Bananas — Yield in Africa
Africa: Bananas — Yield was 13,661 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Bananas — Yield in Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for bananas — yield in Africa is 13,661 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 3.5% on the previous year and up 32.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — yield in Africa peaked at 13,661 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 6,279 kg/ha, in 2001.
That places Africa 20th out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Bananas — Yield in Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,660 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,952 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1963 | 6,795 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1964 | 7,070 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1965 | 7,182 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1966 | 7,030 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1967 | 7,470 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1968 | 7,501 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1969 | 7,513 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1970 | 6,802 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 1971 | 7,219 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 1972 | 6,969 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1973 | 7,569 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1974 | 7,383 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1975 | 7,072 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1976 | 6,896 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1977 | 7,025 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1978 | 7,038 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1979 | 7,602 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1980 | 7,241 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1981 | 7,970 kg/ha | +10.1% |
| 1982 | 7,636 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1983 | 7,620 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1984 | 7,249 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1985 | 7,605 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1986 | 7,546 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1987 | 7,771 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1988 | 6,948 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 1989 | 6,979 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1990 | 7,049 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1991 | 7,063 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 7,122 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 7,153 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 7,224 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 7,183 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1996 | 7,132 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1997 | 6,840 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1998 | 6,615 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1999 | 6,709 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2000 | 6,368 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2001 | 6,279 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2002 | 7,432 kg/ha | +18.4% |
| 2003 | 7,165 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2004 | 7,875 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 2005 | 8,075 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 2006 | 8,235 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2007 | 8,839 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2008 | 8,779 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 9,364 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 2010 | 9,295 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 9,065 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2012 | 9,462 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2013 | 10,138 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2014 | 10,333 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2015 | 10,645 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 2016 | 11,053 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 2017 | 10,899 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2018 | 11,932 kg/ha | +9.5% |
| 2019 | 12,419 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2020 | 12,443 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 13,269 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 2022 | 13,237 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 13,203 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 13,661 kg/ha | +3.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 7,130 kg/ha | 6,660 kg/ha | 7,513 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,158 kg/ha | 6,802 kg/ha | 7,602 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 7,456 kg/ha | 6,948 kg/ha | 7,970 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 7,009 kg/ha | 6,615 kg/ha | 7,224 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,841 kg/ha | 6,279 kg/ha | 9,364 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,524 kg/ha | 9,065 kg/ha | 12,419 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 13,163 kg/ha | 12,443 kg/ha | 13,661 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Africa
- 17 Democratic Republic of the Congo 3,756 kg/ha compare
- 17 Honduras 39,153 kg/ha compare
- 18 Cabo Verde 16,262 kg/ha compare
- 18 Morocco 38,172 kg/ha compare
- 18 Timor-Leste 600.4 kg/ha compare
- 19 China, mainland 37,923 kg/ha compare
- 20 China 37,177 kg/ha compare
- 21 Palestine 36,732 kg/ha compare
- 22 Dominican Republic 36,439 kg/ha compare
- 23 Martinique 35,215 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Africa
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.94 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.38 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 1.64 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 1.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.72 % change on previous year (2024)
- Non Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 4.56 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.44 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw milk of cattle — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — yield in Africa?
- Bananas — yield in Africa was 13,661 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — yield recorded in Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 13,661 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest bananas — yield recorded in Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,279 kg/ha in 2001.
- How does Africa rank for bananas — yield?
- Africa ranks 20th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — yield rising or falling in Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Bananas — Yield. 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.