Bananas — Area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago: Bananas — Area harvested was 976 ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Bananas — Area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, bananas — area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago stood at 976 ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 0.5% on the previous year and down 9.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago peaked at 1,600 ha in 2008 and was at its lowest, 850 ha, in 1961.
Trinidad and Tobago ranks 81st of 141 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Bananas — Area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 850 ha | — |
| 1962 | 950 ha | +11.8% |
| 1963 | 990 ha | +4.2% |
| 1964 | 1,400 ha | +41.4% |
| 1965 | 1,300 ha | -7.1% |
| 1966 | 1,080 ha | -16.9% |
| 1967 | 1,350 ha | +25.0% |
| 1968 | 1,570 ha | +16.3% |
| 1969 | 1,350 ha | -14.0% |
| 1970 | 1,350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 1,350 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 1,120 ha | -17.0% |
| 1973 | 1,060 ha | -5.4% |
| 1974 | 1,070 ha | +0.9% |
| 1975 | 1,070 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 1,060 ha | -0.9% |
| 1977 | 1,060 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 1,060 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1,060 ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1,090 ha | +2.8% |
| 1981 | 1,050 ha | -3.7% |
| 1982 | 1,050 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1,060 ha | +1.0% |
| 1984 | 1,060 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1,060 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1,080 ha | +1.9% |
| 1987 | 1,120 ha | +3.7% |
| 1988 | 1,120 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 1,150 ha | +2.7% |
| 1990 | 1,133 ha | -1.5% |
| 1991 | 1,170 ha | +3.3% |
| 1992 | 1,182 ha | +1.0% |
| 1993 | 1,199 ha | +1.4% |
| 1994 | 1,231 ha | +2.7% |
| 1995 | 1,227 ha | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 1,222 ha | -0.4% |
| 1997 | 1,223 ha | +0.1% |
| 1998 | 1,214 ha | -0.7% |
| 1999 | 1,208 ha | -0.5% |
| 2000 | 1,200 ha | -0.7% |
| 2001 | 1,212 ha | +1.0% |
| 2002 | 1,250 ha | +3.1% |
| 2003 | 1,280 ha | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 1,300 ha | +1.6% |
| 2005 | 1,350 ha | +3.8% |
| 2006 | 1,341 ha | -0.7% |
| 2007 | 1,417 ha | +5.7% |
| 2008 | 1,600 ha | +12.9% |
| 2009 | 1,600 ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1,000 ha | -37.5% |
| 2011 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1,098 ha | +9.8% |
| 2014 | 1,082 ha | -1.5% |
| 2015 | 997 ha | -7.9% |
| 2016 | 1,059 ha | +6.2% |
| 2017 | 1,023 ha | -3.4% |
| 2018 | 992 ha | -3.0% |
| 2019 | 979 ha | -1.3% |
| 2020 | 998 ha | +1.9% |
| 2021 | 979 ha | -1.9% |
| 2022 | 967 ha | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 981 ha | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 976 ha | -0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,204 ha | 850 ha | 1,570 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 1,126 ha | 1,060 ha | 1,350 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 1,084 ha | 1,050 ha | 1,150 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,201 ha | 1,133 ha | 1,231 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,355 ha | 1,200 ha | 1,600 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,023 ha | 979 ha | 1,098 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 980.2 ha | 967 ha | 998 ha | 5 |
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- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Bananas — area harvested in Trinidad and Tobago was 976 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — area harvested recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The highest recorded value was 1,600 ha in 2008.
- What is the lowest bananas — area harvested recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The lowest recorded value was 850 ha in 1961.
- How does Trinidad and Tobago rank for bananas — area harvested?
- Trinidad and Tobago ranks 81st out of 141 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Trinidad and Tobago 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.