Bananas — Yield in Singapore
Singapore: Bananas — Yield was 3,000 kg/ha in 1991. ▲ Rising
Bananas — Yield in Singapore, 1961–1991
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 1991, bananas — yield in Singapore stood at 3,000 kg/ha.
The figure is down 6.2% on the previous year and down 7.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — yield in Singapore peaked at 4,883 kg/ha in 1976 and was at its lowest, 1,505 kg/ha, in 1971.
That places Singapore 112th out of 120 countries with data for 1991, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 31 years of available data.
Bananas — Yield in Singapore, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 1,657 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 1,737 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1963 | 1,694 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1964 | 1,694 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1965 | 1,525 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1966 | 1,525 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1,540 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1968 | 1,540 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1,510 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 1970 | 1,510 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 1,505 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1972 | 1,980 kg/ha | +31.6% |
| 1973 | 4,014 kg/ha | +102.7% |
| 1974 | 3,994 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1975 | 4,233 kg/ha | +6.0% |
| 1976 | 4,883 kg/ha | +15.3% |
| 1977 | 2,501 kg/ha | -48.8% |
| 1978 | 3,256 kg/ha | +30.2% |
| 1979 | 3,243 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1980 | 3,226 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1981 | 3,232 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1982 | 3,280 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1983 | 3,273 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1984 | 3,250 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 1985 | 3,235 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1986 | 3,241 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1987 | 3,167 kg/ha | -2.3% |
| 1988 | 3,250 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1989 | 2,933 kg/ha | -9.7% |
| 1990 | 3,200 kg/ha | +9.1% |
| 1991 | 3,000 kg/ha | -6.2% |
Singapore compared with similar countries
- Singapore's 3,000 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 22,273 kg/ha, 13% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Singapore's 3,000 kg/ha is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 10,498 kg/ha, 29% of the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — Yield in Singapore 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | +102.7% | 1,980 kg/ha | 4,014 kg/ha |
| 1977 | -48.8% | 4,883 kg/ha | 2,501 kg/ha |
| 1972 | +31.6% | 1,505 kg/ha | 1,980 kg/ha |
| 1978 | +30.2% | 2,501 kg/ha | 3,256 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,602 kg/ha | 1,510 kg/ha | 1,737 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 3,112 kg/ha | 1,505 kg/ha | 4,883 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 3,209 kg/ha | 2,933 kg/ha | 3,280 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 3,100 kg/ha | 3,000 kg/ha | 3,200 kg/ha | 2 |
Countries ranked near Singapore
- 109 Grenada 3,392 kg/ha compare
- 110 Japan 3,329 kg/ha compare
- 111 Trinidad and Tobago 3,325 kg/ha compare
- 113 Cook Islands 2,959 kg/ha compare
- 114 Central African Republic 2,727 kg/ha compare
- 115 Brunei Darussalam 2,675 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Singapore
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -1.4 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0002 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 24.33 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.0% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.0% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.2% (2024)
- Rural population 0.0% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — yield in Singapore?
- Bananas — yield in Singapore was 3,000 kg/ha in 1991, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — yield recorded in Singapore?
- The highest recorded value was 4,883 kg/ha in 1976.
- What is the lowest bananas — yield recorded in Singapore?
- The lowest recorded value was 1,505 kg/ha in 1971.
- How does Singapore rank for bananas — yield?
- Singapore ranks 112th out of 120 countries with data for 1991.
- Is bananas — yield rising or falling in Singapore?
- Over the last ten years it is down 7.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Singapore 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.