Bananas — Yield in Australia and New Zealand
Australia and New Zealand: Bananas — Yield was 29,189 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Bananas — Yield in Australia and New Zealand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, bananas — yield in Australia and New Zealand stood at 29,189 kg/ha.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.6% on the previous year and up 38.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — yield in Australia and New Zealand peaked at 30,535 kg/ha in 2001 and was at its lowest, 11,188 kg/ha, in 1963.
Australia and New Zealand ranks 30th of 120 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Bananas — Yield in Australia and New Zealand, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 11,964 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 11,964 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 11,188 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1964 | 12,469 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1965 | 13,043 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1966 | 12,670 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 1967 | 13,634 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1968 | 13,971 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1969 | 13,269 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1970 | 13,914 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1971 | 14,091 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1972 | 14,161 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1973 | 12,173 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 1974 | 13,102 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1975 | 13,721 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1976 | 15,016 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1977 | 17,227 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 1978 | 15,909 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1979 | 16,448 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1980 | 17,601 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1981 | 16,354 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 1982 | 17,116 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 1983 | 17,909 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1984 | 18,012 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1985 | 18,485 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1986 | 17,333 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1987 | 20,301 kg/ha | +17.1% |
| 1988 | 20,095 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1989 | 24,652 kg/ha | +22.7% |
| 1990 | 22,752 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1991 | 20,731 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1992 | 21,682 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1993 | 24,712 kg/ha | +14.0% |
| 1994 | 25,037 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1995 | 25,130 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 24,744 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1997 | 20,814 kg/ha | -15.9% |
| 1998 | 21,279 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1999 | 19,743 kg/ha | -7.2% |
| 2000 | 19,118 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2001 | 30,535 kg/ha | +59.7% |
| 2002 | 24,900 kg/ha | -18.5% |
| 2003 | 24,840 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 23,684 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 2005 | 25,632 kg/ha | +8.2% |
| 2006 | 16,779 kg/ha | -34.5% |
| 2007 | 18,281 kg/ha | +9.0% |
| 2008 | 21,015 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 2009 | 22,548 kg/ha | +7.3% |
| 2010 | 26,178 kg/ha | +16.1% |
| 2011 | 18,109 kg/ha | -30.8% |
| 2012 | 21,157 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 2013 | 23,234 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 2014 | 21,057 kg/ha | -9.4% |
| 2015 | 21,380 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2016 | 21,324 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 29,454 kg/ha | +38.1% |
| 2018 | 29,970 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2019 | 28,294 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2020 | 30,393 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 2021 | 28,378 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 2022 | 27,805 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2023 | 28,741 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2024 | 29,189 kg/ha | +1.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,686 kg/ha | 11,188 kg/ha | 13,971 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 14,576 kg/ha | 12,173 kg/ha | 17,227 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 18,786 kg/ha | 16,354 kg/ha | 24,652 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 22,662 kg/ha | 19,743 kg/ha | 25,130 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 22,733 kg/ha | 16,779 kg/ha | 30,535 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 24,016 kg/ha | 18,109 kg/ha | 29,970 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 28,901 kg/ha | 27,805 kg/ha | 30,393 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Australia and New Zealand
- 27 Philippines 30,285 kg/ha compare
- 28 Saudi Arabia 29,784 kg/ha compare
- 29 Saint Lucia 29,738 kg/ha compare
- 30 Australia 29,189 kg/ha compare
- 32 Belize 28,848 kg/ha compare
- 33 Sudan (former) 28,596 kg/ha compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — yield in Australia and New Zealand?
- Bananas — yield in Australia and New Zealand was 29,189 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — yield recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 30,535 kg/ha in 2001.
- What is the lowest bananas — yield recorded in Australia and New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,188 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Australia and New Zealand rank for bananas — yield?
- Australia and New Zealand ranks 30th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — yield rising or falling in Australia and New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is up 38.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Australia and New Zealand 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.