Bananas — Production in Western Asia
Western Asia: Bananas — Production was 1.37 million t in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Bananas — Production in Western Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in t.
Analysis
Western Asia recorded 1.37 million t for bananas — production in 2024.
The figure is down 4.1% on the previous year and up 111.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — production in Western Asia peaked at 1.45 million t in 2022 and was at its lowest, 107,077 t, in 1961.
Western Asia ranks 17th 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.
Bananas — Production in Western Asia, year by year
| Year | t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 107,077 t | — |
| 1962 | 116,565 t | +8.9% |
| 1963 | 114,647 t | -1.6% |
| 1964 | 107,659 t | -6.1% |
| 1965 | 114,130 t | +6.0% |
| 1966 | 131,006 t | +14.8% |
| 1967 | 133,798 t | +2.1% |
| 1968 | 124,968 t | -6.6% |
| 1969 | 135,840 t | +8.7% |
| 1970 | 144,016 t | +6.0% |
| 1971 | 150,849 t | +4.7% |
| 1972 | 131,008 t | -13.2% |
| 1973 | 133,665 t | +2.0% |
| 1974 | 140,552 t | +5.2% |
| 1975 | 158,070 t | +12.5% |
| 1976 | 155,928 t | -1.4% |
| 1977 | 169,038 t | +8.4% |
| 1978 | 151,542 t | -10.4% |
| 1979 | 159,295 t | +5.1% |
| 1980 | 183,444 t | +15.2% |
| 1981 | 168,604 t | -8.1% |
| 1982 | 188,418 t | +11.8% |
| 1983 | 182,038 t | -3.4% |
| 1984 | 206,652 t | +13.5% |
| 1985 | 220,620 t | +6.8% |
| 1986 | 225,602 t | +2.3% |
| 1987 | 259,661 t | +15.1% |
| 1988 | 260,717 t | +0.4% |
| 1989 | 241,182 t | -7.5% |
| 1990 | 241,126 t | -0.0% |
| 1991 | 282,726 t | +17.3% |
| 1992 | 251,814 t | -10.9% |
| 1993 | 280,816 t | +11.5% |
| 1994 | 368,840 t | +31.3% |
| 1995 | 393,657 t | +6.7% |
| 1996 | 396,472 t | +0.7% |
| 1997 | 384,860 t | -2.9% |
| 1998 | 375,284 t | -2.5% |
| 1999 | 413,881 t | +10.3% |
| 2000 | 379,782 t | -8.2% |
| 2001 | 412,745 t | +8.7% |
| 2002 | 453,336 t | +9.8% |
| 2003 | 443,798 t | -2.1% |
| 2004 | 518,677 t | +16.9% |
| 2005 | 515,591 t | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 583,996 t | +13.3% |
| 2007 | 607,793 t | +4.1% |
| 2008 | 586,737 t | -3.5% |
| 2009 | 611,306 t | +4.2% |
| 2010 | 642,487 t | +5.1% |
| 2011 | 648,797 t | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 630,736 t | -2.8% |
| 2013 | 601,902 t | -4.6% |
| 2014 | 647,798 t | +7.6% |
| 2015 | 670,413 t | +3.5% |
| 2016 | 736,713 t | +9.9% |
| 2017 | 751,695 t | +2.0% |
| 2018 | 902,874 t | +20.1% |
| 2019 | 946,508 t | +4.8% |
| 2020 | 1.15 million t | +21.5% |
| 2021 | 1.33 million t | +15.6% |
| 2022 | 1.45 million t | +9.4% |
| 2023 | 1.43 million t | -1.7% |
| 2024 | 1.37 million t | -4.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 120,632 t | 107,077 t | 135,840 t | 9 |
| 1970s | 149,396 t | 131,008 t | 169,038 t | 10 |
| 1980s | 213,694 t | 168,604 t | 260,717 t | 10 |
| 1990s | 338,948 t | 241,126 t | 413,881 t | 10 |
| 2000s | 511,376 t | 379,782 t | 611,306 t | 10 |
| 2010s | 717,992 t | 601,902 t | 946,508 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.35 million t | 1.15 million t | 1.45 million t | 5 |
Countries ranked near Western Asia
- 14 Rwanda 2.44 million t compare
- 14 Caribbean 2.72 million t compare
- 14 Polynesia 23,356 t compare
- 15 Peru 2.34 million t compare
- 15 Micronesia 9,453 t compare
- 16 Kenya 2.06 million t compare
- 16 Syrian Arab Republic 2,351 t compare
- 17 Dominican Republic 2.04 million t compare
- 17 Micronesia (Federated States of) 2,041 t compare
- 18 Thailand 1.30 million t compare
- 18 Timor-Leste 559.59 t compare
- 19 Papua New Guinea 1.27 million t compare
- 20 Côte d'Ivoire 534,243 t compare
- 20 Egypt 1.25 million t compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — production in Western Asia?
- Bananas — production in Western Asia was 1.37 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — production recorded in Western Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 1.45 million t in 2022.
- What is the lowest bananas — production recorded in Western Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 107,077 t in 1961.
- How does Western Asia rank for bananas — production?
- Western Asia ranks 17th out of 28 groups with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — production rising or falling in Western Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 111.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Western 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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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.