Bananas — Production in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Bananas — Production was 368,735 t in 2024. ▲ Rising
Bananas — Production in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, bananas — production in Australia and New Zealand stood at 368,735 t.
That represents a change of down 1.5% on the previous year and up 44.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — production in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 412,972 t in 2017 and was at its lowest, 97,808 t, in 1978.
Australia and New Zealand ranks 38th of 142 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Bananas — Production in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 123,863 t | — |
| 1962 | 123,863 t | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 122,745 t | -0.9% |
| 1964 | 135,226 t | +10.2% |
| 1965 | 127,719 t | -5.6% |
| 1966 | 119,241 t | -6.6% |
| 1967 | 124,479 t | +4.4% |
| 1968 | 130,688 t | +5.0% |
| 1969 | 125,481 t | -4.0% |
| 1970 | 131,069 t | +4.5% |
| 1971 | 132,585 t | +1.2% |
| 1972 | 127,834 t | -3.6% |
| 1973 | 104,600 t | -18.2% |
| 1974 | 105,797 t | +1.1% |
| 1975 | 99,887 t | -5.6% |
| 1976 | 103,233 t | +3.3% |
| 1977 | 115,062 t | +11.5% |
| 1978 | 97,808 t | -15.0% |
| 1979 | 113,132 t | +15.7% |
| 1980 | 125,123 t | +10.6% |
| 1981 | 124,341 t | -0.6% |
| 1982 | 129,582 t | +4.2% |
| 1983 | 140,481 t | +8.4% |
| 1984 | 146,423 t | +4.2% |
| 1985 | 144,774 t | -1.1% |
| 1986 | 132,751 t | -8.3% |
| 1987 | 157,720 t | +18.8% |
| 1988 | 160,137 t | +1.5% |
| 1989 | 195,762 t | +22.2% |
| 1990 | 180,290 t | -7.9% |
| 1991 | 165,057 t | -8.4% |
| 1992 | 176,906 t | +7.2% |
| 1993 | 213,908 t | +20.9% |
| 1994 | 219,222 t | +2.5% |
| 1995 | 208,102 t | -5.1% |
| 1996 | 220,047 t | +5.7% |
| 1997 | 199,581 t | -9.3% |
| 1998 | 222,957 t | +11.7% |
| 1999 | 225,167 t | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 256,867 t | +14.1% |
| 2001 | 358,388 t | +39.5% |
| 2002 | 313,314 t | -12.6% |
| 2003 | 264,772 t | -15.5% |
| 2004 | 257,237 t | -2.8% |
| 2005 | 265,570 t | +3.2% |
| 2006 | 187,384 t | -29.4% |
| 2007 | 213,193 t | +13.8% |
| 2008 | 207,061 t | -2.9% |
| 2009 | 270,393 t | +30.6% |
| 2010 | 302,173 t | +11.8% |
| 2011 | 202,751 t | -32.9% |
| 2012 | 285,535 t | +40.8% |
| 2013 | 330,340 t | +15.7% |
| 2014 | 254,474 t | -23.0% |
| 2015 | 252,024 t | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 354,241 t | +40.6% |
| 2017 | 412,972 t | +16.6% |
| 2018 | 373,931 t | -9.5% |
| 2019 | 310,160 t | -17.1% |
| 2020 | 372,433 t | +20.1% |
| 2021 | 402,982 t | +8.2% |
| 2022 | 374,033 t | -7.2% |
| 2023 | 374,251 t | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 368,735 t | -1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 125,923 t | 119,241 t | 135,226 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 113,101 t | 97,808 t | 132,585 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 145,709 t | 124,341 t | 195,762 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 203,124 t | 165,057 t | 225,167 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 259,418 t | 187,384 t | 358,388 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 307,860 t | 202,751 t | 412,972 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 378,487 t | 368,735 t | 402,982 t | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — production in Australia and New Zealand?
- Bananas — production in Australia and New Zealand was 368,735 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — production recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 412,972 t in 2017.
- What is the lowest bananas — production recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 97,808 t in 1978.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for bananas — production?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 38th out of 142 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — production rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia and New Zealand 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.