Bananas — Area harvested in Samoa
Samoa: Bananas — Area harvested was 2,791 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Bananas — Area harvested in Samoa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, bananas — area harvested in Samoa stood at 2,791 ha.
That represents a change of down 1.5% on the previous year and down 38.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — area harvested in Samoa peaked at 10,117 ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 1,875 ha, in 1992.
Samoa ranks 65th of 141 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Bananas — Area harvested in Samoa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,094 ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,117 ha | +25.0% |
| 1963 | 8,094 ha | -20.0% |
| 1964 | 9,308 ha | +15.0% |
| 1965 | 8,000 ha | -14.1% |
| 1966 | 6,000 ha | -25.0% |
| 1967 | 5,500 ha | -8.3% |
| 1968 | 5,000 ha | -9.1% |
| 1969 | 5,500 ha | +10.0% |
| 1970 | 6,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1971 | 6,880 ha | +14.7% |
| 1972 | 7,000 ha | +1.7% |
| 1973 | 6,000 ha | -14.3% |
| 1974 | 5,000 ha | -16.7% |
| 1975 | 4,000 ha | -20.0% |
| 1976 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 3,500 ha | -12.5% |
| 1978 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 3,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 3,562 ha | +1.8% |
| 1985 | 3,562 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 3,600 ha | +1.1% |
| 1987 | 3,700 ha | +2.8% |
| 1988 | 3,750 ha | +1.4% |
| 1989 | 2,279 ha | -39.2% |
| 1990 | 2,266 ha | -0.6% |
| 1991 | 2,000 ha | -11.7% |
| 1992 | 1,875 ha | -6.2% |
| 1993 | 2,000 ha | +6.7% |
| 1994 | 2,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 2,600 ha | +30.0% |
| 1996 | 3,000 ha | +15.4% |
| 1997 | 3,275 ha | +9.2% |
| 1998 | 3,800 ha | +16.0% |
| 1999 | 4,293 ha | +13.0% |
| 2000 | 4,000 ha | -6.8% |
| 2001 | 4,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 4,300 ha | +7.5% |
| 2003 | 4,306 ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 4,330 ha | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 4,346 ha | +0.4% |
| 2006 | 4,350 ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 4,400 ha | +1.1% |
| 2008 | 4,590 ha | +4.3% |
| 2009 | 5,100 ha | +11.1% |
| 2010 | 4,954 ha | -2.9% |
| 2011 | 4,866 ha | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 4,778 ha | -1.8% |
| 2013 | 4,680 ha | -2.1% |
| 2014 | 4,504 ha | -3.8% |
| 2015 | 4,311 ha | -4.3% |
| 2016 | 3,940 ha | -8.6% |
| 2017 | 3,449 ha | -12.5% |
| 2018 | 2,932 ha | -15.0% |
| 2019 | 2,492 ha | -15.0% |
| 2020 | 2,958 ha | +18.7% |
| 2021 | 2,794 ha | -5.5% |
| 2022 | 2,748 ha | -1.6% |
| 2023 | 2,833 ha | +3.1% |
| 2024 | 2,791 ha | -1.5% |
Samoa compared with similar countries
- Samoa's 2,791 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 6,574 ha, 42% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Samoa's 2,791 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,702 ha, 1.6× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,290 ha | 5,000 ha | 10,117 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,938 ha | 3,500 ha | 7,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,445 ha | 2,279 ha | 3,750 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,711 ha | 1,875 ha | 4,293 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,372 ha | 4,000 ha | 5,100 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 4,091 ha | 2,492 ha | 4,954 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,825 ha | 2,748 ha | 2,958 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Samoa
More agriculture & rural data for Samoa
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.65 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0909 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 533.81 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.586 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.8249 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 9.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 9.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — area harvested in Samoa?
- Bananas — area harvested in Samoa was 2,791 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — area harvested recorded in Samoa?
- The highest recorded value was 10,117 ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest bananas — area harvested recorded in Samoa?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,875 ha in 1992.
- How does Samoa rank for bananas — area harvested?
- Samoa ranks 65th out of 141 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Samoa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 38.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Samoa 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.