Bananas — Area harvested in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Bananas — Area harvested was 511,443 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Bananas — Area harvested in Middle Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, bananas — area harvested in Middle Africa stood at 511,443 ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 0.5% on the previous year and up 11.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — area harvested in Middle Africa peaked at 511,443 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 106,700 ha, in 1961.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 113,156 ha | 106,700 ha | 125,600 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 144,027 ha | 129,900 ha | 160,400 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 185,343 ha | 165,000 ha | 214,674 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 217,537 ha | 191,732 ha | 238,805 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 257,444 ha | 217,633 ha | 307,058 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 468,484 ha | 426,702 ha | 498,872 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 495,811 ha | 481,400 ha | 511,443 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Middle Africa
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- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 57 kg/An (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — area harvested in Middle Africa?
- Bananas — area harvested in Middle Africa was 511,443 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 511,443 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest bananas — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 106,700 ha in 1961.
- How does Middle Africa rank for bananas — area harvested?
- Middle Africa ranks 3rd out of 18 regions with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Middle Africa 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.