Bananas — Yield in Central African Republic
Central African Republic: Bananas — Yield was 2,727 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Bananas — Yield in Central African Republic, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Central African Republic recorded 2,727 kg/ha for bananas — yield in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is down 4.4% on the previous year and down 5.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — yield in Central African Republic peaked at 6,129 kg/ha in 1978 and was at its lowest, 2,727 kg/ha, in 2024.
Central African Republic ranks 114th of 120 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Bananas — Yield in Central African Republic, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 5,250 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,250 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 5,294 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1964 | 5,647 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1965 | 5,556 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1966 | 5,556 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 5,556 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 5,556 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 5,579 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1970 | 5,600 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1971 | 5,900 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1972 | 5,905 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1973 | 5,909 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1974 | 6,088 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1975 | 6,087 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1976 | 6,102 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1977 | 6,116 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1978 | 6,129 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1979 | 6,063 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1980 | 5,969 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1981 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1982 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 5,714 kg/ha | -4.8% |
| 1984 | 5,857 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1985 | 5,929 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1986 | 5,986 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1987 | 6,000 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1988 | 6,014 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1989 | 6,067 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1990 | 6,053 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1991 | 6,000 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1992 | 5,464 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1993 | 5,352 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1994 | 5,241 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1995 | 5,130 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1996 | 5,020 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1997 | 4,911 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1998 | 4,803 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1999 | 4,695 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2000 | 4,589 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2001 | 4,484 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2002 | 4,381 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2003 | 4,278 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2004 | 4,177 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2005 | 4,078 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2006 | 3,980 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2007 | 3,884 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2008 | 3,791 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2009 | 3,699 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2010 | 3,609 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2011 | 3,522 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2012 | 3,436 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2013 | 3,353 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2014 | 2,889 kg/ha | -13.8% |
| 2015 | 3,233 kg/ha | +11.9% |
| 2016 | 3,196 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2017 | 3,161 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 3,128 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2019 | 3,036 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2020 | 2,979 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 2,941 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2022 | 3,000 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2023 | 2,851 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2024 | 2,727 kg/ha | -4.4% |
Central African Republic compared with similar countries
- Central African Republic's 2,727 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 12,046 kg/ha, 23% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Central African Republic's 2,727 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 12,536 kg/ha, 22% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,471 kg/ha | 5,250 kg/ha | 5,647 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,990 kg/ha | 5,600 kg/ha | 6,129 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,954 kg/ha | 5,714 kg/ha | 6,067 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,267 kg/ha | 4,695 kg/ha | 6,053 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,134 kg/ha | 3,699 kg/ha | 4,589 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,256 kg/ha | 2,889 kg/ha | 3,609 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 2,900 kg/ha | 2,727 kg/ha | 3,000 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central African Republic
- 111 Trinidad and Tobago 3,325 kg/ha compare
- 112 Singapore 3,000 kg/ha compare
- 113 Cook Islands 2,959 kg/ha compare
- 115 Brunei Darussalam 2,675 kg/ha compare
- 116 Solomon Islands 2,318 kg/ha compare
- 117 Niue 1,973 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Central African Republic
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.27 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2761 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 153.53 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.63 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5545 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 27.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 27.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — yield in Central African Republic?
- Bananas — yield in Central African Republic was 2,727 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — yield recorded in Central African Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 6,129 kg/ha in 1978.
- What is the lowest bananas — yield recorded in Central African Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,727 kg/ha in 2024.
- How does Central African Republic rank for bananas — yield?
- Central African Republic ranks 114th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — yield rising or falling in Central African Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Central African Republic 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.