Bananas — Yield by country
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...
What the numbers show
Bananas — Yield is currently reported for 137 countries. The highest value is 67,735 kg/ha in Türkiye; the lowest is 521.6 kg/ha in Antigua and Barbuda.
The median across all reporting countries is 16,377 kg/ha, and the mean is 21,070 kg/ha.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 130.
Over the past decade 73 countries rose and 62 fell. The largest increase was in Fiji (up 309.2%), and the largest decrease in Greece (down 63.2%).
Bananas — Yield: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Türkiye | 67,735 kg/ha | 2024 | up 43.8% | volatile |
| 1 | Israel | 66,803 kg/ha | 2024 | up 25.8% | rising |
| 2 | Jordan | 64,033 kg/ha | 2024 | up 48.6% | volatile |
| 2 | Syrian Arab Republic | 63,540 kg/ha | 2024 | down 16.4% | volatile |
| 2 | Côte d'Ivoire | 44,203 kg/ha | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 3 | South Africa | 63,101 kg/ha | 2024 | up 10.5% | volatile |
| 4 | Indonesia | 60,662 kg/ha | 2024 | up 0.8% | volatile |
| 4 | Iran (Islamic Republic of) | 31,907 kg/ha | 2024 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 5 | Costa Rica | 57,338 kg/ha | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 5 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 27,801 kg/ha | 2024 | up 25.3% | volatile |
| 6 | Bhutan | 56,155 kg/ha | 2024 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 6 | Viet Nam | 18,259 kg/ha | 2024 | up 12.5% | rising |
| 7 | Panama | 55,741 kg/ha | 2024 | up 42.8% | flat |
| 8 | Nicaragua | 53,312 kg/ha | 2023 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 8 | Melanesia | 16,459 kg/ha | 2024 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 9 | Puerto Rico | 52,205 kg/ha | 2024 | up 9.3% | volatile |
| 9 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 15,135 kg/ha | 2024 | up 2.1% | falling |
| 10 | Guatemala | 49,726 kg/ha | 2024 | up 3.6% | rising |
| 10 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 15,036 kg/ha | 2024 | down 1.3% | falling |
| 11 | Republic of Korea | 49,628 kg/ha | 1990 | up 106.9% | rising |
| 12 | Spain | 48,096 kg/ha | 2024 | up 20.2% | rising |
| 13 | Egypt | 43,612 kg/ha | 2024 | down 6.5% | rising |
| 13 | United Republic of Tanzania | 10,337 kg/ha | 2024 | up 63.6% | volatile |
| 14 | Ecuador | 41,889 kg/ha | 2024 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 14 | Polynesia | 6,353 kg/ha | 2024 | up 43.7% | rising |
| 15 | Zimbabwe | 40,000 kg/ha | 2024 | up 47.9% | volatile |
| 15 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 5,322 kg/ha | 2024 | up 0.1% | flat |
| 16 | India | 39,658 kg/ha | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 16 | Caribbean | 18,031 kg/ha | 2024 | up 12.4% | rising |
| 16 | Micronesia | 5,200 kg/ha | 2024 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 17 | Honduras | 39,153 kg/ha | 2024 | down 30.1% | rising |
| 17 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 3,756 kg/ha | 2024 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 18 | Morocco | 38,172 kg/ha | 2024 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 18 | Cabo Verde | 16,262 kg/ha | 2024 | down 50.9% | rising |
| 18 | Timor-Leste | 600.4 kg/ha | 2024 | down 28.9% | volatile |
| 19 | China, mainland | 37,923 kg/ha | 2024 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 20 | China | 37,177 kg/ha | 2024 | up 24.6% | rising |
| 21 | Palestine | 36,732 kg/ha | 2022 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 22 | Dominican Republic | 36,439 kg/ha | 2024 | down 15.6% | rising |
| 23 | Martinique | 35,215 kg/ha | 2006 | up 32.1% | rising |
| 24 | Lebanon | 33,833 kg/ha | 2024 | down 0.0% | rising |
| 25 | Guyana | 33,810 kg/ha | 2024 | up 28.8% | volatile |
| 26 | Mexico | 30,862 kg/ha | 2024 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 27 | Philippines | 30,285 kg/ha | 2024 | down 3.6% | volatile |
| 28 | Saudi Arabia | 29,784 kg/ha | 2024 | — | flat |
| 29 | Saint Lucia | 29,738 kg/ha | 2024 | down 34.6% | volatile |
| 30 | Australia | 29,189 kg/ha | 2024 | up 38.6% | rising |
| 30 | Australia and New Zealand | 29,189 kg/ha | 2024 | up 38.6% | rising |
| 32 | Belize | 28,848 kg/ha | 2024 | down 20.7% | rising |
| 33 | Sudan (former) | 28,596 kg/ha | 2011 | up 28.9% | falling |
| 34 | Maldives | 27,977 kg/ha | 2024 | down 2.5% | volatile |
| 35 | Angola | 27,331 kg/ha | 2024 | down 0.4% | volatile |
| 36 | Kenya | 27,160 kg/ha | 2024 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 37 | Cyprus | 26,682 kg/ha | 2024 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 38 | Senegal | 26,674 kg/ha | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 39 | Sao Tome and Principe | 26,436 kg/ha | 2024 | up 60.5% | volatile |
| 40 | Bahamas | 25,622 kg/ha | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 41 | Portugal | 25,619 kg/ha | 2024 | up 19.3% | falling |
| 42 | Burkina Faso | 25,553 kg/ha | 2024 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 43 | Colombia | 24,984 kg/ha | 2024 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 44 | Algeria | 24,623 kg/ha | 2024 | down 2.5% | flat |
| 45 | Guadeloupe | 24,530 kg/ha | 2006 | up 62.2% | rising |
| 46 | El Salvador | 23,817 kg/ha | 2024 | up 142.1% | rising |
| 47 | Italy | 23,493 kg/ha | 2017 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 48 | Thailand | 22,631 kg/ha | 2024 | down 40.4% | rising |
| 49 | United Arab Emirates | 22,273 kg/ha | 2024 | up 22.2% | volatile |
| 50 | China, Taiwan Province of | 22,157 kg/ha | 2024 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 51 | Argentina | 20,957 kg/ha | 2024 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 52 | Seychelles | 20,306 kg/ha | 2024 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 53 | Fiji | 20,000 kg/ha | 2024 | up 309.2% | rising |
| 54 | Malawi | 19,346 kg/ha | 2024 | down 3.6% | volatile |
| 55 | France | 19,157 kg/ha | 2024 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 56 | Tuvalu | 18,013 kg/ha | 2024 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 57 | Sudan | 17,744 kg/ha | 2024 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 58 | Suriname | 17,156 kg/ha | 2024 | down 51.8% | rising |
| 59 | Somalia | 17,060 kg/ha | 2024 | up 0.0% | falling |
| 60 | Papua New Guinea | 16,656 kg/ha | 2024 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 61 | Nepal | 16,377 kg/ha | 2024 | up 1.1% | falling |
| 62 | Bangladesh | 16,363 kg/ha | 2024 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 63 | Libya | 15,000 kg/ha | 1972 | unchanged | falling |
| 64 | Brazil | 14,993 kg/ha | 2024 | up 3.2% | falling |
| 65 | Malaysia | 14,795 kg/ha | 2024 | up 41.1% | falling |
| 66 | Nigeria | 14,748 kg/ha | 2024 | up 124.2% | rising |
| 67 | Dominica | 14,733 kg/ha | 2024 | up 0.3% | rising |
| 68 | Ethiopia PDR | 14,620 kg/ha | 1990 | down 2.2% | flat |
| 69 | Mali | 14,531 kg/ha | 2024 | down 52.0% | falling |
| 70 | Mauritius | 14,286 kg/ha | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 71 | Togo | 13,744 kg/ha | 2024 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 72 | Greece | 13,625 kg/ha | 2024 | down 63.2% | volatile |
| 73 | Peru | 13,336 kg/ha | 2024 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 74 | Ethiopia | 13,099 kg/ha | 2024 | up 47.8% | rising |
| 75 | Yemen | 12,997 kg/ha | 2024 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 76 | Cameroon | 12,980 kg/ha | 2024 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 77 | Ghana | 12,092 kg/ha | 2024 | up 9.9% | volatile |
| 78 | Guinea-Bissau | 12,046 kg/ha | 2024 | down 0.3% | rising |
| 79 | Rwanda | 12,036 kg/ha | 2024 | up 17.4% | flat |
| 80 | Oman | 11,944 kg/ha | 2024 | down 6.7% | rising |
| 81 | Paraguay | 11,357 kg/ha | 2024 | up 26.2% | volatile |
| 82 | Liberia | 10,782 kg/ha | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 83 | Vanuatu | 10,498 kg/ha | 2024 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 84 | Bahrain | 10,441 kg/ha | 1990 | down 13.0% | rising |
| 85 | French Guiana | 10,090 kg/ha | 2006 | up 40.3% | falling |
| 86 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 9,814 kg/ha | 2024 | down 0.6% | rising |
| 87 | Samoa | 7,829 kg/ha | 2024 | up 54.5% | rising |
| 88 | Pakistan | 7,759 kg/ha | 2024 | up 82.3% | falling |
| 89 | Gabon | 7,730 kg/ha | 2024 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 90 | Jamaica | 7,638 kg/ha | 2024 | down 3.7% | flat |
| 91 | Burundi | 7,312 kg/ha | 2024 | down 11.7% | rising |
| 92 | Cuba | 7,300 kg/ha | 2024 | down 47.7% | volatile |
| 93 | Congo | 6,795 kg/ha | 2024 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 94 | Eswatini | 5,981 kg/ha | 2024 | up 0.7% | falling |
| 95 | Guinea | 5,778 kg/ha | 2024 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 96 | Barbados | 5,744 kg/ha | 2024 | down 0.4% | falling |
| 97 | Mozambique | 5,634 kg/ha | 2024 | down 29.1% | rising |
| 98 | Madagascar | 5,527 kg/ha | 2024 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 99 | Comoros | 5,507 kg/ha | 2024 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 100 | Réunion | 5,263 kg/ha | 2006 | up 5.3% | volatile |
| 101 | Kiribati | 5,168 kg/ha | 2024 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 102 | Haiti | 4,878 kg/ha | 2024 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 103 | New Caledonia | 4,843 kg/ha | 2024 | up 20.6% | falling |
| 104 | Benin | 4,824 kg/ha | 2024 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 105 | Equatorial Guinea | 4,781 kg/ha | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 106 | Uganda | 4,746 kg/ha | 1990 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 107 | Zambia | 4,330 kg/ha | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 108 | Cambodia | 4,286 kg/ha | 2024 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 109 | Grenada | 3,392 kg/ha | 2024 | down 0.1% | falling |
| 110 | Japan | 3,329 kg/ha | 2024 | up 4.2% | falling |
| 111 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3,325 kg/ha | 2024 | up 0.1% | falling |
| 112 | Singapore | 3,000 kg/ha | 1991 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 113 | Cook Islands | 2,959 kg/ha | 2024 | down 17.9% | volatile |
| 114 | Central African Republic | 2,727 kg/ha | 2024 | down 5.6% | falling |
| 115 | Brunei Darussalam | 2,675 kg/ha | 2024 | down 13.9% | rising |
| 116 | Solomon Islands | 2,318 kg/ha | 2024 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 117 | Niue | 1,973 kg/ha | 2024 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 118 | Tonga | 1,431 kg/ha | 2024 | down 1.6% | falling |
| 119 | French Polynesia | 1,147 kg/ha | 2024 | up 5.5% | volatile |
| 120 | Antigua and Barbuda | 521.6 kg/ha | 2024 | down 40.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Southern Europe 45,174 kg/ha
- Western Asia 43,517 kg/ha
- Asia 34,732 kg/ha
- Central America 42,949 kg/ha
- Southern Africa 38,746 kg/ha
- Eastern Asia 37,176 kg/ha
- Southern Asia 36,830 kg/ha
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 16,657 kg/ha
- Europe 31,553 kg/ha
- European Union (27) 31,503 kg/ha
- South-Eastern Asia 29,868 kg/ha
- Northern Africa 27,783 kg/ha
- Middle Africa 13,740 kg/ha
- Americas 23,861 kg/ha
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 11,480 kg/ha
- World 23,703 kg/ha
- South America 20,640 kg/ha
- Western Europe 19,157 kg/ha
- Oceania 17,517 kg/ha
- Western Africa 14,574 kg/ha
- Africa 13,661 kg/ha
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 13,491 kg/ha
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 12,731 kg/ha
- Eastern Africa 11,649 kg/ha
- Northern America 10,659 kg/ha
- United States of America 10,659 kg/ha
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 10,538 kg/ha
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.