Bananas — Production in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)

Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs): Bananas — Production was 17.25 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
17.25 million t
Change on year
up 4.4%
Rank
8th
of 28 groups
All-time high
17.25 million t
in 2024
All-time low
3.88 million t
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Bananas — Production in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), 1961–2024

5.0M10.0M15.0M196119922024

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.

Analysis

The most recent figure for bananas — production in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) is 17.25 million t, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.

That represents a change of up 4.4% on the previous year and up 17.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, bananas — production in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) peaked at 17.25 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3.88 million t, in 1961.

Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 8th of 28 groups 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 Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), year by year

Annual values for Bananas — Production in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), 1961 to 2024.
Year t Change
1961 3.88 million t
1962 4.40 million t +13.3%
1963 3.91 million t -11.3%
1964 4.19 million t +7.4%
1965 4.38 million t +4.5%
1966 4.47 million t +2.0%
1967 4.90 million t +9.7%
1968 5.07 million t +3.4%
1969 5.21 million t +2.7%
1970 5.33 million t +2.3%
1971 5.36 million t +0.7%
1972 5.32 million t -0.8%
1973 5.76 million t +8.5%
1974 5.88 million t +2.0%
1975 5.81 million t -1.2%
1976 5.93 million t +2.2%
1977 6.05 million t +2.0%
1978 5.91 million t -2.3%
1979 6.74 million t +13.9%
1980 6.79 million t +0.8%
1981 7.28 million t +7.2%
1982 7.45 million t +2.3%
1983 7.41 million t -0.5%
1984 7.13 million t -3.8%
1985 7.78 million t +9.1%
1986 7.74 million t -0.5%
1987 7.73 million t -0.1%
1988 7.85 million t +1.5%
1989 8.57 million t +9.2%
1990 8.64 million t +0.8%
1991 8.53 million t -1.3%
1992 9.16 million t +7.5%
1993 7.57 million t -17.4%
1994 6.74 million t -10.9%
1995 6.92 million t +2.6%
1996 7.28 million t +5.2%
1997 8.29 million t +14.0%
1998 8.86 million t +6.9%
1999 9.31 million t +5.0%
2000 8.60 million t -7.6%
2001 8.42 million t -2.1%
2002 11.19 million t +32.9%
2003 10.78 million t -3.7%
2004 11.46 million t +6.3%
2005 11.66 million t +1.7%
2006 13.28 million t +13.9%
2007 13.18 million t -0.8%
2008 13.11 million t -0.5%
2009 14.52 million t +10.8%
2010 15.15 million t +4.3%
2011 15.24 million t +0.6%
2012 14.51 million t -4.7%
2013 15.28 million t +5.3%
2014 14.63 million t -4.2%
2015 14.47 million t -1.1%
2016 14.13 million t -2.4%
2017 13.60 million t -3.8%
2018 15.07 million t +10.8%
2019 15.09 million t +0.1%
2020 15.16 million t +0.5%
2021 16.59 million t +9.5%
2022 16.81 million t +1.3%
2023 16.52 million t -1.7%
2024 17.25 million t +4.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 4.49 million t 3.88 million t 5.21 million t 9
1970s 5.81 million t 5.32 million t 6.74 million t 10
1980s 7.57 million t 6.79 million t 8.57 million t 10
1990s 8.13 million t 6.74 million t 9.31 million t 10
2000s 11.62 million t 8.42 million t 14.52 million t 10
2010s 14.72 million t 13.60 million t 15.28 million t 10
2020s 16.47 million t 15.16 million t 17.25 million t 5

Countries ranked near Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)

  1. 5 Ecuador 7.59 million t compare
  2. 6 Brazil 7.05 million t compare
  3. 6 Viet Nam 2.64 million t compare
  4. 7 Nigeria 6.91 million t compare
  5. 8 Philippines 5.64 million t compare
  6. 8 Türkiye 875,000 t compare
  7. 9 Angola 5.21 million t compare
  8. 9 Democratic Republic of the Congo 811,021 t compare
  9. 10 Guatemala 2.84 million t compare
  10. 11 Mexico 2.67 million t compare

See the full ranking of 188 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is bananas — production in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
Bananas — production in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) was 17.25 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest bananas — production recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
The highest recorded value was 17.25 million t in 2024.
What is the lowest bananas — production recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
The lowest recorded value was 3.88 million t in 1961.
How does Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) rank for bananas — production?
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 8th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
Is bananas — production rising or falling in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
Over the last ten years it is up 17.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 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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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
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