Bananas — Yield in Liberia
Liberia: Bananas — Yield was 10,782 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Bananas — Yield in Liberia, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, bananas — yield in Liberia stood at 10,782 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — yield in Liberia peaked at 11,000 kg/ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 10,000 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Liberia 82nd out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Bananas — Yield in Liberia, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 10,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 10,484 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1975 | 10,308 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1976 | 10,615 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1977 | 10,758 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1978 | 10,896 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1979 | 10,588 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1980 | 10,725 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1981 | 10,714 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1982 | 10,845 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 1983 | 10,833 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1984 | 10,822 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1985 | 10,811 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1986 | 10,667 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1987 | 10,417 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1988 | 10,145 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 1989 | 10,417 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1990 | 10,000 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1991 | 10,204 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1992 | 10,282 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1993 | 10,417 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1994 | 10,667 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1995 | 10,625 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1996 | 10,597 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1997 | 10,588 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1998 | 10,643 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 10,556 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 11,000 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 2001 | 10,903 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2002 | 10,906 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 10,921 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2004 | 10,938 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2005 | 10,918 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2006 | 11,000 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 10,909 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2008 | 10,909 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 10,982 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 10,883 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2011 | 10,834 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2012 | 10,583 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2013 | 10,767 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 10,840 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2015 | 10,792 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2016 | 10,794 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 10,793 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2018 | 10,783 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2019 | 10,781 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2020 | 10,782 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 10,782 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2022 | 10,782 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2023 | 10,782 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 10,782 kg/ha | -0.0% |
Liberia compared with similar countries
- Liberia's 10,782 kg/ha is below the median for low income countries, which is 12,046 kg/ha, 90% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Liberia's 10,782 kg/ha is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 12,536 kg/ha, 86% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,000 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,365 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 10,896 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 10,640 kg/ha | 10,145 kg/ha | 10,845 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 10,458 kg/ha | 10,000 kg/ha | 10,667 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,939 kg/ha | 10,903 kg/ha | 11,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,785 kg/ha | 10,583 kg/ha | 10,883 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,782 kg/ha | 10,782 kg/ha | 10,782 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Liberia
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.94 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.3265 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 298.89 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.8615 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0005 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4392 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 32.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 32.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 63.7% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.7% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — yield in Liberia?
- Bananas — yield in Liberia was 10,782 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — yield recorded in Liberia?
- The highest recorded value was 11,000 kg/ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest bananas — yield recorded in Liberia?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,000 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Liberia rank for bananas — yield?
- Liberia ranks 82nd out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — yield rising or falling in Liberia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Liberia 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.