Bananas — Production in Asia
Asia: Bananas — Production was 73.05 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Bananas — Production in Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for bananas — production in Asia is 73.05 million t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.8% on the previous year and up 20.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — production in Asia peaked at 73.05 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6.38 million t, in 1961.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Bananas — Production in Asia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6.38 million t | — |
| 1962 | 6.59 million t | +3.3% |
| 1963 | 7.00 million t | +6.2% |
| 1964 | 7.33 million t | +4.8% |
| 1965 | 8.68 million t | +18.3% |
| 1966 | 9.08 million t | +4.6% |
| 1967 | 8.89 million t | -2.0% |
| 1968 | 8.75 million t | -1.5% |
| 1969 | 9.09 million t | +3.8% |
| 1970 | 9.63 million t | +6.0% |
| 1971 | 10.16 million t | +5.4% |
| 1972 | 9.86 million t | -3.0% |
| 1973 | 10.14 million t | +2.9% |
| 1974 | 10.52 million t | +3.8% |
| 1975 | 10.91 million t | +3.6% |
| 1976 | 10.80 million t | -0.9% |
| 1977 | 12.40 million t | +14.8% |
| 1978 | 13.09 million t | +5.5% |
| 1979 | 13.83 million t | +5.7% |
| 1980 | 14.65 million t | +5.9% |
| 1981 | 14.99 million t | +2.3% |
| 1982 | 14.82 million t | -1.1% |
| 1983 | 14.52 million t | -2.0% |
| 1984 | 15.75 million t | +8.5% |
| 1985 | 16.14 million t | +2.4% |
| 1986 | 17.97 million t | +11.4% |
| 1987 | 18.65 million t | +3.8% |
| 1988 | 18.54 million t | -0.6% |
| 1989 | 17.98 million t | -3.0% |
| 1990 | 19.38 million t | +7.8% |
| 1991 | 20.74 million t | +7.0% |
| 1992 | 22.20 million t | +7.1% |
| 1993 | 24.10 million t | +8.5% |
| 1994 | 25.69 million t | +6.6% |
| 1995 | 26.43 million t | +2.9% |
| 1996 | 25.16 million t | -4.8% |
| 1997 | 28.80 million t | +14.5% |
| 1998 | 31.05 million t | +7.8% |
| 1999 | 34.28 million t | +10.4% |
| 2000 | 33.02 million t | -3.6% |
| 2001 | 34.17 million t | +3.5% |
| 2002 | 34.00 million t | -0.5% |
| 2003 | 34.93 million t | +2.7% |
| 2004 | 38.54 million t | +10.4% |
| 2005 | 42.42 million t | +10.1% |
| 2006 | 45.42 million t | +7.1% |
| 2007 | 50.63 million t | +11.5% |
| 2008 | 54.29 million t | +7.2% |
| 2009 | 56.32 million t | +3.7% |
| 2010 | 60.17 million t | +6.8% |
| 2011 | 60.07 million t | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 59.12 million t | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 60.43 million t | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 60.47 million t | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 61.62 million t | +1.9% |
| 2016 | 59.52 million t | -3.4% |
| 2017 | 61.90 million t | +4.0% |
| 2018 | 62.87 million t | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 62.91 million t | +0.1% |
| 2020 | 66.29 million t | +5.4% |
| 2021 | 67.71 million t | +2.1% |
| 2022 | 70.00 million t | +3.4% |
| 2023 | 72.48 million t | +3.5% |
| 2024 | 73.05 million t | +0.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7.98 million t | 6.38 million t | 9.09 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 11.13 million t | 9.63 million t | 13.83 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 16.40 million t | 14.52 million t | 18.65 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 25.78 million t | 19.38 million t | 34.28 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 42.37 million t | 33.02 million t | 56.32 million t | 10 |
| 2010s | 60.91 million t | 59.12 million t | 62.91 million t | 10 |
| 2020s | 69.91 million t | 66.29 million t | 73.05 million t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — production in Asia?
- Bananas — production in Asia was 73.05 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — production recorded in Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 73.05 million t in 2024.
- What is the lowest bananas — production recorded in Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.38 million t in 1961.
- How does Asia rank for bananas — production?
- Asia ranks 1st out of 18 groups with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — production rising or falling in Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Asia data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Bananas — Production. 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.