Bananas — Yield in Cuba
Cuba: Bananas — Yield was 7,300 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Bananas — Yield in Cuba, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for bananas — yield in Cuba is 7,300 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 11.0% on the previous year and down 47.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — yield in Cuba peaked at 41,482 kg/ha in 1970 and was at its lowest, 6,412 kg/ha, in 1997.
That places Cuba 92nd out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Bananas — Yield in Cuba, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,889 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,187 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1963 | 9,480 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1964 | 9,349 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1965 | 10,379 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 1966 | 14,484 kg/ha | +39.5% |
| 1967 | 26,253 kg/ha | +81.3% |
| 1968 | 12,873 kg/ha | -51.0% |
| 1969 | 9,177 kg/ha | -28.7% |
| 1970 | 41,482 kg/ha | +352.0% |
| 1971 | 40,449 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1972 | 32,238 kg/ha | -20.3% |
| 1973 | 20,921 kg/ha | -35.1% |
| 1974 | 25,059 kg/ha | +19.8% |
| 1975 | 29,254 kg/ha | +16.7% |
| 1976 | 26,682 kg/ha | -8.8% |
| 1977 | 21,744 kg/ha | -18.5% |
| 1978 | 20,381 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1979 | 14,441 kg/ha | -29.1% |
| 1980 | 13,837 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1981 | 17,562 kg/ha | +26.9% |
| 1982 | 17,286 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1983 | 16,099 kg/ha | -6.9% |
| 1984 | 17,365 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1985 | 19,155 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 1986 | 13,001 kg/ha | -32.1% |
| 1987 | 13,858 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1988 | 16,210 kg/ha | +17.0% |
| 1989 | 13,935 kg/ha | -14.0% |
| 1990 | 14,773 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1991 | 16,164 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1992 | 10,250 kg/ha | -36.6% |
| 1993 | 9,230 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1994 | 8,131 kg/ha | -11.9% |
| 1995 | 9,195 kg/ha | +13.1% |
| 1996 | 10,868 kg/ha | +18.2% |
| 1997 | 6,412 kg/ha | -41.0% |
| 1998 | 9,579 kg/ha | +49.4% |
| 1999 | 7,638 kg/ha | -20.3% |
| 2000 | 8,734 kg/ha | +14.3% |
| 2001 | 10,656 kg/ha | +22.0% |
| 2002 | 7,625 kg/ha | -28.4% |
| 2003 | 10,662 kg/ha | +39.8% |
| 2004 | 13,360 kg/ha | +25.3% |
| 2005 | 15,530 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 2006 | 13,170 kg/ha | -15.2% |
| 2007 | 13,600 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2008 | 11,993 kg/ha | -11.8% |
| 2009 | 7,429 kg/ha | -38.1% |
| 2010 | 9,178 kg/ha | +23.5% |
| 2011 | 8,780 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2012 | 10,780 kg/ha | +22.8% |
| 2013 | 11,023 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2014 | 13,959 kg/ha | +26.6% |
| 2015 | 10,768 kg/ha | -22.9% |
| 2016 | 12,143 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 2017 | 12,290 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 12,200 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2019 | 7,104 kg/ha | -41.8% |
| 2020 | 7,298 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2021 | 6,840 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2022 | 7,916 kg/ha | +15.7% |
| 2023 | 6,576 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 2024 | 7,300 kg/ha | +11.0% |
Cuba compared with similar countries
- Cuba's 7,300 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 20,000 kg/ha, 36% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Cuba's 7,300 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 23,817 kg/ha, 31% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — Yield in Cuba 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | +352.0% | 9,177 kg/ha | 41,482 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,230 kg/ha | 8,889 kg/ha | 26,253 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 27,265 kg/ha | 14,441 kg/ha | 41,482 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 15,831 kg/ha | 13,001 kg/ha | 19,155 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,224 kg/ha | 6,412 kg/ha | 16,164 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,276 kg/ha | 7,429 kg/ha | 15,530 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,822 kg/ha | 7,104 kg/ha | 13,959 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 7,186 kg/ha | 6,576 kg/ha | 7,916 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Cuba
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -19.64 % change on previous year (2020)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0276 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 265.29 current US$ per person (2020)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6522 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2277 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.2% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.5% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — yield in Cuba?
- Bananas — yield in Cuba was 7,300 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — yield recorded in Cuba?
- The highest recorded value was 41,482 kg/ha in 1970.
- What is the lowest bananas — yield recorded in Cuba?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,412 kg/ha in 1997.
- How does Cuba rank for bananas — yield?
- Cuba ranks 92nd out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — yield rising or falling in Cuba?
- Over the last ten years it is down 47.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Cuba 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.