Bananas — Area harvested in Thailand
Thailand: Bananas — Area harvested was 57,399 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Bananas — Area harvested in Thailand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Thailand recorded 57,399 ha for bananas — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.6% on the previous year and up 55.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — area harvested in Thailand peaked at 156,269 ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 36,821 ha, in 2014.
That places Thailand 24th out of 141 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Bananas — Area harvested in Thailand, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 70,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 70,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 80,000 ha | +14.3% |
| 1964 | 80,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 120,000 ha | +50.0% |
| 1966 | 125,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1967 | 125,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 125,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 125,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 125,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 125,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 125,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 125,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 125,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 125,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 125,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 125,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 125,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 125,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 130,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 1981 | 130,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 130,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 130,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 130,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 130,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 130,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 130,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 130,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 132,000 ha | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 126,546 ha | -4.1% |
| 1991 | 137,255 ha | +8.5% |
| 1992 | 139,548 ha | +1.7% |
| 1993 | 138,737 ha | -0.6% |
| 1994 | 133,000 ha | -4.1% |
| 1995 | 135,000 ha | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 141,120 ha | +4.5% |
| 1997 | 130,000 ha | -7.9% |
| 1998 | 134,000 ha | +3.1% |
| 1999 | 148,000 ha | +10.4% |
| 2000 | 156,269 ha | +5.6% |
| 2001 | 151,211 ha | -3.2% |
| 2002 | 139,000 ha | -8.1% |
| 2003 | 148,360 ha | +6.7% |
| 2004 | 124,378 ha | -16.2% |
| 2005 | 118,595 ha | -4.6% |
| 2006 | 126,505 ha | +6.7% |
| 2007 | 132,021 ha | +4.4% |
| 2008 | 132,491 ha | +0.4% |
| 2009 | 133,162 ha | +0.5% |
| 2010 | 133,527 ha | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 86,729 ha | -35.0% |
| 2012 | 80,439 ha | -7.3% |
| 2013 | 40,071 ha | -50.2% |
| 2014 | 36,821 ha | -8.1% |
| 2015 | 38,061 ha | +3.4% |
| 2016 | 49,440 ha | +29.9% |
| 2017 | 55,250 ha | +11.8% |
| 2018 | 59,720 ha | +8.1% |
| 2019 | 60,830 ha | +1.9% |
| 2020 | 62,650 ha | +3.0% |
| 2021 | 59,751 ha | -4.6% |
| 2022 | 57,304 ha | -4.1% |
| 2023 | 57,756 ha | +0.8% |
| 2024 | 57,399 ha | -0.6% |
Thailand compared with similar countries
- Thailand's 57,399 ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 6,574 ha, 8.7× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Thailand's 57,399 ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 1,702 ha, 33.7× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — Area harvested in Thailand 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | -50.2% | 80,439 ha | 40,071 ha |
| 1965 | +50.0% | 80,000 ha | 120,000 ha |
| 2011 | -35.0% | 133,527 ha | 86,729 ha |
| 2016 | +29.9% | 38,061 ha | 49,440 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 102,222 ha | 70,000 ha | 125,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 125,000 ha | 125,000 ha | 125,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 130,200 ha | 130,000 ha | 132,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 136,321 ha | 126,546 ha | 148,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 136,199 ha | 118,595 ha | 156,269 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 64,089 ha | 36,821 ha | 133,527 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 58,972 ha | 57,304 ha | 62,650 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
- 21 Mozambique 68,825 ha compare
- 22 Cameroon 62,047 ha compare
- 23 Malawi 58,474 ha compare
- 25 Guatemala 57,183 ha compare
- 26 Cabo Verde 240 ha compare
- 26 Dominican Republic 55,954 ha compare
- 27 Haiti 54,297 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Thailand
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0875 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 704.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.51 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.372 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — area harvested in Thailand?
- Bananas — area harvested in Thailand was 57,399 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — area harvested recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 156,269 ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest bananas — area harvested recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 36,821 ha in 2014.
- How does Thailand rank for bananas — area harvested?
- Thailand ranks 24th out of 141 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 55.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Thailand 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.