Bananas — Yield in Bhutan
Bhutan: Bananas — Yield was 56,155 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Bananas — Yield in Bhutan, 2003–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Bhutan recorded 56,155 kg/ha for bananas — yield in 2024.
The figure is up 83.6% on the previous year and down 16.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — yield in Bhutan peaked at 70,530 kg/ha in 2019 and was at its lowest, 30,594 kg/ha, in 2023.
Bhutan ranks 6th of 120 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 22 years of available data.
Bananas — Yield in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 66,000 kg/ha | — |
| 2004 | 66,035 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2005 | 66,136 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2006 | 66,232 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2007 | 66,323 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2008 | 66,413 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2009 | 66,503 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 66,000 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2011 | 66,678 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 66,763 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2013 | 66,848 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2014 | 66,932 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2015 | 67,016 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2016 | 67,099 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 65,923 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2018 | 65,872 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 70,530 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2020 | 67,948 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2021 | 58,771 kg/ha | -13.5% |
| 2022 | 52,681 kg/ha | -10.4% |
| 2023 | 30,594 kg/ha | -41.9% |
| 2024 | 56,155 kg/ha | +83.6% |
Bhutan compared with similar countries
- Bhutan's 56,155 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 15,555 kg/ha, 3.6× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Bhutan's 56,155 kg/ha is above the median for South Asia, which is 27,977 kg/ha, 2.0× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — Yield in Bhutan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | +83.6% | 30,594 kg/ha | 56,155 kg/ha |
| 2023 | -41.9% | 52,681 kg/ha | 30,594 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 66,234 kg/ha | 66,000 kg/ha | 66,503 kg/ha | 7 |
| 2010s | 66,966 kg/ha | 65,872 kg/ha | 70,530 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 53,230 kg/ha | 30,594 kg/ha | 67,948 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bhutan
- 3 South Africa 63,101 kg/ha compare
- 4 Indonesia 60,662 kg/ha compare
- 4 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 31,907 kg/ha compare
- 5 Costa Rica 57,338 kg/ha compare
- 5 Lao People's Democratic Republic 27,801 kg/ha compare
- 6 Viet Nam 18,259 kg/ha compare
- 7 Panama 55,741 kg/ha compare
- 8 Nicaragua 53,312 kg/ha compare
- 8 Melanesia 16,459 kg/ha compare
- 9 Puerto Rico 52,205 kg/ha compare
- 9 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 15,135 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Bhutan
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1368 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 614.64 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.8653 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5657 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 13.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 13.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.8% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — yield in Bhutan?
- Bananas — yield in Bhutan was 56,155 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — yield recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 70,530 kg/ha in 2019.
- What is the lowest bananas — yield recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 30,594 kg/ha in 2023.
- How does Bhutan rank for bananas — yield?
- Bhutan ranks 6th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — yield rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 16.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bhutan 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.