Bananas — Yield in Argentina
Argentina: Bananas — Yield was 20,957 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Bananas — Yield in Argentina, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for bananas — yield in Argentina is 20,957 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — yield in Argentina peaked at 34,912 kg/ha in 1970 and was at its lowest, 14,242 kg/ha, in 1996.
Argentina ranks 51st of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Bananas — Yield in Argentina, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 24,269 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 23,625 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1963 | 21,400 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 1964 | 26,200 kg/ha | +22.4% |
| 1965 | 21,765 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 1966 | 27,305 kg/ha | +25.5% |
| 1967 | 32,404 kg/ha | +18.7% |
| 1968 | 25,410 kg/ha | -21.6% |
| 1969 | 33,153 kg/ha | +30.5% |
| 1970 | 34,912 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1971 | 34,585 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1972 | 31,270 kg/ha | -9.6% |
| 1973 | 32,014 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1974 | 33,283 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1975 | 33,991 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1976 | 32,647 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1977 | 24,261 kg/ha | -25.7% |
| 1978 | 14,268 kg/ha | -41.2% |
| 1979 | 18,701 kg/ha | +31.1% |
| 1980 | 22,844 kg/ha | +22.2% |
| 1981 | 28,031 kg/ha | +22.7% |
| 1982 | 26,798 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1983 | 27,118 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1984 | 26,744 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1985 | 24,646 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1986 | 23,030 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1987 | 22,091 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 1988 | 24,060 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1989 | 22,735 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 1990 | 21,881 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1991 | 21,993 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1992 | 21,593 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1993 | 20,339 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1994 | 17,204 kg/ha | -15.4% |
| 1995 | 20,625 kg/ha | +19.9% |
| 1996 | 14,242 kg/ha | -31.0% |
| 1997 | 23,717 kg/ha | +66.5% |
| 1998 | 24,141 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1999 | 20,588 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 2000 | 20,588 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 20,834 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2002 | 20,930 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2003 | 20,789 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 20,810 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 20,830 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2006 | 21,046 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 20,920 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2008 | 20,886 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 20,898 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 20,919 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2011 | 20,938 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2012 | 20,957 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 20,976 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 20,984 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 20,977 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2016 | 20,995 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 21,014 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 21,008 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2019 | 21,011 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 21,006 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2021 | 20,991 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2022 | 20,945 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 20,951 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 20,957 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Argentina compared with similar countries
- Argentina's 20,957 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 20,000 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Argentina's 20,957 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 23,817 kg/ha, 88% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — Yield in Argentina 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | +66.5% | 14,242 kg/ha | 23,717 kg/ha |
| 1978 | -41.2% | 24,261 kg/ha | 14,268 kg/ha |
| 1979 | +31.1% | 14,268 kg/ha | 18,701 kg/ha |
| 1996 | -31.0% | 20,625 kg/ha | 14,242 kg/ha |
| 1969 | +30.5% | 25,410 kg/ha | 33,153 kg/ha |
| 1977 | -25.7% | 32,647 kg/ha | 24,261 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 26,170 kg/ha | 21,400 kg/ha | 33,153 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 28,993 kg/ha | 14,268 kg/ha | 34,912 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 24,810 kg/ha | 22,091 kg/ha | 28,031 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 20,632 kg/ha | 14,242 kg/ha | 24,141 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 20,853 kg/ha | 20,588 kg/ha | 21,046 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 20,978 kg/ha | 20,919 kg/ha | 21,014 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 20,970 kg/ha | 20,945 kg/ha | 21,006 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Argentina
- 48 Thailand 22,631 kg/ha compare
- 49 United Arab Emirates 22,273 kg/ha compare
- 50 China, Taiwan Province of 22,157 kg/ha compare
- 52 Seychelles 20,306 kg/ha compare
- 53 Fiji 20,000 kg/ha compare
- 54 Malawi 19,346 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Argentina
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 1.97 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0553 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 824.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6693 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0765 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 5.5% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 5.5% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — yield in Argentina?
- Bananas — yield in Argentina was 20,957 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — yield recorded in Argentina?
- The highest recorded value was 34,912 kg/ha in 1970.
- What is the lowest bananas — yield recorded in Argentina?
- The lowest recorded value was 14,242 kg/ha in 1996.
- How does Argentina rank for bananas — yield?
- Argentina ranks 51st out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — yield rising or falling in Argentina?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Argentina 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.