Bananas — Yield in Panama
Panama: Bananas — Yield was 55,741 kg/ha in 2024. ▬ Flat
Bananas — Yield in Panama, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for bananas — yield in Panama is 55,741 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.0% on the previous year and up 42.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — yield in Panama peaked at 58,183 kg/ha in 2020 and was at its lowest, 30,634 kg/ha, in 2011.
That places Panama 7th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
Bananas — Yield in Panama, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 45,292 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 45,917 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1963 | 46,767 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1964 | 43,746 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1965 | 44,531 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1966 | 45,108 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1967 | 45,523 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1968 | 45,190 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1969 | 44,313 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1970 | 47,086 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 1971 | 48,224 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1972 | 47,066 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1973 | 45,890 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1974 | 46,510 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1975 | 46,019 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1976 | 46,484 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1977 | 47,801 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1978 | 49,139 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1979 | 49,463 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1980 | 47,026 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1981 | 46,454 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1982 | 44,976 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1983 | 45,439 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1984 | 45,907 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 46,380 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1986 | 39,423 kg/ha | -15.0% |
| 1987 | 54,404 kg/ha | +38.0% |
| 1988 | 53,806 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1989 | 54,505 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1990 | 51,194 kg/ha | -6.1% |
| 1991 | 44,756 kg/ha | -12.6% |
| 1992 | 45,332 kg/ha | +1.3% |
| 1993 | 46,353 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1994 | 45,303 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1995 | 45,484 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1996 | 43,187 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1997 | 41,825 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1998 | 32,012 kg/ha | -23.5% |
| 1999 | 40,840 kg/ha | +27.6% |
| 2000 | 51,067 kg/ha | +25.0% |
| 2001 | 38,606 kg/ha | -24.4% |
| 2002 | 44,559 kg/ha | +15.4% |
| 2003 | 43,399 kg/ha | -2.6% |
| 2004 | 42,384 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 2005 | 42,234 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2006 | 44,168 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 2007 | 43,965 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2008 | 43,896 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2009 | 43,909 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 39,958 kg/ha | -9.0% |
| 2011 | 30,634 kg/ha | -23.3% |
| 2012 | 36,381 kg/ha | +18.8% |
| 2013 | 40,116 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 2014 | 39,021 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2015 | 37,984 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2016 | 37,601 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 44,335 kg/ha | +17.9% |
| 2018 | 55,859 kg/ha | +26.0% |
| 2019 | 52,143 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 2020 | 58,183 kg/ha | +11.6% |
| 2021 | 52,430 kg/ha | -9.9% |
| 2022 | 50,826 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2023 | 53,616 kg/ha | +5.5% |
| 2024 | 55,741 kg/ha | +4.0% |
Panama compared with similar countries
- Panama's 55,741 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 22,273 kg/ha, 2.5× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Panama's 55,741 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 23,817 kg/ha, 2.3× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — Yield in Panama 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | +38.0% | 39,423 kg/ha | 54,404 kg/ha |
| 1999 | +27.6% | 32,012 kg/ha | 40,840 kg/ha |
| 2018 | +26.0% | 44,335 kg/ha | 55,859 kg/ha |
| 2000 | +25.0% | 40,840 kg/ha | 51,067 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 45,154 kg/ha | 43,746 kg/ha | 46,767 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 47,368 kg/ha | 45,890 kg/ha | 49,463 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 47,832 kg/ha | 39,423 kg/ha | 54,505 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 43,629 kg/ha | 32,012 kg/ha | 51,194 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 43,819 kg/ha | 38,606 kg/ha | 51,067 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 41,403 kg/ha | 30,634 kg/ha | 55,859 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 54,159 kg/ha | 50,826 kg/ha | 58,183 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Panama
- 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
- 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
- 10 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 15,036 kg/ha compare
- 10 Guatemala 49,726 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Panama
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.06 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0262 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 518.14 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7724 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3385 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — yield in Panama?
- Bananas — yield in Panama was 55,741 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — yield recorded in Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 58,183 kg/ha in 2020.
- What is the lowest bananas — yield recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 30,634 kg/ha in 2011.
- How does Panama rank for bananas — yield?
- Panama ranks 7th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — yield rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is up 42.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Panama 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.