Bananas — Area harvested in Seychelles
Seychelles: Bananas — Area harvested was 99 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Bananas — Area harvested in Seychelles, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for bananas — area harvested in Seychelles is 99 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — area harvested in Seychelles peaked at 99 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 60 ha, in 1961.
Seychelles ranks 103rd of 141 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Bananas — Area harvested in Seychelles, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 60 ha | — |
| 1962 | 60 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 62 ha | +3.3% |
| 1964 | 63 ha | +1.6% |
| 1965 | 65 ha | +3.2% |
| 1966 | 65 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 65 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 65 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 65 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 68 ha | +4.6% |
| 1971 | 65 ha | -4.4% |
| 1972 | 65 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 65 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 65 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 65 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 65 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 65 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 68 ha | +4.6% |
| 1979 | 68 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 70 ha | +2.9% |
| 1981 | 70 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 70 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 75 ha | +7.1% |
| 1984 | 75 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 75 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 80 ha | +6.7% |
| 1987 | 80 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 80 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 80 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 80 ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 80 ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 80 ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 80 ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 80 ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 80 ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 85 ha | +6.2% |
| 1997 | 85 ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 85 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 85 ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 85 ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 90 ha | +5.9% |
| 2002 | 90 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 90 ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 90 ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 90 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 90 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 90 ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 90 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 90 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 90 ha | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 90 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 95 ha | +5.6% |
| 2013 | 96 ha | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 95 ha | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 96 ha | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 96 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 96 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 97 ha | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 97 ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 98 ha | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 98 ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 98 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 99 ha | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 99 ha | +0.0% |
Seychelles compared with similar countries
- Seychelles's 99 ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 5 ha, 19.8× the median. (45 countries reporting)
- Seychelles's 99 ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 12,958 ha, 1% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 63.33 ha | 60 ha | 65 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 65.9 ha | 65 ha | 68 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 75.5 ha | 70 ha | 80 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 82 ha | 80 ha | 85 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 89.5 ha | 85 ha | 90 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 94.8 ha | 90 ha | 97 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 98.4 ha | 98 ha | 99 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Seychelles
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.96 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0261 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 506.85 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7772 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5452 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — area harvested in Seychelles?
- Bananas — area harvested in Seychelles was 99 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — area harvested recorded in Seychelles?
- The highest recorded value was 99 ha in 2023.
- What is the lowest bananas — area harvested recorded in Seychelles?
- The lowest recorded value was 60 ha in 1961.
- How does Seychelles rank for bananas — area harvested?
- Seychelles ranks 103rd out of 141 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Seychelles?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Seychelles 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.