Bananas — Yield in Mauritius
Mauritius: Bananas — Yield was 14,286 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Bananas — Yield in Mauritius, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, bananas — yield in Mauritius stood at 14,286 kg/ha.
That represents a change of down 9.2% on the previous year and down 25.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — yield in Mauritius peaked at 24,775 kg/ha in 1963 and was at its lowest, 9,820 kg/ha, in 1975.
Mauritius ranks 70th of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Bananas — Yield in Mauritius, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,830 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 20,298 kg/ha | +28.2% |
| 1963 | 24,775 kg/ha | +22.1% |
| 1964 | 12,146 kg/ha | -51.0% |
| 1965 | 24,567 kg/ha | +102.3% |
| 1966 | 23,136 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1967 | 23,771 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1968 | 24,573 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1969 | 24,092 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1970 | 18,075 kg/ha | -25.0% |
| 1971 | 22,232 kg/ha | +23.0% |
| 1972 | 22,704 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1973 | 22,748 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1974 | 22,846 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1975 | 9,820 kg/ha | -57.0% |
| 1976 | 21,482 kg/ha | +118.8% |
| 1977 | 22,181 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1978 | 21,745 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1979 | 22,818 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 1980 | 10,294 kg/ha | -54.9% |
| 1981 | 21,378 kg/ha | +107.7% |
| 1982 | 19,738 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1983 | 21,636 kg/ha | +9.6% |
| 1984 | 14,526 kg/ha | -32.9% |
| 1985 | 21,154 kg/ha | +45.6% |
| 1986 | 21,335 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1987 | 21,405 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1988 | 21,463 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1989 | 13,333 kg/ha | -37.9% |
| 1990 | 17,529 kg/ha | +31.5% |
| 1991 | 18,078 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1992 | 18,463 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1993 | 21,339 kg/ha | +15.6% |
| 1994 | 15,389 kg/ha | -27.9% |
| 1995 | 20,695 kg/ha | +34.5% |
| 1996 | 18,478 kg/ha | -10.7% |
| 1997 | 19,464 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1998 | 20,136 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1999 | 19,868 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2000 | 17,382 kg/ha | -12.5% |
| 2001 | 20,370 kg/ha | +17.2% |
| 2002 | 12,000 kg/ha | -41.1% |
| 2003 | 22,224 kg/ha | +85.2% |
| 2004 | 22,727 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 22,226 kg/ha | -2.2% |
| 2006 | 22,393 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2007 | 19,453 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 2008 | 20,843 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2009 | 22,105 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2010 | 22,022 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2011 | 21,215 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 2012 | 19,992 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2013 | 20,321 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2014 | 19,037 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2015 | 16,955 kg/ha | -10.9% |
| 2016 | 16,835 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2017 | 17,049 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 2018 | 14,904 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 2019 | 14,303 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 2020 | 16,362 kg/ha | +14.4% |
| 2021 | 16,090 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2022 | 15,516 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2023 | 15,733 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2024 | 14,286 kg/ha | -9.2% |
Mauritius compared with similar countries
- Mauritius's 14,286 kg/ha is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 20,000 kg/ha, 71% of the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Mauritius's 14,286 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 12,536 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — Yield in Mauritius 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | +118.8% | 9,820 kg/ha | 21,482 kg/ha |
| 1981 | +107.7% | 10,294 kg/ha | 21,378 kg/ha |
| 1965 | +102.3% | 12,146 kg/ha | 24,567 kg/ha |
| 2003 | +85.2% | 12,000 kg/ha | 22,224 kg/ha |
| 1975 | -57.0% | 22,846 kg/ha | 9,820 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 21,465 kg/ha | 12,146 kg/ha | 24,775 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 20,665 kg/ha | 9,820 kg/ha | 22,846 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 18,626 kg/ha | 10,294 kg/ha | 21,636 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 18,944 kg/ha | 15,389 kg/ha | 21,339 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 20,172 kg/ha | 12,000 kg/ha | 22,727 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 18,263 kg/ha | 14,303 kg/ha | 22,022 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,598 kg/ha | 14,286 kg/ha | 16,362 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Mauritius
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 17.99 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0462 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 599.72 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.1976 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6096 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 4.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 4.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — yield in Mauritius?
- Bananas — yield in Mauritius was 14,286 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — yield recorded in Mauritius?
- The highest recorded value was 24,775 kg/ha in 1963.
- What is the lowest bananas — yield recorded in Mauritius?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,820 kg/ha in 1975.
- How does Mauritius rank for bananas — yield?
- Mauritius ranks 70th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — yield rising or falling in Mauritius?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mauritius 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.