Bananas — Yield in Caribbean
Caribbean: Bananas — Yield was 18,031 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Bananas — Yield in Caribbean, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, bananas — yield in Caribbean stood at 18,031 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.2% on the previous year and up 12.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — yield in Caribbean peaked at 18,031 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 9,356 kg/ha, in 1963.
That places Caribbean 16th out of 26 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Bananas — Yield in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,023 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,842 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1963 | 9,356 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1964 | 9,427 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1965 | 10,295 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1966 | 11,301 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1967 | 11,132 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1968 | 11,144 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1969 | 10,996 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1970 | 10,575 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1971 | 10,869 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1972 | 11,780 kg/ha | +8.4% |
| 1973 | 11,418 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1974 | 11,610 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1975 | 11,360 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1976 | 11,993 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1977 | 12,023 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1978 | 12,356 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1979 | 10,421 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 1980 | 9,515 kg/ha | -8.7% |
| 1981 | 11,352 kg/ha | +19.3% |
| 1982 | 11,857 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 1983 | 11,616 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1984 | 12,234 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1985 | 11,425 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1986 | 11,682 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1987 | 11,372 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1988 | 12,163 kg/ha | +7.0% |
| 1989 | 11,568 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1990 | 13,421 kg/ha | +16.0% |
| 1991 | 13,215 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 1992 | 13,906 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1993 | 13,825 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1994 | 12,821 kg/ha | -7.3% |
| 1995 | 12,725 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1996 | 13,759 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 1997 | 12,931 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 1998 | 12,126 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1999 | 13,036 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 2000 | 12,974 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2001 | 13,264 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2002 | 13,378 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2003 | 12,913 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 2004 | 13,322 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2005 | 14,919 kg/ha | +12.0% |
| 2006 | 14,026 kg/ha | -6.0% |
| 2007 | 12,637 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 2008 | 11,749 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2009 | 11,394 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2010 | 13,432 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 2011 | 11,957 kg/ha | -11.0% |
| 2012 | 15,086 kg/ha | +26.2% |
| 2013 | 16,551 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 2014 | 16,044 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2015 | 14,934 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 2016 | 15,675 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2017 | 15,440 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2018 | 15,469 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 14,168 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 2020 | 14,676 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 2021 | 14,503 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2022 | 15,146 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2023 | 17,466 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 2024 | 18,031 kg/ha | +3.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,391 kg/ha | 9,356 kg/ha | 11,301 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,440 kg/ha | 10,421 kg/ha | 12,356 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 11,478 kg/ha | 9,515 kg/ha | 12,234 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 13,177 kg/ha | 12,126 kg/ha | 13,906 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,058 kg/ha | 11,394 kg/ha | 14,919 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 14,876 kg/ha | 11,957 kg/ha | 16,551 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,964 kg/ha | 14,503 kg/ha | 18,031 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean
- 13 Egypt 43,612 kg/ha compare
- 13 United Republic of Tanzania 10,337 kg/ha compare
- 14 Ecuador 41,889 kg/ha compare
- 14 Polynesia 6,353 kg/ha compare
- 15 Micronesia (Federated States of) 5,322 kg/ha compare
- 15 Zimbabwe 40,000 kg/ha compare
- 16 India 39,658 kg/ha compare
- 16 Micronesia 5,200 kg/ha compare
- 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
More agriculture & rural data for Caribbean
- Vegetables Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 7.9 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables and Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant) 13.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 24.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 3.41 % change on previous year (2024)
- Non Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 6.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Milk, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 1.79 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat indigenous, total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 2.21 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 2.96 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 14.93 % change on previous year (2024)
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 9.37 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — yield in Caribbean?
- Bananas — yield in Caribbean was 18,031 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — yield recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 18,031 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest bananas — yield recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,356 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Caribbean rank for bananas — yield?
- Caribbean ranks 16th out of 26 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — yield rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Caribbean 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.