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...

Countries reporting
156
Highest
37.61 million t
India
Lowest
0 t
Netherlands (Kingdom of the)
Median
36,605 t
Years covered
64
1961–2024
Data points
9,787

What the numbers show

Bananas — Production is currently reported for 156 countries. The highest value is 37.61 million t in India; the lowest is 0 t in Netherlands (Kingdom of the).

The median across all reporting countries is 36,605 t, and the mean is 1.01 million t.

Over the past decade 90 countries rose and 41 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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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
6 Brazil 7.05 million t 2024 up 1.3% rising
7 Nigeria 6.91 million t 2024 up 132.7% volatile
8 Philippines 5.64 million t 2024 down 1.2% volatile
9 Angola 5.21 million t 2024 up 49.7% volatile
10 United Republic of Tanzania 3.27 million t 2024 up 2.4% volatile
11 Guatemala 2.84 million t 2024 down 17.0% volatile
12 Caribbean 2.72 million t 2024 up 48.3% rising
13 Mexico 2.67 million t 2024 up 24.2% rising
14 Viet Nam 2.64 million t 2024 up 42.1% volatile
15 Colombia 2.64 million t 2024 up 49.0% rising
16 Costa Rica 2.63 million t 2024 up 8.9% rising
17 Rwanda 2.44 million t 2024 up 35.1% rising
18 Peru 2.34 million t 2024 up 10.2% rising
19 Kenya 2.06 million t 2024 up 25.3% volatile
20 Dominican Republic 2.04 million t 2024 up 82.7% volatile
21 Melanesia 1.31 million t 2024 down 2.4% rising
22 Thailand 1.30 million t 2024 down 7.1% rising
23 Papua New Guinea 1.27 million t 2024 down 3.3% rising
24 Egypt 1.25 million t 2024 down 2.5% volatile
25 Burundi 1.21 million t 2024 down 11.4% rising
26 Ethiopia 1.19 million t 2024 up 148.8% volatile
27 Malawi 1.13 million t 2024 up 74.8% volatile
28 Sudan 952,279 t 2024 up 4.8% rising
29 Türkiye 875,000 t 2024 up 247.2% volatile
30 Bangladesh 813,560 t 2024 up 5.6% rising
31 Democratic Republic of the Congo 811,021 t 2024 down 2.6% rising
32 Cameroon 805,353 t 2024 down 24.6% volatile
33 Lao People's Democratic Republic 766,200 t 2024 up 50.7% volatile
34 Sudan (former) 687,000 t 2011 up 194.8% volatile
35 Mali 629,820 t 2024 up 361.9% volatile
36 Uganda 560,000 t 1990 up 51.8% rising
37 Honduras 550,869 t 2024 down 16.4% falling
38 Côte d'Ivoire 534,243 t 2024 up 49.6% rising
39 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 533,896 t 2024 up 9.7% falling
40 Spain 421,320 t 2024 up 15.3% flat
41 Madagascar 399,940 t 2024 up 10.8% rising
42 Mozambique 387,740 t 2024 down 32.6% volatile
43 Panama 387,690 t 2024 up 21.6% falling
44 Nepal 383,285 t 2024 up 84.1% volatile
45 Cambodia 374,923 t 2024 up 171.7% volatile
46 Australia 368,735 t 2024 up 44.9% rising
46 Australia and New Zealand 368,735 t 2024 up 44.9% rising
48 China, Taiwan Province of 341,390 t 2024 up 13.8% falling
49 Malaysia 335,444 t 2024 up 10.7% falling
50 Zimbabwe 325,400 t 2024 up 60.4% volatile
51 Pakistan 311,166 t 2024 up 162.0% rising
52 Morocco 310,110 t 2024 down 9.5% volatile
53 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 301,638 t 2024 up 6.5% rising
54 Haiti 264,881 t 2024 down 4.2% rising
55 Martinique 245,798 t 2006 down 15.4% rising
56 Guinea 231,171 t 2024 up 9.1% rising
57 France 210,920 t 2024 up 10.6% rising
58 Israel 197,001 t 2024 up 55.3% rising
59 Argentina 177,082 t 2024 up 0.7% rising
60 Cuba 155,957 t 2024 down 23.3% volatile
61 Liberia 142,551 t 2024 up 6.9% rising
62 Yemen 135,448 t 2024 up 8.3% volatile
63 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 135,294 t 2024 up 6.0% volatile
64 Ghana 135,063 t 2024 up 54.3% volatile
65 Puerto Rico 107,393 t 2024 up 45.1% falling
66 Nicaragua 90,616 t 2023 up 143.9% falling
67 Paraguay 88,870 t 2024 up 26.6% volatile
68 Congo 86,254 t 2024 up 3.9% volatile
69 Belize 85,072 t 2024 down 19.3% volatile
70 Comoros 80,029 t 2024 up 23.9% rising
71 Ethiopia PDR 80,000 t 1992 up 9.6% rising
72 Jamaica 62,998 t 2024 up 22.1% falling
73 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 59,515 t 2024 down 4.3% rising
74 Jordan 58,438 t 2024 up 55.9% volatile
75 Guadeloupe 52,250 t 2006 down 40.0% falling
76 Burkina Faso 46,922 t 2024 down 11.5% falling
77 Lebanon 40,600 t 2024 down 48.0% volatile
78 Senegal 38,625 t 2024 up 8.6% volatile
79 Saudi Arabia 34,585 t 2024 rising
80 Equatorial Guinea 31,434 t 2024 up 8.0% rising
81 Eswatini 30,363 t 2024 up 264.7% volatile
82 Portugal 30,230 t 2024 up 24.9% falling
83 Republic of Korea 27,345 t 1990 volatile
84 Togo 25,513 t 2024 up 2.6% rising
85 Somalia 23,554 t 2024 up 0.9% volatile
86 Polynesia 23,356 t 2024 down 4.6% falling
87 Samoa 21,853 t 2024 down 4.2% falling
88 Guyana 21,136 t 2024 up 78.4% volatile
89 Benin 20,973 t 2024 up 7.0% rising
90 El Salvador 20,054 t 2024 up 24.1% flat
91 Oman 19,038 t 2024 up 4.7% rising
92 Vanuatu 17,871 t 2024 up 11.4% volatile
93 Gabon 17,629 t 2024 up 0.8% rising
94 Fiji 13,388 t 2024 up 166.6% rising
95 Dominica 11,535 t 2024 up 1.4% volatile
96 Mauritius 10,843 t 2024 up 22.8% rising
97 Bahamas 10,541 t 2024 up 6.6% rising
98 Micronesia 9,453 t 2024 up 1.9% rising
99 Guinea-Bissau 8,718 t 2024 up 5.7% volatile
100 Kiribati 7,412 t 2024 up 2.4% rising
101 Cyprus 5,870 t 2024 down 2.3% volatile
102 Sao Tome and Principe 5,374 t 2024 down 82.3% volatile
103 Cabo Verde 3,903 t 2024 down 62.9% rising
104 Suriname 3,586 t 2024 down 95.3% volatile
105 French Guiana 3,582 t 2006 down 20.3% volatile
106 Palestine 3,379 t 2022 down 13.7% volatile
107 Trinidad and Tobago 3,246 t 2024 down 9.7% falling
108 Saint Lucia 2,844 t 2024 down 85.0% volatile
109 Syrian Arab Republic 2,351 t 2024 up 1,446.7% volatile
110 New Caledonia 2,211 t 2024 up 119.8% volatile
111 Bhutan 2,050 t 2024 up 35.7% rising
112 Micronesia (Federated States of) 2,041 t 2024 up 0.1% flat
113 Seychelles 2,016 t 2024 up 1.7% rising
114 Brunei Darussalam 1,988 t 2024 up 79.4% volatile
115 Grenada 1,502 t 2024 down 77.4% volatile
116 Greece 1,090 t 2024 down 61.6% volatile
117 Barbados 981.37 t 2024 up 0.1% falling
118 Tonga 817.1 t 2024 up 0.8% volatile
119 Bahrain 710 t 1990 up 18.3% volatile
120 Maldives 686.52 t 2024 up 6.3% volatile
121 Zambia 683.84 t 2024 down 0.2% volatile
122 Timor-Leste 559.59 t 2024 up 37.6% volatile
123 United Arab Emirates 327 t 2024 up 68.3% volatile
124 Solomon Islands 320.13 t 2024 up 2.1% rising
125 Tuvalu 293.52 t 2024 up 4.8% rising
126 French Polynesia 283.48 t 2024 down 36.0% falling
127 Algeria 234.77 t 2024 down 23.1% volatile
128 Niue 82.28 t 2024 up 2.4% volatile
129 Japan 17.99 t 2024 down 15.7% volatile
130 Cook Islands 9.83 t 2024 down 57.2% volatile
131 Antigua and Barbuda 2.37 t 2024 down 51.6% volatile
132 Austria 0 t 2024 flat
132 Belgium 0 t 2024 flat
132 Bulgaria 0 t 2024 flat
132 Czechia 0 t 2024 flat
132 Germany 0 t 2024 flat
132 Denmark 0 t 2024 flat
132 Estonia 0 t 2024 flat
132 Finland 0 t 2024 flat
132 Croatia 0 t 2024 flat
132 Hungary 0 t 2024 flat
132 Ireland 0 t 2024 flat
132 Italy 0 t 2024 down 100.0% volatile
132 Kuwait 0 t 1992 volatile
132 Libya 0 t 1992 volatile
132 Lithuania 0 t 2024 flat
132 Luxembourg 0 t 2024 flat
132 Latvia 0 t 2024 flat
132 Malta 0 t 2024 flat
132 Poland 0 t 2024 flat
132 Romania 0 t 2024 flat
132 Singapore 0 t 1992 down 100.0% volatile
132 Slovakia 0 t 2024 flat
132 Slovenia 0 t 2024 flat
132 Sweden 0 t 2024 flat
132 Netherlands (Kingdom of the) 0 t 2024 flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Bananas — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
188 places, 9,787 data points, 1961–2024
Last refreshed

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.