Bananas — Yield in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Bananas — Yield was 38,746 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Bananas — Yield in Southern Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, bananas — yield in Southern Africa stood at 38,746 kg/ha.
The figure is down 1.5% on the previous year and down 21.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — yield in Southern Africa peaked at 49,492 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 3,906 kg/ha, in 1965.
Southern Africa ranks 5th of 26 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Bananas — Yield in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 7,424 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 5,053 kg/ha | -31.9% |
| 1963 | 7,945 kg/ha | +57.2% |
| 1964 | 4,341 kg/ha | -45.4% |
| 1965 | 3,906 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1966 | 5,290 kg/ha | +35.4% |
| 1967 | 6,408 kg/ha | +21.1% |
| 1968 | 9,400 kg/ha | +46.7% |
| 1969 | 12,652 kg/ha | +34.6% |
| 1970 | 10,138 kg/ha | -19.9% |
| 1971 | 11,451 kg/ha | +13.0% |
| 1972 | 10,557 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1973 | 12,267 kg/ha | +16.2% |
| 1974 | 11,213 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 1975 | 11,485 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1976 | 10,896 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1977 | 11,153 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 1978 | 12,039 kg/ha | +7.9% |
| 1979 | 13,143 kg/ha | +9.2% |
| 1980 | 11,948 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1981 | 11,802 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 1982 | 14,219 kg/ha | +20.5% |
| 1983 | 12,576 kg/ha | -11.6% |
| 1984 | 14,154 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 1985 | 13,903 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1986 | 15,876 kg/ha | +14.2% |
| 1987 | 14,637 kg/ha | -7.8% |
| 1988 | 14,076 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1989 | 14,684 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1990 | 15,991 kg/ha | +8.9% |
| 1991 | 16,150 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1992 | 11,914 kg/ha | -26.2% |
| 1993 | 10,997 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1994 | 11,381 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1995 | 11,201 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1996 | 12,631 kg/ha | +12.8% |
| 1997 | 12,171 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 1998 | 20,508 kg/ha | +68.5% |
| 1999 | 20,959 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2000 | 21,413 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2001 | 19,468 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 2002 | 32,657 kg/ha | +67.7% |
| 2003 | 36,710 kg/ha | +12.4% |
| 2004 | 34,408 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2005 | 48,493 kg/ha | +40.9% |
| 2006 | 46,825 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2007 | 42,379 kg/ha | -9.5% |
| 2008 | 44,874 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2009 | 44,557 kg/ha | -0.7% |
| 2010 | 46,062 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2011 | 46,167 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2012 | 45,767 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2013 | 48,485 kg/ha | +5.9% |
| 2014 | 49,492 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2015 | 47,612 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2016 | 43,533 kg/ha | -8.6% |
| 2017 | 43,388 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 45,405 kg/ha | +4.7% |
| 2019 | 43,779 kg/ha | -3.6% |
| 2020 | 42,351 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 2021 | 42,934 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2022 | 41,760 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 2023 | 39,317 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 2024 | 38,746 kg/ha | -1.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,935 kg/ha | 3,906 kg/ha | 12,652 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,434 kg/ha | 10,138 kg/ha | 13,143 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,787 kg/ha | 11,802 kg/ha | 15,876 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,390 kg/ha | 10,997 kg/ha | 20,959 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 37,178 kg/ha | 19,468 kg/ha | 48,493 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 45,969 kg/ha | 43,388 kg/ha | 49,492 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 41,022 kg/ha | 38,746 kg/ha | 42,934 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
- 2 Côte d'Ivoire 44,203 kg/ha compare
- 2 Jordan 64,033 kg/ha compare
- 2 Syrian Arab Republic 63,540 kg/ha compare
- 3 South Africa 63,101 kg/ha compare
- 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
- 7 Panama 55,741 kg/ha compare
- 8 Nicaragua 53,312 kg/ha compare
- 8 Melanesia 16,459 kg/ha compare
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- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Area harvested, annual growth rate 4.78 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Production, annual growth rate 3.9 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Yield, annual growth rate -0.844 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Area harvested 6.91 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — yield in Southern Africa?
- Bananas — yield in Southern Africa was 38,746 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — yield recorded in Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 49,492 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest bananas — yield recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,906 kg/ha in 1965.
- How does Southern Africa rank for bananas — yield?
- Southern Africa ranks 5th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — yield rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Southern Africa 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.