
| 2002 | 68,023 ha | -4.3% |
| 2003 | 73,114 ha | +7.5% |
| 2004 | 78,734 ha | +7.7% |
| 2005 | 76,973 ha | -2.2% |
| 2006 | 74,338 ha | -3.4% |
| 2007 | 75,651 ha | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 77,705 ha | +2.7% |
| 2009 | 75,810 ha | -2.4% |
| 2010 | 76,927 ha | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 74,284 ha | -3.4% |
| 2012 | 72,617 ha | -2.2% |
| 2013 | 73,472 ha | +1.2% |
| 2014 | 74,585 ha | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 77,549 ha | +4.0% |
| 2016 | 78,322 ha | +1.0% |
| 2017 | 77,238 ha | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 78,533 ha | +1.7% |
| 2019 | 79,593 ha | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 79,747 ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 79,664 ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 84,311 ha | +5.8% |
| 2023 | 85,973 ha | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 86,524 ha | +0.6% |
Mexico compared with similar countries
- Mexico's 86,524 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 6,574 ha, 13.2× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Mexico's 86,524 ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 6,955 ha, 12.4× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 68,793 ha | 56,180 ha | 80,681 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 72,163 ha | 66,116 ha | 81,650 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 78,579 ha | 71,730 ha | 87,922 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 72,748 ha | 66,441 ha | 78,658 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 74,335 ha | 68,023 ha | 78,734 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 76,312 ha | 72,617 ha | 79,593 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 83,244 ha | 79,664 ha | 86,524 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Mexico
- 14 Colombia 105,592 ha compare
- 14 Caribbean 150,870 ha compare
- 14 Polynesia 3,676 ha compare
- 15 Ethiopia 90,856 ha compare
- 15 Micronesia 1,818 ha compare
- 16 Cambodia 87,480 ha compare
- 16 Timor-Leste 932 ha compare
- 17 Micronesia (Federated States of) 384 ha compare
- 18 Papua New Guinea 76,416 ha compare
- 18 Syrian Arab Republic 37 ha compare
- 19 Kenya 75,895 ha compare
- 20 Côte d'Ivoire 12,086 ha compare
- 20 Madagascar 72,365 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Mexico
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4963 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0388 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 539.47 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.5998 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.1996 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.9% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.9% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — area harvested in Mexico?
- Bananas — area harvested in Mexico was 86,524 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — area harvested recorded in Mexico?
- The highest recorded value was 87,922 ha in 1987.
- What is the lowest bananas — area harvested recorded in Mexico?
- The lowest recorded value was 56,180 ha in 1961.
- How does Mexico rank for bananas — area harvested?
- Mexico ranks 17th out of 141 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Mexico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mexico 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.