Bananas — Yield in Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda: Bananas — Yield was 521.6 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Bananas — Yield in Antigua and Barbuda, 1966–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for bananas — yield in Antigua and Barbuda is 521.6 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 73.6% on the previous year and down 40.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — yield in Antigua and Barbuda peaked at 14,278 kg/ha in 1981 and was at its lowest, 415.9 kg/ha, in 2020.
Antigua and Barbuda ranks 120th of 120 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Bananas — Yield in Antigua and Barbuda, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 1,667 kg/ha | — |
| 1967 | 1,333 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 1968 | 1,250 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1969 | 1,200 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1970 | 1,500 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 1971 | 1,125 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 1972 | 1,111 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1973 | 1,333 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1974 | 1,067 kg/ha | -20.0% |
| 1975 | 1,200 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1976 | 1,150 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1977 | 1,222 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1978 | 11,600 kg/ha | +849.1% |
| 1979 | 12,667 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1980 | 14,000 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1981 | 14,278 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1982 | 14,089 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1983 | 9,400 kg/ha | -33.3% |
| 1984 | 10,000 kg/ha | +6.4% |
| 1985 | 8,750 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 1986 | 8,750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 8,750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 10,500 kg/ha | +20.0% |
| 1989 | 11,111 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1990 | 12,000 kg/ha | +8.0% |
| 1991 | 848.1 kg/ha | -92.9% |
| 1992 | 813.4 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1993 | 807.3 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1994 | 801.3 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 795.5 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 796.3 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 798.9 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 801.6 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 804.3 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 807 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 809.7 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 812.4 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 815.1 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 817.8 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2005 | 820.6 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2006 | 823.3 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2007 | 826.1 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 830.6 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2009 | 837 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 843.3 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 849.6 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 856 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2013 | 862.3 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2014 | 868.7 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 875.1 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2016 | 881.4 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2017 | 887.8 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2018 | 894.2 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2019 | 905.3 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2020 | 415.9 kg/ha | -54.1% |
| 2021 | 919 kg/ha | +121.0% |
| 2022 | 1,460 kg/ha | +58.8% |
| 2023 | 1,973 kg/ha | +35.2% |
| 2024 | 521.6 kg/ha | -73.6% |
Antigua and Barbuda compared with similar countries
- Antigua and Barbuda's 521.6 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 22,273 kg/ha, 2% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Antigua and Barbuda's 521.6 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 23,817 kg/ha, 2% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — Yield in Antigua and Barbuda 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | +849.1% | 1,222 kg/ha | 11,600 kg/ha |
| 2021 | +121.0% | 415.9 kg/ha | 919 kg/ha |
| 1991 | -92.9% | 12,000 kg/ha | 848.1 kg/ha |
| 2024 | -73.6% | 1,973 kg/ha | 521.6 kg/ha |
| 2022 | +58.8% | 919 kg/ha | 1,460 kg/ha |
| 2020 | -54.1% | 905.3 kg/ha | 415.9 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,362 kg/ha | 1,200 kg/ha | 1,667 kg/ha | 4 |
| 1970s | 3,398 kg/ha | 1,067 kg/ha | 12,667 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,963 kg/ha | 8,750 kg/ha | 14,278 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,927 kg/ha | 795.5 kg/ha | 12,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 819.96 kg/ha | 807 kg/ha | 837 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 872.37 kg/ha | 843.3 kg/ha | 905.3 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,058 kg/ha | 415.9 kg/ha | 1,973 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Antigua and Barbuda
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.2764 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0149 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 368.76 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.543 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7567 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — yield in Antigua and Barbuda?
- Bananas — yield in Antigua and Barbuda was 521.6 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — yield recorded in Antigua and Barbuda?
- The highest recorded value was 14,278 kg/ha in 1981.
- What is the lowest bananas — yield recorded in Antigua and Barbuda?
- The lowest recorded value was 415.9 kg/ha in 2020.
- How does Antigua and Barbuda rank for bananas — yield?
- Antigua and Barbuda ranks 120th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — yield rising or falling in Antigua and Barbuda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 40.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Antigua and Barbuda 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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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.