Bananas — Yield in Eswatini
Eswatini: Bananas — Yield was 5,981 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Bananas — Yield in Eswatini, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for bananas — yield in Eswatini is 5,981 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 0.1% on the previous year and up 0.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — yield in Eswatini peaked at 16,402 kg/ha in 1962 and was at its lowest, 2,459 kg/ha, in 1970.
Eswatini ranks 94th 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 Eswatini, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,329 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 16,402 kg/ha | +75.8% |
| 1963 | 5,335 kg/ha | -67.5% |
| 1964 | 5,000 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 1965 | 2,753 kg/ha | -44.9% |
| 1966 | 3,191 kg/ha | +15.9% |
| 1967 | 3,889 kg/ha | +21.9% |
| 1968 | 3,616 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 1969 | 4,160 kg/ha | +15.0% |
| 1970 | 2,459 kg/ha | -40.9% |
| 1971 | 6,660 kg/ha | +170.9% |
| 1972 | 6,478 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1973 | 8,053 kg/ha | +24.3% |
| 1974 | 6,300 kg/ha | -21.8% |
| 1975 | 8,233 kg/ha | +30.7% |
| 1976 | 8,333 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1977 | 8,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 8,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 8,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 8,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 8,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 8,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 8,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 8,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 8,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 8,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 8,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 8,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 8,333 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 9,891 kg/ha | +18.7% |
| 1991 | 5,661 kg/ha | -42.8% |
| 1992 | 5,678 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1993 | 5,696 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1994 | 5,713 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1995 | 5,730 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1996 | 5,748 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 5,765 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 5,782 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1999 | 5,800 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2000 | 5,817 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2001 | 5,834 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2002 | 5,850 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 5,938 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 6,250 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2005 | 6,061 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 2006 | 6,250 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2007 | 4,615 kg/ha | -26.2% |
| 2008 | 5,745 kg/ha | +24.5% |
| 2009 | 6,000 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2010 | 6,021 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2011 | 6,042 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2012 | 6,122 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2013 | 5,999 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2014 | 5,942 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2015 | 5,943 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 5,951 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 5,957 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 5,961 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2019 | 5,971 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2020 | 5,976 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 5,977 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 5,969 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 5,975 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 5,981 kg/ha | +0.1% |
Eswatini compared with similar countries
- Eswatini's 5,981 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 15,555 kg/ha, 38% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Eswatini's 5,981 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 12,536 kg/ha, 48% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — Yield in Eswatini 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | +170.9% | 2,459 kg/ha | 6,660 kg/ha |
| 1962 | +75.8% | 9,329 kg/ha | 16,402 kg/ha |
| 1963 | -67.5% | 16,402 kg/ha | 5,335 kg/ha |
| 1965 | -44.9% | 5,000 kg/ha | 2,753 kg/ha |
| 1991 | -42.8% | 9,891 kg/ha | 5,661 kg/ha |
| 1970 | -40.9% | 4,160 kg/ha | 2,459 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,964 kg/ha | 2,753 kg/ha | 16,402 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 7,152 kg/ha | 2,459 kg/ha | 8,333 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 8,333 kg/ha | 8,333 kg/ha | 8,333 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 6,146 kg/ha | 5,661 kg/ha | 9,891 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,836 kg/ha | 4,615 kg/ha | 6,250 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,991 kg/ha | 5,942 kg/ha | 6,122 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,976 kg/ha | 5,969 kg/ha | 5,981 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Eswatini
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0641 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 263.26 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4281 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7328 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 6.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 6.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.2% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — yield in Eswatini?
- Bananas — yield in Eswatini was 5,981 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — yield recorded in Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 16,402 kg/ha in 1962.
- What is the lowest bananas — yield recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,459 kg/ha in 1970.
- How does Eswatini rank for bananas — yield?
- Eswatini ranks 94th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — yield rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Eswatini 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.