Bananas — Area harvested in Northern America
Northern America: Bananas — Area harvested was 334 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Bananas — Area harvested in Northern America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for bananas — area harvested in Northern America is 334 ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and down 4.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — area harvested in Northern America peaked at 603 ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 223 ha, in 1976.
Northern America ranks 24th of 28 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Bananas — Area harvested in Northern America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 380 ha | — |
| 1962 | 360 ha | -5.3% |
| 1963 | 308 ha | -14.4% |
| 1964 | 360 ha | +16.9% |
| 1965 | 384 ha | +6.7% |
| 1966 | 409 ha | +6.5% |
| 1967 | 409 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 388 ha | -5.1% |
| 1969 | 376 ha | -3.1% |
| 1970 | 308 ha | -18.1% |
| 1971 | 293 ha | -4.9% |
| 1972 | 291 ha | -0.7% |
| 1973 | 267 ha | -8.2% |
| 1974 | 247 ha | -7.5% |
| 1975 | 255 ha | +3.2% |
| 1976 | 223 ha | -12.5% |
| 1977 | 223 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 230 ha | +3.1% |
| 1979 | 250 ha | +8.7% |
| 1980 | 230 ha | -8.0% |
| 1981 | 260 ha | +13.0% |
| 1982 | 290 ha | +11.5% |
| 1983 | 350 ha | +20.7% |
| 1984 | 350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 340 ha | -2.9% |
| 1986 | 397 ha | +16.8% |
| 1987 | 433 ha | +9.1% |
| 1988 | 433 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 405 ha | -6.5% |
| 1990 | 360 ha | -11.1% |
| 1991 | 360 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 352 ha | -2.2% |
| 1993 | 336 ha | -4.5% |
| 1994 | 356 ha | +6.0% |
| 1995 | 356 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 388 ha | +9.0% |
| 1997 | 384 ha | -1.0% |
| 1998 | 575 ha | +49.7% |
| 1999 | 575 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 591 ha | +2.8% |
| 2001 | 603 ha | +2.0% |
| 2002 | 538 ha | -10.8% |
| 2003 | 546 ha | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 405 ha | -25.8% |
| 2005 | 397 ha | -2.0% |
| 2006 | 405 ha | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 526 ha | +29.9% |
| 2008 | 445 ha | -15.4% |
| 2009 | 445 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 445 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 405 ha | -9.0% |
| 2012 | 396 ha | -2.2% |
| 2013 | 364 ha | -8.1% |
| 2014 | 348 ha | -4.4% |
| 2015 | 336 ha | -3.4% |
| 2016 | 294 ha | -12.5% |
| 2017 | 380 ha | +29.3% |
| 2018 | 337 ha | -11.3% |
| 2019 | 348 ha | +3.3% |
| 2020 | 339 ha | -2.6% |
| 2021 | 328 ha | -3.2% |
| 2022 | 338 ha | +3.0% |
| 2023 | 335 ha | -0.9% |
| 2024 | 334 ha | -0.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 374.89 ha | 308 ha | 409 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 258.7 ha | 223 ha | 308 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 348.8 ha | 230 ha | 433 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 404.2 ha | 336 ha | 575 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 490.1 ha | 397 ha | 603 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 365.3 ha | 294 ha | 445 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 334.8 ha | 328 ha | 339 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — area harvested in Northern America?
- Bananas — area harvested in Northern America was 334 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — area harvested recorded in Northern America?
- The highest recorded value was 603 ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest bananas — area harvested recorded in Northern America?
- The lowest recorded value was 223 ha in 1976.
- How does Northern America rank for bananas — area harvested?
- Northern America ranks 24th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Northern America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Northern America 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.