Bananas — Production by country
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...
What the numbers show
Bananas — Production is currently reported for 138 countries. The highest value is 37.61 million t in India; the lowest is 0 t in Singapore.
The median across all reporting countries is 85,663 t, and the mean is 1.14 million t.
Over the past decade 90 countries rose and 43 fell. The largest increase was in Syrian Arab Republic (up 1,446.7%), and the largest decrease in Italy (down 100.0%).
Bananas — Production: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 37.61 million t | 2024 | up 26.5% | volatile |
| 2 | China | 12.10 million t | 2024 | up 0.1% | volatile |
| 3 | China, mainland | 11.76 million t | 2024 | down 0.3% | volatile |
| 4 | Indonesia | 9.26 million t | 2024 | up 34.9% | volatile |
| 5 | Ecuador | 7.59 million t | 2024 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 5 | United Republic of Tanzania | 3.27 million t | 2024 | up 2.4% | volatile |
| 6 | Brazil | 7.05 million t | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 6 | Viet Nam | 2.64 million t | 2024 | up 42.1% | volatile |
| 7 | Nigeria | 6.91 million t | 2024 | up 132.7% | volatile |
| 7 | Melanesia | 1.31 million t | 2024 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 8 | Philippines | 5.64 million t | 2024 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 8 | Türkiye | 875,000 t | 2024 | up 247.2% | volatile |
| 9 | Angola | 5.21 million t | 2024 | up 49.7% | volatile |
| 9 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 811,021 t | 2024 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 10 | Guatemala | 2.84 million t | 2024 | down 17.0% | volatile |
| 10 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 766,200 t | 2024 | up 50.7% | volatile |
| 11 | Mexico | 2.67 million t | 2024 | up 24.2% | rising |
| 11 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 533,896 t | 2024 | up 9.7% | falling |
| 12 | Colombia | 2.64 million t | 2024 | up 49.0% | rising |
| 12 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 301,638 t | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 13 | Costa Rica | 2.63 million t | 2024 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 13 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 135,294 t | 2024 | up 6.0% | volatile |
| 14 | Caribbean | 2.72 million t | 2024 | up 48.3% | rising |
| 14 | Rwanda | 2.44 million t | 2024 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 14 | Polynesia | 23,356 t | 2024 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 15 | Peru | 2.34 million t | 2024 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 15 | Micronesia | 9,453 t | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 16 | Kenya | 2.06 million t | 2024 | up 25.3% | volatile |
| 16 | Syrian Arab Republic | 2,351 t | 2024 | up 1,446.7% | volatile |
| 17 | Dominican Republic | 2.04 million t | 2024 | up 82.7% | volatile |
| 17 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 2,041 t | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 18 | Thailand | 1.30 million t | 2024 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 18 | Timor-Leste | 559.59 t | 2024 | up 37.6% | volatile |
| 19 | Papua New Guinea | 1.27 million t | 2024 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 20 | Egypt | 1.25 million t | 2024 | down 2.5% | volatile |
| 20 | Côte d'Ivoire | 534,243 t | 2024 | up 49.6% | rising |
| 21 | Burundi | 1.21 million t | 2024 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 22 | Ethiopia | 1.19 million t | 2024 | up 148.8% | volatile |
| 23 | Malawi | 1.13 million t | 2024 | up 74.8% | volatile |
| 24 | Sudan | 952,279 t | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 24 | Cabo Verde | 3,903 t | 2024 | down 62.9% | rising |
| 25 | Bangladesh | 813,560 t | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 26 | Cameroon | 805,353 t | 2024 | down 24.6% | volatile |
| 27 | Sudan (former) | 687,000 t | 2011 | up 194.8% | volatile |
| 28 | Mali | 629,820 t | 2024 | up 361.9% | volatile |
| 29 | Uganda | 560,000 t | 1990 | up 51.8% | rising |
| 30 | Honduras | 550,869 t | 2024 | down 16.4% | falling |
| 31 | South Africa | 430,925 t | 2024 | down 5.7% | volatile |
| 32 | Spain | 421,320 t | 2024 | up 15.3% | flat |
| 33 | Madagascar | 399,940 t | 2024 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 34 | Mozambique | 387,740 t | 2024 | down 32.6% | volatile |
| 35 | Panama | 387,690 t | 2024 | up 21.6% | falling |
| 36 | Nepal | 383,285 t | 2024 | up 84.1% | volatile |
| 37 | Cambodia | 374,923 t | 2024 | up 171.7% | volatile |
| 38 | Australia | 368,735 t | 2024 | up 44.9% | rising |
| 38 | Australia and New Zealand | 368,735 t | 2024 | up 44.9% | rising |
| 40 | China, Taiwan Province of | 341,390 t | 2024 | up 13.8% | falling |
| 41 | Malaysia | 335,444 t | 2024 | up 10.7% | falling |
| 42 | Zimbabwe | 325,400 t | 2024 | up 60.4% | volatile |
| 43 | Pakistan | 311,166 t | 2024 | up 162.0% | rising |
| 44 | Morocco | 310,110 t | 2024 | down 9.5% | volatile |
| 45 | Haiti | 264,881 t | 2024 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 46 | Martinique | 245,798 t | 2006 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 47 | Guinea | 231,171 t | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 48 | France | 210,920 t | 2024 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 49 | Israel | 197,001 t | 2024 | up 55.3% | rising |
| 50 | Argentina | 177,082 t | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 51 | Cuba | 155,957 t | 2024 | down 23.3% | volatile |
| 52 | Liberia | 142,551 t | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 53 | Yemen | 135,448 t | 2024 | up 8.3% | volatile |
| 54 | Ghana | 135,063 t | 2024 | up 54.3% | volatile |
| 55 | Puerto Rico | 107,393 t | 2024 | up 45.1% | falling |
| 56 | Nicaragua | 90,616 t | 2023 | up 143.9% | falling |
| 57 | Paraguay | 88,870 t | 2024 | up 26.6% | volatile |
| 58 | Congo | 86,254 t | 2024 | up 3.9% | volatile |
| 59 | Belize | 85,072 t | 2024 | down 19.3% | volatile |
| 60 | Comoros | 80,029 t | 2024 | up 23.9% | rising |
| 61 | Ethiopia PDR | 80,000 t | 1992 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 62 | Jamaica | 62,998 t | 2024 | up 22.1% | falling |
| 63 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 59,515 t | 2024 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 64 | Jordan | 58,438 t | 2024 | up 55.9% | volatile |
| 65 | Central African Republic | 57,240 t | 2024 | down 7.0% | rising |
| 66 | Guadeloupe | 52,250 t | 2006 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 67 | Burkina Faso | 46,922 t | 2024 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 68 | Lebanon | 40,600 t | 2024 | down 48.0% | volatile |
| 69 | Senegal | 38,625 t | 2024 | up 8.6% | volatile |
| 70 | Saudi Arabia | 34,585 t | 2024 | — | rising |
| 71 | Equatorial Guinea | 31,434 t | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 72 | Eswatini | 30,363 t | 2024 | up 264.7% | volatile |
| 73 | Portugal | 30,230 t | 2024 | up 24.9% | falling |
| 74 | Republic of Korea | 27,345 t | 1990 | — | volatile |
| 75 | Togo | 25,513 t | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 76 | Somalia | 23,554 t | 2024 | up 0.9% | volatile |
| 77 | Samoa | 21,853 t | 2024 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 78 | Guyana | 21,136 t | 2024 | up 78.4% | volatile |
| 79 | Benin | 20,973 t | 2024 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 80 | El Salvador | 20,054 t | 2024 | up 24.1% | flat |
| 81 | Oman | 19,038 t | 2024 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 82 | Vanuatu | 17,871 t | 2024 | up 11.4% | volatile |
| 83 | Gabon | 17,629 t | 2024 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 84 | Fiji | 13,388 t | 2024 | up 166.6% | rising |
| 85 | Dominica | 11,535 t | 2024 | up 1.4% | volatile |
| 86 | Mauritius | 10,843 t | 2024 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 87 | Bahamas | 10,541 t | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 88 | Réunion | 10,000 t | 2006 | unchanged | volatile |
| 89 | Guinea-Bissau | 8,718 t | 2024 | up 5.7% | volatile |
| 90 | Kiribati | 7,412 t | 2024 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 91 | Cyprus | 5,870 t | 2024 | down 2.3% | volatile |
| 92 | Sao Tome and Principe | 5,374 t | 2024 | down 82.3% | volatile |
| 93 | Suriname | 3,586 t | 2024 | down 95.3% | volatile |
| 94 | French Guiana | 3,582 t | 2006 | down 20.3% | volatile |
| 95 | Palestine | 3,379 t | 2022 | down 13.7% | volatile |
| 96 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3,246 t | 2024 | down 9.7% | falling |
| 97 | Saint Lucia | 2,844 t | 2024 | down 85.0% | volatile |
| 98 | New Caledonia | 2,211 t | 2024 | up 119.8% | volatile |
| 99 | Bhutan | 2,050 t | 2024 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 100 | Seychelles | 2,016 t | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 101 | Brunei Darussalam | 1,988 t | 2024 | up 79.4% | volatile |
| 102 | Grenada | 1,502 t | 2024 | down 77.4% | volatile |
| 103 | Greece | 1,090 t | 2024 | down 61.6% | volatile |
| 104 | Barbados | 981.37 t | 2024 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 105 | Tonga | 817.1 t | 2024 | up 0.8% | volatile |
| 106 | Bahrain | 710 t | 1990 | up 18.3% | volatile |
| 107 | Maldives | 686.52 t | 2024 | up 6.3% | volatile |
| 108 | Zambia | 683.84 t | 2024 | down 0.2% | volatile |
| 109 | United Arab Emirates | 327 t | 2024 | up 68.3% | volatile |
| 110 | Solomon Islands | 320.13 t | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 111 | Tuvalu | 293.52 t | 2024 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 112 | French Polynesia | 283.48 t | 2024 | down 36.0% | falling |
| 113 | Algeria | 234.77 t | 2024 | down 23.1% | volatile |
| 114 | Niue | 82.28 t | 2024 | up 2.4% | volatile |
| 115 | Japan | 17.99 t | 2024 | down 15.7% | volatile |
| 116 | Cook Islands | 9.83 t | 2024 | down 57.2% | volatile |
| 117 | Antigua and Barbuda | 2.37 t | 2024 | down 51.6% | volatile |
| 118 | Italy | 0 t | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 118 | Kuwait | 0 t | 1992 | — | volatile |
| 118 | Libya | 0 t | 1992 | — | volatile |
| 118 | Singapore | 0 t | 1992 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 139.41 million t
- Asia 73.05 million t
- Southern Asia 39.26 million t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 21.06 million t
- Americas 32.73 million t
- Middle Africa 7.03 million t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 31.46 million t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 4.28 million t
- Africa 31.26 million t
- South America 20.74 million t
- South-Eastern Asia 20.32 million t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 17.25 million t
- Eastern Africa 12.53 million t
- Eastern Asia 12.10 million t
- Central America 9.27 million t
- Western Africa 8.72 million t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 8.60 million t
- Northern Africa 2.51 million t
- Oceania 1.71 million t
- Western Asia 1.37 million t
- European Union (27) 669,430 t
- Europe 663,560 t
- Southern Africa 461,288 t
- Southern Europe 452,640 t
- Western Europe 210,920 t
- Northern America 3,561 t
- United States of America 3,561 t
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.