Bananas — Area harvested in Northern America

Northern America: Bananas — Area harvested was 334 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
334 ha
Change on year
down 0.3%
Rank
24th
of 28 groups
All-time high
603 ha
in 2001
All-time low
223 ha
in 1976
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Bananas — Area harvested in Northern America, 1961–2024

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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

Annual values for Bananas — Area harvested in Northern America, 1961 to 2024.
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

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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

Countries ranked near Northern America

  1. 21 Mozambique 68,825 ha compare
  2. 22 Cameroon 62,047 ha compare
  3. 23 Malawi 58,474 ha compare
  4. 24 Thailand 57,399 ha compare
  5. 25 Guatemala 57,183 ha compare
  6. 26 Dominican Republic 55,954 ha compare
  7. 27 Haiti 54,297 ha compare

See the full ranking of 187 places →

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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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Indicator
Bananas — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
187 places, 9,707 data points, 1961–2024
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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.