Bananas — Area harvested in Uganda
Uganda: Bananas — Area harvested was 118,000 ha in 1990. ▲ Rising
Bananas — Area harvested in Uganda, 1961–1990
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Uganda recorded 118,000 ha for bananas — area harvested in 1990.
The figure is up 6.3% on the previous year and up 15.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — area harvested in Uganda peaked at 142,500 ha in 1970 and was at its lowest, 50,000 ha, in 1961.
Uganda ranks 13th of 141 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 30 years of available data.
Bananas — Area harvested in Uganda, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 50,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 50,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 50,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 50,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 50,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 52,100 ha | +4.2% |
| 1967 | 69,900 ha | +34.2% |
| 1968 | 88,900 ha | +27.2% |
| 1969 | 82,000 ha | -7.8% |
| 1970 | 142,500 ha | +73.8% |
| 1971 | 108,400 ha | -23.9% |
| 1972 | 124,900 ha | +15.2% |
| 1973 | 100,000 ha | -19.9% |
| 1974 | 100,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 100,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 100,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 100,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 100,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 102,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1980 | 102,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 102,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 102,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 102,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 102,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 104,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1986 | 105,000 ha | +1.0% |
| 1987 | 106,000 ha | +1.0% |
| 1988 | 109,000 ha | +2.8% |
| 1989 | 111,000 ha | +1.8% |
| 1990 | 118,000 ha | +6.3% |
Uganda compared with similar countries
- Uganda's 118,000 ha is above the median for low income countries, which is 53,668 ha, 2.2× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Uganda's 118,000 ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 12,958 ha, 9.1× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — Area harvested in Uganda 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | +73.8% | 82,000 ha | 142,500 ha |
| 1967 | +34.2% | 52,100 ha | 69,900 ha |
| 1968 | +27.2% | 69,900 ha | 88,900 ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 60,322 ha | 50,000 ha | 88,900 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 107,780 ha | 100,000 ha | 142,500 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 104,500 ha | 102,000 ha | 111,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 118,000 ha | 118,000 ha | 118,000 ha | 1 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
- 10 Lao People's Democratic Republic 27,560 ha compare
- 10 Peru 175,712 ha
- 11 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 20,061 ha compare
- 11 Burundi 165,189 ha compare
- 12 Indonesia 152,656 ha compare
- 12 Türkiye 12,918 ha compare
- 13 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 4,240 ha compare
- 14 Colombia 105,592 ha compare
- 14 Caribbean 150,870 ha compare
- 14 Polynesia 3,676 ha compare
- 15 Ethiopia 90,856 ha
- 15 Micronesia 1,818 ha compare
- 16 Cambodia 87,480 ha compare
- 16 Timor-Leste 932 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Uganda
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 22.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2613 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 315.24 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.75 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6806 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 26.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 26.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — area harvested in Uganda?
- Bananas — area harvested in Uganda was 118,000 ha in 1990, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — area harvested recorded in Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 142,500 ha in 1970.
- What is the lowest bananas — area harvested recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 50,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Uganda rank for bananas — area harvested?
- Uganda ranks 13th out of 141 countries with data for 1990.
- Is bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uganda 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.