Bananas — Production in Panama
Panama: Bananas — Production was 387,690 t in 2024. ▼ Falling
Bananas — Production in Panama, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
In 2024, bananas — production in Panama stood at 387,690 t.
That represents a change of up 5.0% on the previous year and up 21.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — production in Panama peaked at 1.25 million t in 1989 and was at its lowest, 307,583 t, in 2012.
That places Panama 35th out of 142 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Bananas — Production in Panama, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 543,500 t | — |
| 1962 | 551,000 t | +1.4% |
| 1963 | 561,200 t | +1.9% |
| 1964 | 568,700 t | +1.3% |
| 1965 | 578,900 t | +1.8% |
| 1966 | 586,400 t | +1.3% |
| 1967 | 591,800 t | +0.9% |
| 1968 | 949,000 t | +60.4% |
| 1969 | 1.02 million t | +7.4% |
| 1970 | 988,800 t | -3.0% |
| 1971 | 1.01 million t | +2.4% |
| 1972 | 988,397 t | -2.4% |
| 1973 | 963,698 t | -2.5% |
| 1974 | 976,709 t | +1.4% |
| 1975 | 989,406 t | +1.3% |
| 1976 | 999,399 t | +1.0% |
| 1977 | 1.03 million t | +2.8% |
| 1978 | 1.06 million t | +2.8% |
| 1979 | 1.06 million t | +0.7% |
| 1980 | 1.03 million t | -2.7% |
| 1981 | 1.05 million t | +1.0% |
| 1982 | 1.03 million t | -1.0% |
| 1983 | 1.05 million t | +1.0% |
| 1984 | 1.06 million t | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 1.07 million t | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 906,733 t | -15.0% |
| 1987 | 1.25 million t | +38.0% |
| 1988 | 1.24 million t | -1.1% |
| 1989 | 1.25 million t | +1.3% |
| 1990 | 1.18 million t | -6.1% |
| 1991 | 850,368 t | -27.8% |
| 1992 | 881,616 t | +3.7% |
| 1993 | 834,358 t | -5.4% |
| 1994 | 899,263 t | +7.8% |
| 1995 | 864,192 t | -3.9% |
| 1996 | 838,266 t | -3.0% |
| 1997 | 757,578 t | -9.6% |
| 1998 | 576,220 t | -23.9% |
| 1999 | 775,961 t | +34.7% |
| 2000 | 660,398 t | -14.9% |
| 2001 | 532,608 t | -19.4% |
| 2002 | 521,692 t | -2.0% |
| 2003 | 508,980 t | -2.4% |
| 2004 | 497,076 t | -2.3% |
| 2005 | 439,228 t | -11.6% |
| 2006 | 538,852 t | +22.7% |
| 2007 | 545,162 t | +1.2% |
| 2008 | 456,522 t | -16.3% |
| 2009 | 320,535 t | -29.8% |
| 2010 | 338,280 t | +5.5% |
| 2011 | 328,368 t | -2.9% |
| 2012 | 307,583 t | -6.3% |
| 2013 | 314,188 t | +2.1% |
| 2014 | 318,955 t | +1.5% |
| 2015 | 333,878 t | +4.7% |
| 2016 | 311,060 t | -6.8% |
| 2017 | 358,925 t | +15.4% |
| 2018 | 371,520 t | +3.5% |
| 2019 | 365,000 t | -1.8% |
| 2020 | 423,633 t | +16.1% |
| 2021 | 419,436 t | -1.0% |
| 2022 | 393,709 t | -6.1% |
| 2023 | 369,067 t | -6.3% |
| 2024 | 387,690 t | +5.0% |
Panama compared with similar countries
- Panama's 387,690 t is above the median for high income countries, which is 1.19 t, 327164.6× the median. (46 countries reporting)
- Panama's 387,690 t is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 90,616 t, 4.3× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — Production in Panama changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | +60.4% | 591,800 t | 949,000 t |
| 1987 | +38.0% | 906,733 t | 1.25 million t |
| 1999 | +34.7% | 576,220 t | 775,961 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 661,078 t | 543,500 t | 1.02 million t | 9 |
| 1970s | 1.01 million t | 963,698 t | 1.06 million t | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.09 million t | 906,733 t | 1.25 million t | 10 |
| 1990s | 845,528 t | 576,220 t | 1.18 million t | 10 |
| 2000s | 502,105 t | 320,535 t | 660,398 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 334,776 t | 307,583 t | 371,520 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 398,707 t | 369,067 t | 423,633 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Panama
- 32 Spain 421,320 t compare
- 33 Madagascar 399,940 t compare
- 34 Mozambique 387,740 t compare
- 36 Nepal 383,285 t compare
- 37 Cambodia 374,923 t compare
- 38 Australia 368,735 t compare
- 38 Australia and New Zealand 368,735 t compare
More agriculture & rural data for Panama
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.06 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0262 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 518.14 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7724 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3385 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — production in Panama?
- Bananas — production in Panama was 387,690 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — production recorded in Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 1.25 million t in 1989.
- What is the lowest bananas — production recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 307,583 t in 2012.
- How does Panama rank for bananas — production?
- Panama ranks 35th out of 142 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — production rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Panama 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.