Bananas — Area harvested in Small island developing States (SIDS)
Small island developing States (SIDS): Bananas — Area harvested was 257,039 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Bananas — Area harvested in Small island developing States (SIDS), 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for bananas — area harvested in Small island developing States (SIDS) is 257,039 ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 9.0% on the previous year and up 16.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — area harvested in Small island developing States (SIDS) peaked at 257,039 ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 163,629 ha, in 1973.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Bananas — Area harvested in Small island developing States (SIDS), year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 172,142 ha | — |
| 1962 | 179,766 ha | +4.4% |
| 1963 | 181,039 ha | +0.7% |
| 1964 | 178,317 ha | -1.5% |
| 1965 | 183,300 ha | +2.8% |
| 1966 | 169,500 ha | -7.5% |
| 1967 | 170,928 ha | +0.8% |
| 1968 | 168,891 ha | -1.2% |
| 1969 | 169,514 ha | +0.4% |
| 1970 | 164,891 ha | -2.7% |
| 1971 | 167,559 ha | +1.6% |
| 1972 | 169,468 ha | +1.1% |
| 1973 | 163,629 ha | -3.4% |
| 1974 | 168,497 ha | +3.0% |
| 1975 | 168,028 ha | -0.3% |
| 1976 | 173,677 ha | +3.4% |
| 1977 | 176,766 ha | +1.8% |
| 1978 | 180,881 ha | +2.3% |
| 1979 | 183,756 ha | +1.6% |
| 1980 | 178,945 ha | -2.6% |
| 1981 | 184,367 ha | +3.0% |
| 1982 | 183,305 ha | -0.6% |
| 1983 | 183,732 ha | +0.2% |
| 1984 | 186,289 ha | +1.4% |
| 1985 | 191,741 ha | +2.9% |
| 1986 | 206,633 ha | +7.8% |
| 1987 | 207,127 ha | +0.2% |
| 1988 | 206,920 ha | -0.1% |
| 1989 | 207,359 ha | +0.2% |
| 1990 | 192,713 ha | -7.1% |
| 1991 | 180,065 ha | -6.6% |
| 1992 | 201,722 ha | +12.0% |
| 1993 | 195,555 ha | -3.1% |
| 1994 | 194,982 ha | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 197,676 ha | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 199,831 ha | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 207,236 ha | +3.7% |
| 1998 | 209,630 ha | +1.2% |
| 1999 | 211,955 ha | +1.1% |
| 2000 | 224,756 ha | +6.0% |
| 2001 | 220,882 ha | -1.7% |
| 2002 | 222,658 ha | +0.8% |
| 2003 | 235,682 ha | +5.8% |
| 2004 | 237,173 ha | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 214,927 ha | -9.4% |
| 2006 | 217,126 ha | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 212,568 ha | -2.1% |
| 2008 | 208,956 ha | -1.7% |
| 2009 | 226,392 ha | +8.3% |
| 2010 | 224,559 ha | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 241,688 ha | +7.6% |
| 2012 | 215,645 ha | -10.8% |
| 2013 | 209,928 ha | -2.7% |
| 2014 | 221,185 ha | +5.4% |
| 2015 | 234,459 ha | +6.0% |
| 2016 | 231,363 ha | -1.3% |
| 2017 | 230,617 ha | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 234,139 ha | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 245,626 ha | +4.9% |
| 2020 | 242,786 ha | -1.2% |
| 2021 | 248,352 ha | +2.3% |
| 2022 | 249,305 ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 235,761 ha | -5.4% |
| 2024 | 257,039 ha | +9.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 174,822 ha | 168,891 ha | 183,300 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 171,715 ha | 163,629 ha | 183,756 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 193,642 ha | 178,945 ha | 207,359 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 199,136 ha | 180,065 ha | 211,955 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 222,112 ha | 208,956 ha | 237,173 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 228,921 ha | 209,928 ha | 245,626 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 246,649 ha | 235,761 ha | 257,039 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Small island developing States (SIDS)
- 2 Brazil 469,989 ha compare
- 3 Nigeria 468,358 ha compare
- 4 China 325,500 ha compare
- 4 United Republic of Tanzania 316,335 ha compare
- 5 China, mainland 310,093 ha compare
- 6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 215,911 ha compare
- 6 Rwanda 202,488 ha compare
- 7 Angola 190,740 ha compare
- 7 Viet Nam 144,600 ha compare
- 8 Philippines 186,270 ha compare
- 8 Melanesia 79,382 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Small island developing States (SIDS)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 10.67 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 13.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Non Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 4.31 % change on previous year (2024)
- Milk, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.16 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat indigenous, total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.33 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 11.83 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 6.59 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 7.93 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — area harvested in Small island developing States (SIDS)?
- Bananas — area harvested in Small island developing States (SIDS) was 257,039 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — area harvested recorded in Small island developing States (SIDS)?
- The highest recorded value was 257,039 ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest bananas — area harvested recorded in Small island developing States (SIDS)?
- The lowest recorded value was 163,629 ha in 1973.
- How does Small island developing States (SIDS) rank for bananas — area harvested?
- Small island developing States (SIDS) ranks 5th out of 18 groups with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Small island developing States (SIDS)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Small island developing States (SIDS) 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.