Bananas — Yield in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago: Bananas — Yield was 3,325 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Bananas — Yield in Trinidad and Tobago, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for bananas — yield in Trinidad and Tobago is 3,325 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.3% on the previous year and up 0.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — yield in Trinidad and Tobago peaked at 6,014 kg/ha in 1967 and was at its lowest, 2,812 kg/ha, in 2008.
That places Trinidad and Tobago 111th out of 120 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Bananas — Yield in Trinidad and Tobago, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 4,706 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 4,737 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1963 | 4,948 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1964 | 5,151 kg/ha | +4.1% |
| 1965 | 5,373 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1966 | 5,544 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1967 | 6,014 kg/ha | +8.5% |
| 1968 | 5,807 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 1969 | 5,779 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1970 | 5,813 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 1971 | 5,185 kg/ha | -10.8% |
| 1972 | 4,911 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1973 | 4,535 kg/ha | -7.7% |
| 1974 | 4,664 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1975 | 4,483 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1976 | 4,528 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1977 | 4,623 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1978 | 4,717 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1979 | 4,717 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 4,679 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 1981 | 4,952 kg/ha | +5.8% |
| 1982 | 5,048 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1983 | 5,094 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1984 | 5,094 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 5,094 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 5,093 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 1987 | 5,000 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1988 | 5,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 4,956 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1990 | 5,182 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1991 | 4,957 kg/ha | -4.3% |
| 1992 | 4,990 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1993 | 5,002 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1994 | 5,015 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1995 | 5,027 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1996 | 5,040 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1997 | 5,028 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 5,049 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1999 | 5,069 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2000 | 5,125 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 5,114 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 5,200 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2003 | 5,234 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 5,231 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2005 | 5,185 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 2006 | 4,420 kg/ha | -14.8% |
| 2007 | 3,849 kg/ha | -12.9% |
| 2008 | 2,812 kg/ha | -26.9% |
| 2009 | 3,625 kg/ha | +28.9% |
| 2010 | 3,500 kg/ha | -3.4% |
| 2011 | 3,500 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 3,600 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 2013 | 3,452 kg/ha | -4.1% |
| 2014 | 3,321 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 2015 | 3,213 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 2016 | 3,332 kg/ha | +3.7% |
| 2017 | 3,334 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 3,322 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 2019 | 3,485 kg/ha | +4.9% |
| 2020 | 3,378 kg/ha | -3.1% |
| 2021 | 3,394 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 3,416 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2023 | 3,335 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 2024 | 3,325 kg/ha | -0.3% |
Trinidad and Tobago compared with similar countries
- Trinidad and Tobago's 3,325 kg/ha is below the median for high income countries, which is 22,273 kg/ha, 15% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Trinidad and Tobago's 3,325 kg/ha is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 23,817 kg/ha, 14% of the median. (29 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Bananas — Yield in Trinidad and Tobago 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +28.9% | 2,812 kg/ha | 3,625 kg/ha |
| 2008 | -26.9% | 3,849 kg/ha | 2,812 kg/ha |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 5,340 kg/ha | 4,706 kg/ha | 6,014 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 4,818 kg/ha | 4,483 kg/ha | 5,813 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,001 kg/ha | 4,679 kg/ha | 5,094 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 5,036 kg/ha | 4,957 kg/ha | 5,182 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 4,580 kg/ha | 2,812 kg/ha | 5,234 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 3,406 kg/ha | 3,213 kg/ha | 3,600 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,370 kg/ha | 3,325 kg/ha | 3,416 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Trinidad and Tobago
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -4.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0078 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 145.68 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.0602 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4603 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.8% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — yield in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Bananas — yield in Trinidad and Tobago was 3,325 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — yield recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The highest recorded value was 6,014 kg/ha in 1967.
- What is the lowest bananas — yield recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,812 kg/ha in 2008.
- How does Trinidad and Tobago rank for bananas — yield?
- Trinidad and Tobago ranks 111th out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — yield rising or falling in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Trinidad and Tobago 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.