Bananas — Yield in Central America
Central America: Bananas — Yield was 42,949 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Bananas — Yield in Central America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for bananas — yield in Central America is 42,949 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 1.0% on the previous year and up 0.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — yield in Central America peaked at 46,751 kg/ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 18,618 kg/ha, in 1964.
That places Central America 4th out of 26 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Bananas — Yield in Central America, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 18,910 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 18,945 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1963 | 18,928 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1964 | 18,618 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1965 | 19,204 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1966 | 20,629 kg/ha | +7.4% |
| 1967 | 21,756 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1968 | 23,848 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1969 | 24,597 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1970 | 24,534 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1971 | 25,180 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1972 | 25,972 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1973 | 28,473 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1974 | 27,487 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1975 | 23,981 kg/ha | -12.8% |
| 1976 | 25,127 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1977 | 27,584 kg/ha | +9.8% |
| 1978 | 29,694 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1979 | 32,542 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1980 | 29,871 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 1981 | 28,624 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1982 | 31,712 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1983 | 31,588 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1984 | 34,912 kg/ha | +10.5% |
| 1985 | 35,140 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1986 | 32,838 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1987 | 35,712 kg/ha | +8.8% |
| 1988 | 34,993 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1989 | 36,580 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1990 | 37,571 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1991 | 36,253 kg/ha | -3.5% |
| 1992 | 37,877 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1993 | 33,408 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 1994 | 34,145 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1995 | 34,826 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1996 | 37,813 kg/ha | +8.6% |
| 1997 | 34,048 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1998 | 34,238 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1999 | 32,824 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2000 | 33,557 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2001 | 33,425 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 37,557 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 2003 | 38,345 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2004 | 38,558 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2005 | 38,436 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 37,746 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2007 | 35,664 kg/ha | -5.5% |
| 2008 | 34,290 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 2009 | 33,403 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2010 | 36,716 kg/ha | +9.9% |
| 2011 | 38,618 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2012 | 40,839 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 2013 | 41,084 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 42,678 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2015 | 41,520 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2016 | 43,402 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2017 | 44,789 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2018 | 45,416 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2019 | 42,454 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 2020 | 43,755 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2021 | 46,751 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2022 | 45,712 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2023 | 43,403 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 2024 | 42,949 kg/ha | -1.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 20,604 kg/ha | 18,618 kg/ha | 24,597 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 27,057 kg/ha | 23,981 kg/ha | 32,542 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 33,197 kg/ha | 28,624 kg/ha | 36,580 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 35,300 kg/ha | 32,824 kg/ha | 37,877 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 36,098 kg/ha | 33,403 kg/ha | 38,558 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 41,752 kg/ha | 36,716 kg/ha | 45,416 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 44,514 kg/ha | 42,949 kg/ha | 46,751 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 1 Israel 66,803 kg/ha compare
- 1 Türkiye 67,735 kg/ha compare
- 2 Côte d'Ivoire 44,203 kg/ha compare
- 2 Jordan 64,033 kg/ha compare
- 2 Syrian Arab Republic 63,540 kg/ha compare
- 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 Bhutan 56,155 kg/ha compare
- 6 Viet Nam 18,259 kg/ha compare
- 7 Panama 55,741 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Central America
- Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -1.15 % change on previous year (2024)
- Non Food — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) -6.36 % change on previous year (2024)
- Milk, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 0.6939 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat indigenous, total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 1.76 % change on previous year (2024)
- Fruit Primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -1.19 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) -1.27 % change on previous year (2024)
- Potatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 6.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Raw milk of cattle — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 0.7054 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 4.97 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — yield in Central America?
- Bananas — yield in Central America was 42,949 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — yield recorded in Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 46,751 kg/ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest bananas — yield recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 18,618 kg/ha in 1964.
- How does Central America rank for bananas — yield?
- Central America ranks 4th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — yield rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Central America 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.