Bananas — Yield in Seychelles
Seychelles: Bananas — Yield was 20,306 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Bananas — Yield in Seychelles, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, bananas — yield in Seychelles stood at 20,306 kg/ha.
The figure is down 0.3% on the previous year and down 2.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — yield in Seychelles peaked at 24,778 kg/ha in 2004 and was at its lowest, 13,077 kg/ha, in 1968.
Seychelles ranks 52nd of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Bananas — Yield in Seychelles, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 14,167 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 15,000 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 1963 | 16,129 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1964 | 15,079 kg/ha | -6.5% |
| 1965 | 15,385 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1966 | 15,385 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 13,846 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1968 | 13,077 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 1969 | 14,615 kg/ha | +11.8% |
| 1970 | 14,706 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1971 | 14,615 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1972 | 15,385 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 1973 | 15,385 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 16,154 kg/ha | +5.0% |
| 1975 | 16,615 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1976 | 17,692 kg/ha | +6.5% |
| 1977 | 18,462 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1978 | 19,118 kg/ha | +3.6% |
| 1979 | 17,647 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1980 | 18,571 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1981 | 19,286 kg/ha | +3.8% |
| 1982 | 18,429 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1983 | 17,333 kg/ha | -5.9% |
| 1984 | 18,400 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1985 | 18,933 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1986 | 18,125 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1987 | 18,750 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1988 | 18,750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 18,750 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 20,000 kg/ha | +6.7% |
| 1991 | 20,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 19,375 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1993 | 20,000 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1994 | 21,200 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1995 | 23,125 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1996 | 22,000 kg/ha | -4.9% |
| 1997 | 21,176 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1998 | 22,353 kg/ha | +5.6% |
| 1999 | 22,941 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 2000 | 23,176 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2001 | 21,889 kg/ha | -5.6% |
| 2002 | 22,222 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 19,667 kg/ha | -11.5% |
| 2004 | 24,778 kg/ha | +26.0% |
| 2005 | 21,389 kg/ha | -13.7% |
| 2006 | 21,889 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 22,222 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 21,111 kg/ha | -5.0% |
| 2009 | 20,000 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 2010 | 19,778 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 20,344 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2012 | 21,053 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2013 | 20,835 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 20,844 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 20,684 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2016 | 20,734 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 20,748 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 20,635 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 20,547 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 20,512 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2021 | 20,534 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2022 | 20,426 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2023 | 20,366 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2024 | 20,306 kg/ha | -0.3% |
Seychelles compared with similar countries
- Seychelles's 20,306 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 22,273 kg/ha, 91% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Seychelles's 20,306 kg/ha is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 12,536 kg/ha, 1.6× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14,743 kg/ha | 13,077 kg/ha | 16,129 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 16,578 kg/ha | 14,615 kg/ha | 19,118 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 18,533 kg/ha | 17,333 kg/ha | 19,286 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 21,217 kg/ha | 19,375 kg/ha | 23,125 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 21,834 kg/ha | 19,667 kg/ha | 24,778 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 20,620 kg/ha | 19,778 kg/ha | 21,053 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 20,428 kg/ha | 20,306 kg/ha | 20,534 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Seychelles
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.96 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0261 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 506.85 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7772 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5452 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 0.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — yield in Seychelles?
- Bananas — yield in Seychelles was 20,306 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — yield recorded in Seychelles?
- The highest recorded value was 24,778 kg/ha in 2004.
- What is the lowest bananas — yield recorded in Seychelles?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,077 kg/ha in 1968.
- How does Seychelles rank for bananas — yield?
- Seychelles ranks 52nd out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — yield rising or falling in Seychelles?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Seychelles 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.