Bananas — Area harvested in Suriname
Suriname: Bananas — Area harvested was 209 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Bananas — Area harvested in Suriname, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, bananas — area harvested in Suriname stood at 209 ha.
That represents a change of down 15.0% on the previous year and down 90.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — area harvested in Suriname peaked at 2,250 ha in 1994 and was at its lowest, 80 ha, in 2003.
That places Suriname 98th out of 141 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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 Suriname, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 419 ha | — |
| 1962 | 386 ha | -7.9% |
| 1963 | 385 ha | -0.3% |
| 1964 | 221 ha | -42.6% |
| 1965 | 990 ha | +348.0% |
| 1966 | 1,605 ha | +62.1% |
| 1967 | 1,748 ha | +8.9% |
| 1968 | 1,763 ha | +0.9% |
| 1969 | 1,857 ha | +5.3% |
| 1970 | 1,634 ha | -12.0% |
| 1971 | 1,792 ha | +9.7% |
| 1972 | 1,940 ha | +8.3% |
| 1973 | 1,713 ha | -11.7% |
| 1974 | 1,910 ha | +11.5% |
| 1975 | 1,950 ha | +2.1% |
| 1976 | 1,722 ha | -11.7% |
| 1977 | 1,707 ha | -0.9% |
| 1978 | 1,602 ha | -6.2% |
| 1979 | 1,683 ha | +5.1% |
| 1980 | 1,625 ha | -3.4% |
| 1981 | 1,939 ha | +19.3% |
| 1982 | 1,672 ha | -13.8% |
| 1983 | 1,629 ha | -2.6% |
| 1984 | 1,709 ha | +4.9% |
| 1985 | 1,641 ha | -4.0% |
| 1986 | 1,625 ha | -1.0% |
| 1987 | 1,761 ha | +8.4% |
| 1988 | 1,986 ha | +12.8% |
| 1989 | 2,076 ha | +4.5% |
| 1990 | 2,073 ha | -0.1% |
| 1991 | 2,116 ha | +2.1% |
| 1992 | 2,131 ha | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 2,170 ha | +1.8% |
| 1994 | 2,250 ha | +3.7% |
| 1995 | 2,150 ha | -4.4% |
| 1996 | 2,148 ha | -0.1% |
| 1997 | 2,057 ha | -4.2% |
| 1998 | 2,152 ha | +4.6% |
| 1999 | 2,143 ha | -0.4% |
| 2000 | 2,182 ha | +1.8% |
| 2001 | 2,172 ha | -0.5% |
| 2002 | 2,178 ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 80 ha | -96.3% |
| 2004 | 1,495 ha | +1768.8% |
| 2005 | 1,657 ha | +10.8% |
| 2006 | 1,912 ha | +15.4% |
| 2007 | 1,907 ha | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 1,849 ha | -3.0% |
| 2009 | 1,963 ha | +6.2% |
| 2010 | 2,081 ha | +6.0% |
| 2011 | 2,044 ha | -1.8% |
| 2012 | 2,051 ha | +0.3% |
| 2013 | 2,173 ha | +5.9% |
| 2014 | 2,164 ha | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 1,993 ha | -7.9% |
| 2016 | 1,993 ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1,953 ha | -2.0% |
| 2018 | 1,730 ha | -11.4% |
| 2019 | 1,051 ha | -39.2% |
| 2020 | 1,073 ha | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 646 ha | -39.8% |
| 2022 | 503 ha | -22.1% |
| 2023 | 246 ha | -51.1% |
| 2024 | 209 ha | -15.0% |
Suriname compared with similar countries
- Suriname's 209 ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 6,574 ha, 3% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Suriname's 209 ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 6,955 ha, 3% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — Area harvested in Suriname 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +1768.8% | 80 ha | 1,495 ha |
| 1965 | +348.0% | 221 ha | 990 ha |
| 2003 | -96.3% | 2,178 ha | 80 ha |
| 1966 | +62.1% | 990 ha | 1,605 ha |
| 2023 | -51.1% | 503 ha | 246 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,042 ha | 221 ha | 1,857 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,765 ha | 1,602 ha | 1,950 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,766 ha | 1,625 ha | 2,076 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 2,139 ha | 2,057 ha | 2,250 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,740 ha | 80 ha | 2,182 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,923 ha | 1,051 ha | 2,173 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 535.4 ha | 209 ha | 1,073 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Suriname
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- 99 Sao Tome and Principe 203 ha compare
- 100 Barbados 171 ha compare
- 101 Zambia 158 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Suriname
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 20.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0677 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 471.32 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7818 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3421 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.8% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — area harvested in Suriname?
- Bananas — area harvested in Suriname was 209 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — area harvested recorded in Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 2,250 ha in 1994.
- What is the lowest bananas — area harvested recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 80 ha in 2003.
- How does Suriname rank for bananas — area harvested?
- Suriname ranks 98th out of 141 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is down 90.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Suriname 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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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.