Bananas — Area harvested in Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands: Bananas — Area harvested was 138 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Bananas — Area harvested in Solomon Islands, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for bananas — area harvested in Solomon Islands is 138 ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.7% on the previous year and up 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — area harvested in Solomon Islands peaked at 142 ha in 2015 and was at its lowest, 36 ha, in 1961.
Solomon Islands ranks 102nd of 141 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Bananas — Area harvested in Solomon Islands, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 36 ha | — |
| 1962 | 36 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 36 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 36 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 36 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 36 ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 36 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 36 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 36 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 36 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 37 ha | +2.8% |
| 1972 | 37 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 37 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 37 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 37 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 37 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 37 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 37 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 37 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 38 ha | +2.7% |
| 1981 | 38 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 38 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 38 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 38 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 40 ha | +5.3% |
| 1986 | 40 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 40 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 40 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 42 ha | +5.0% |
| 1990 | 52 ha | +23.8% |
| 1991 | 44 ha | -15.4% |
| 1992 | 51 ha | +15.9% |
| 1993 | 50 ha | -2.0% |
| 1994 | 54 ha | +8.0% |
| 1995 | 50 ha | -7.4% |
| 1996 | 85 ha | +70.0% |
| 1997 | 90 ha | +5.9% |
| 1998 | 90 ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 95 ha | +5.6% |
| 2000 | 100 ha | +5.3% |
| 2001 | 110 ha | +10.0% |
| 2002 | 110 ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 105 ha | -4.5% |
| 2004 | 110 ha | +4.8% |
| 2005 | 110 ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 105 ha | -4.5% |
| 2007 | 110 ha | +4.8% |
| 2008 | 115 ha | +4.5% |
| 2009 | 120 ha | +4.3% |
| 2010 | 122 ha | +1.7% |
| 2011 | 125 ha | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 115 ha | -8.0% |
| 2013 | 128 ha | +11.3% |
| 2014 | 131 ha | +2.3% |
| 2015 | 142 ha | +8.4% |
| 2016 | 134 ha | -5.6% |
| 2017 | 134 ha | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 138 ha | +3.0% |
| 2019 | 135 ha | -2.2% |
| 2020 | 141 ha | +4.4% |
| 2021 | 138 ha | -2.1% |
| 2022 | 138 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 139 ha | +0.7% |
| 2024 | 138 ha | -0.7% |
Solomon Islands compared with similar countries
- Solomon Islands's 138 ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 11,932 ha, 1% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Solomon Islands's 138 ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,702 ha, 8% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — Area harvested in Solomon Islands changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | +70.0% | 50 ha | 85 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 36 ha | 36 ha | 36 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 36.9 ha | 36 ha | 37 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 39.2 ha | 38 ha | 42 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 66.1 ha | 44 ha | 95 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 109.5 ha | 100 ha | 120 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 130.4 ha | 115 ha | 142 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 138.8 ha | 138 ha | 141 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Solomon Islands
- 99 Sao Tome and Principe 203 ha compare
- 100 Barbados 171 ha compare
- 101 Zambia 158 ha compare
- 103 Seychelles 99 ha compare
- 104 Saint Lucia 96 ha compare
- 105 Palestine 92 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Solomon Islands
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2973 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 574.77 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.42 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6869 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 29.7% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 29.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 73.3% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.7% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — area harvested in Solomon Islands?
- Bananas — area harvested in Solomon Islands was 138 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — area harvested recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 142 ha in 2015.
- What is the lowest bananas — area harvested recorded in Solomon Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 36 ha in 1961.
- How does Solomon Islands rank for bananas — area harvested?
- Solomon Islands ranks 102nd out of 141 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Solomon Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Solomon Islands 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.