Bananas — Yield in Eastern Asia
Eastern Asia: Bananas — Yield was 37,176 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Bananas — Yield in Eastern Asia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, bananas — yield in Eastern Asia stood at 37,176 kg/ha. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
The figure is up 2.9% on the previous year and up 24.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — yield in Eastern Asia peaked at 37,176 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 9,365 kg/ha, in 1963.
That places Eastern Asia 6th 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 Eastern Asia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13,396 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 12,511 kg/ha | -6.6% |
| 1963 | 9,365 kg/ha | -25.1% |
| 1964 | 15,169 kg/ha | +62.0% |
| 1965 | 17,009 kg/ha | +12.1% |
| 1966 | 14,198 kg/ha | -16.5% |
| 1967 | 14,436 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 1968 | 14,167 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1969 | 14,874 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1970 | 12,051 kg/ha | -19.0% |
| 1971 | 14,798 kg/ha | +22.8% |
| 1972 | 14,584 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1973 | 17,390 kg/ha | +19.2% |
| 1974 | 17,203 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1975 | 15,759 kg/ha | -8.4% |
| 1976 | 18,465 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 1977 | 21,576 kg/ha | +16.9% |
| 1978 | 18,187 kg/ha | -15.7% |
| 1979 | 20,249 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1980 | 19,233 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 1981 | 17,467 kg/ha | -9.2% |
| 1982 | 18,623 kg/ha | +6.6% |
| 1983 | 18,162 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1984 | 17,589 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1985 | 15,010 kg/ha | -14.7% |
| 1986 | 17,618 kg/ha | +17.4% |
| 1987 | 13,841 kg/ha | -21.4% |
| 1988 | 13,641 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1989 | 13,445 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1990 | 14,173 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 1991 | 15,299 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1992 | 13,810 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1993 | 14,183 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1994 | 19,367 kg/ha | +36.6% |
| 1995 | 16,642 kg/ha | -14.1% |
| 1996 | 14,703 kg/ha | -11.7% |
| 1997 | 16,378 kg/ha | +11.4% |
| 1998 | 19,930 kg/ha | +21.7% |
| 1999 | 20,811 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2000 | 19,909 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 2001 | 21,562 kg/ha | +8.3% |
| 2002 | 22,456 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 2003 | 23,106 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2004 | 22,820 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2005 | 23,376 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2006 | 24,051 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2007 | 25,292 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2008 | 24,449 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2009 | 25,714 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 2010 | 26,559 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2011 | 26,810 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2012 | 29,076 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2013 | 30,530 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 2014 | 29,834 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2015 | 25,759 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 2016 | 29,426 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 2017 | 31,419 kg/ha | +6.8% |
| 2018 | 33,332 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2019 | 34,755 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 2020 | 34,694 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 35,380 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2022 | 35,518 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 36,130 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2024 | 37,176 kg/ha | +2.9% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — Yield in Eastern Asia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | +62.0% | 9,365 kg/ha | 15,169 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 13,903 kg/ha | 9,365 kg/ha | 17,009 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 17,026 kg/ha | 12,051 kg/ha | 21,576 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 16,463 kg/ha | 13,445 kg/ha | 19,233 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 16,529 kg/ha | 13,810 kg/ha | 20,811 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 23,274 kg/ha | 19,909 kg/ha | 25,714 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 29,750 kg/ha | 25,759 kg/ha | 34,755 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 35,780 kg/ha | 34,694 kg/ha | 37,176 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eastern Asia
- 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
- 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
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- Cereals, primary — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.33 % change on previous year (2024)
- Crops — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) 1.21 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Livestock — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand US$) -0.0235 % change on previous year (2024)
- Edible offal of cattle, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 2.61 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — yield in Eastern Asia?
- Bananas — yield in Eastern Asia was 37,176 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — yield recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The highest recorded value was 37,176 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest bananas — yield recorded in Eastern Asia?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,365 kg/ha in 1963.
- How does Eastern Asia rank for bananas — yield?
- Eastern Asia ranks 6th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — yield rising or falling in Eastern Asia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 24.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eastern Asia 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.