Bananas — Yield in Thailand
Thailand: Bananas — Yield was 22,631 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Bananas — Yield in Thailand, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for bananas — yield in Thailand is 22,631 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 0.6% on the previous year and down 40.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — yield in Thailand peaked at 37,973 kg/ha in 2014 and was at its lowest, 9,229 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places Thailand 48th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Bananas — Yield in Thailand, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 9,229 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,471 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1963 | 9,950 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 1964 | 9,288 kg/ha | -6.7% |
| 1965 | 9,775 kg/ha | +5.2% |
| 1966 | 10,192 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1967 | 9,600 kg/ha | -5.8% |
| 1968 | 9,600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 9,600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 9,600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 9,600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 9,600 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 10,000 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1974 | 10,400 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1975 | 10,400 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 11,200 kg/ha | +7.7% |
| 1977 | 12,000 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 1978 | 11,600 kg/ha | -3.3% |
| 1979 | 12,000 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1980 | 11,923 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 1981 | 12,308 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1982 | 11,923 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 1983 | 11,769 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1984 | 11,885 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1985 | 12,154 kg/ha | +2.3% |
| 1986 | 12,278 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1987 | 12,340 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1988 | 12,354 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1989 | 12,197 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1990 | 12,746 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1991 | 11,803 kg/ha | -7.4% |
| 1992 | 11,681 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1993 | 11,893 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 1994 | 12,782 kg/ha | +7.5% |
| 1995 | 12,963 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1996 | 12,308 kg/ha | -5.1% |
| 1997 | 13,077 kg/ha | +6.2% |
| 1998 | 12,836 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1999 | 12,838 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 12,988 kg/ha | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 13,366 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2002 | 14,824 kg/ha | +10.9% |
| 2003 | 13,248 kg/ha | -10.6% |
| 2004 | 11,275 kg/ha | -14.9% |
| 2005 | 13,689 kg/ha | +21.4% |
| 2006 | 13,252 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2007 | 14,614 kg/ha | +10.3% |
| 2008 | 11,627 kg/ha | -20.4% |
| 2009 | 11,475 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2010 | 11,870 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 2011 | 15,892 kg/ha | +33.9% |
| 2012 | 12,686 kg/ha | -20.2% |
| 2013 | 25,738 kg/ha | +102.9% |
| 2014 | 37,973 kg/ha | +47.5% |
| 2015 | 27,129 kg/ha | -28.6% |
| 2016 | 22,617 kg/ha | -16.6% |
| 2017 | 20,168 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 2018 | 21,189 kg/ha | +5.1% |
| 2019 | 21,331 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2020 | 21,719 kg/ha | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 22,231 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 22,468 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 22,500 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 22,631 kg/ha | +0.6% |
Thailand compared with similar countries
- Thailand's 22,631 kg/ha is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 20,000 kg/ha, 1.1× the median. (35 countries reporting)
- Thailand's 22,631 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 10,498 kg/ha, 2.2× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — Yield in Thailand 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | +102.9% | 12,686 kg/ha | 25,738 kg/ha |
| 2014 | +47.5% | 25,738 kg/ha | 37,973 kg/ha |
| 2011 | +33.9% | 11,870 kg/ha | 15,892 kg/ha |
| 2015 | -28.6% | 37,973 kg/ha | 27,129 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 9,634 kg/ha | 9,229 kg/ha | 10,192 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 10,640 kg/ha | 9,600 kg/ha | 12,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,113 kg/ha | 11,769 kg/ha | 12,354 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 12,493 kg/ha | 11,681 kg/ha | 13,077 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 13,036 kg/ha | 11,275 kg/ha | 14,824 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 21,659 kg/ha | 11,870 kg/ha | 37,973 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 22,310 kg/ha | 21,719 kg/ha | 22,631 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Thailand
- 45 Guadeloupe 24,530 kg/ha compare
- 46 El Salvador 23,817 kg/ha compare
- 47 Italy 23,493 kg/ha compare
- 49 United Arab Emirates 22,273 kg/ha compare
- 50 China, Taiwan Province of 22,157 kg/ha compare
- 51 Argentina 20,957 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Thailand
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 7.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0875 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 704.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -2.51 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.372 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — yield in Thailand?
- Bananas — yield in Thailand was 22,631 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — yield recorded in Thailand?
- The highest recorded value was 37,973 kg/ha in 2014.
- What is the lowest bananas — yield recorded in Thailand?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,229 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does Thailand rank for bananas — yield?
- Thailand ranks 48th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — yield rising or falling in Thailand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 40.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Thailand 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.