Bananas — Yield in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Bananas — Yield was 52,205 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Bananas — Yield in Puerto Rico, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for bananas — yield in Puerto Rico is 52,205 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.9% on the previous year and up 9.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — yield in Puerto Rico peaked at 52,205 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 10,039 kg/ha, in 1998.
That places Puerto Rico 9th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Bananas — Yield in Puerto Rico, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 15,529 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 15,529 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 15,213 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1964 | 15,462 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1965 | 15,267 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1966 | 16,915 kg/ha | +10.8% |
| 1967 | 17,056 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1968 | 19,138 kg/ha | +12.2% |
| 1969 | 17,915 kg/ha | -6.4% |
| 1970 | 17,578 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 1971 | 17,538 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1972 | 17,631 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1973 | 16,992 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1974 | 16,962 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1975 | 15,650 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1976 | 17,046 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1977 | 17,429 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1978 | 17,429 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 17,382 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1980 | 19,075 kg/ha | +9.7% |
| 1981 | 19,133 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1982 | 18,895 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1983 | 18,322 kg/ha | -3.0% |
| 1984 | 18,013 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1985 | 18,005 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1986 | 18,035 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1987 | 18,041 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 17,793 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1989 | 17,622 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1990 | 17,609 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1991 | 15,811 kg/ha | -10.2% |
| 1992 | 15,584 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1993 | 13,260 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 1994 | 13,594 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1995 | 14,872 kg/ha | +9.4% |
| 1996 | 15,234 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1997 | 15,286 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1998 | 10,039 kg/ha | -34.3% |
| 1999 | 15,103 kg/ha | +50.4% |
| 2000 | 14,982 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2001 | 15,005 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 15,036 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2003 | 22,243 kg/ha | +47.9% |
| 2004 | 23,237 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 2005 | 23,231 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2006 | 25,641 kg/ha | +10.4% |
| 2007 | 27,826 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 2008 | 30,091 kg/ha | +8.1% |
| 2009 | 34,476 kg/ha | +14.6% |
| 2010 | 37,131 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 2011 | 39,764 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2012 | 42,284 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2013 | 44,650 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 2014 | 47,745 kg/ha | +6.9% |
| 2015 | 48,521 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 48,788 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 49,375 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2018 | 49,495 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2019 | 49,832 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 50,116 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2021 | 50,316 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 50,263 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 50,756 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 52,205 kg/ha | +2.9% |
Puerto Rico compared with similar countries
- Puerto Rico's 52,205 kg/ha is above the median for high income countries, which is 22,273 kg/ha, 2.3× the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Puerto Rico's 52,205 kg/ha is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 23,817 kg/ha, 2.2× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — Yield in Puerto Rico 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +50.4% | 10,039 kg/ha | 15,103 kg/ha |
| 2003 | +47.9% | 15,036 kg/ha | 22,243 kg/ha |
| 1998 | -34.3% | 15,286 kg/ha | 10,039 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 16,447 kg/ha | 15,213 kg/ha | 19,138 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 17,164 kg/ha | 15,650 kg/ha | 17,631 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 18,293 kg/ha | 17,622 kg/ha | 19,133 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,639 kg/ha | 10,039 kg/ha | 17,609 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 23,177 kg/ha | 14,982 kg/ha | 34,476 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 45,758 kg/ha | 37,131 kg/ha | 49,832 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 50,731 kg/ha | 50,116 kg/ha | 52,205 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Puerto Rico
- 6 Bhutan 56,155 kg/ha compare
- 6 Viet Nam 18,259 kg/ha compare
- 7 Panama 55,741 kg/ha compare
- 8 Nicaragua 53,312 kg/ha compare
- 8 Melanesia 16,459 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
- 11 Republic of Korea 49,628 kg/ha compare
- 12 Spain 48,096 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Puerto Rico
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 0.4415 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0069 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 278.57 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.0566 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.7% (2025)
- Rural population 5.7% (2025)
- Rural population growth -2.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — yield in Puerto Rico?
- Bananas — yield in Puerto Rico was 52,205 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — yield recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The highest recorded value was 52,205 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest bananas — yield recorded in Puerto Rico?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,039 kg/ha in 1998.
- How does Puerto Rico rank for bananas — yield?
- Puerto Rico ranks 9th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — yield rising or falling in Puerto Rico?
- Over the last ten years it is up 9.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Puerto Rico 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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About this data
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.