Bananas — Production in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Bananas — Production was 461,288 t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Bananas — Production in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Southern Africa recorded 461,288 t for bananas — production in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and down 0.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — production in Southern Africa peaked at 529,069 t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 29,681 t, in 1964.
Southern Africa ranks 21st of 28 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 46,218 t | 29,681 t | 68,761 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 91,286 t | 58,213 t | 109,347 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 153,662 t | 112,548 t | 208,802 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 211,045 t | 131,988 t | 379,287 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 355,499 t | 280,767 t | 398,484 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 408,753 t | 321,657 t | 465,278 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 430,707 t | 337,415 t | 529,069 t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
More agriculture & rural data for Southern Africa
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- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Production 374,875 t (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Yield/Carcass Weight 95 kg/An (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Area harvested 4,427 ha (2024)
- Unmanufactured tobacco — Production 11,393 t (2024)
- Bananas — Area harvested 11,906 ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Production 528,091 t (2024)
- Tomatoes — Yield 53,939 kg/ha (2024)
- Tomatoes — Area harvested 9,790 ha (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks 1.50 million An (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — production in Southern Africa?
- Bananas — production in Southern Africa was 461,288 t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — production recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 529,069 t in 2022.
- What is the lowest bananas — production recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 29,681 t in 1964.
- How does Southern Africa rank for bananas — production?
- Southern Africa ranks 21st out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — production rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Southern Africa 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.