Bananas — Yield in India
India: Bananas — Yield was 39,658 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Bananas — Yield in India, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
India recorded 39,658 kg/ha for bananas — yield in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 7.7% on the previous year and up 7.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — yield in India peaked at 39,658 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 11,980 kg/ha, in 1988.
India ranks 16th of 120 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Bananas — Yield in India, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 13,679 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 13,398 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1963 | 13,477 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1964 | 13,556 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1965 | 15,502 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 1966 | 16,325 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1967 | 15,399 kg/ha | -5.7% |
| 1968 | 14,204 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1969 | 13,806 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1970 | 12,903 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1971 | 15,016 kg/ha | +16.4% |
| 1972 | 14,540 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1973 | 14,215 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 1974 | 13,920 kg/ha | -2.1% |
| 1975 | 14,732 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1976 | 15,290 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1977 | 15,796 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1978 | 16,993 kg/ha | +7.6% |
| 1979 | 15,574 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1980 | 14,947 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1981 | 15,744 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1982 | 14,817 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1983 | 16,429 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 1984 | 17,388 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1985 | 17,706 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1986 | 19,034 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1987 | 19,283 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1988 | 11,980 kg/ha | -37.9% |
| 1989 | 19,258 kg/ha | +60.8% |
| 1990 | 19,597 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1991 | 20,742 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1992 | 20,054 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1993 | 22,968 kg/ha | +14.5% |
| 1994 | 24,231 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 1995 | 23,790 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1996 | 23,514 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1997 | 29,843 kg/ha | +26.9% |
| 1998 | 32,826 kg/ha | +10.0% |
| 1999 | 34,306 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2000 | 30,099 kg/ha | -12.3% |
| 2001 | 30,480 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2002 | 27,992 kg/ha | -8.2% |
| 2003 | 27,791 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2004 | 28,400 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2005 | 33,166 kg/ha | +16.8% |
| 2006 | 34,753 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 2007 | 36,205 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2008 | 36,977 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2009 | 34,363 kg/ha | -7.1% |
| 2010 | 35,880 kg/ha | +4.4% |
| 2011 | 35,725 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 34,161 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 2013 | 34,642 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 37,037 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2015 | 35,549 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2016 | 34,643 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 35,438 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2018 | 34,851 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2019 | 35,173 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2020 | 36,340 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2021 | 35,781 kg/ha | -1.5% |
| 2022 | 35,855 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2023 | 36,835 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 2024 | 39,658 kg/ha | +7.7% |
India compared with similar countries
- India's 39,658 kg/ha is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 15,555 kg/ha, 2.5× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- India's 39,658 kg/ha is above the median for South Asia, which is 27,977 kg/ha, 1.4× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — Yield in India 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | +60.8% | 11,980 kg/ha | 19,258 kg/ha |
| 1988 | -37.9% | 19,283 kg/ha | 11,980 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,372 kg/ha | 13,398 kg/ha | 16,325 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 14,898 kg/ha | 12,903 kg/ha | 16,993 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 16,659 kg/ha | 11,980 kg/ha | 19,283 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 25,187 kg/ha | 19,597 kg/ha | 34,306 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 32,023 kg/ha | 27,791 kg/ha | 36,977 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 35,310 kg/ha | 34,161 kg/ha | 37,037 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 36,894 kg/ha | 35,781 kg/ha | 39,658 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near India
- 13 Egypt 43,612 kg/ha compare
- 13 United Republic of Tanzania 10,337 kg/ha compare
- 14 Ecuador 41,889 kg/ha compare
- 14 Polynesia 6,353 kg/ha compare
- 15 Micronesia (Federated States of) 5,322 kg/ha compare
- 15 Zimbabwe 40,000 kg/ha compare
- 16 Caribbean 18,031 kg/ha compare
- 16 Micronesia 5,200 kg/ha compare
- 17 Democratic Republic of the Congo 3,756 kg/ha compare
- 17 Honduras 39,153 kg/ha compare
- 18 Cabo Verde 16,262 kg/ha compare
- 18 Morocco 38,172 kg/ha compare
- 18 Timor-Leste 600.4 kg/ha compare
- 19 China, mainland 37,923 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for India
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -2.83 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1623 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 438.73 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.4067 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6431 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 16.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 16.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — yield in India?
- Bananas — yield in India was 39,658 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — yield recorded in India?
- The highest recorded value was 39,658 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest bananas — yield recorded in India?
- The lowest recorded value was 11,980 kg/ha in 1988.
- How does India rank for bananas — yield?
- India ranks 16th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — yield rising or falling in India?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this India 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.