Bananas — Yield in Vanuatu
Vanuatu: Bananas — Yield was 10,498 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling
Bananas — Yield in Vanuatu, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
Vanuatu recorded 10,498 kg/ha for bananas — yield in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — yield in Vanuatu peaked at 12,857 kg/ha in 1984 and was at its lowest, 9,865 kg/ha, in 2015.
Vanuatu ranks 83rd of 120 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 64 years of available data.
Bananas — Yield in Vanuatu, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 12,000 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 12,400 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 1963 | 11,875 kg/ha | -4.2% |
| 1964 | 12,250 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 1965 | 11,765 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1966 | 12,222 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1967 | 12,105 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 1968 | 12,000 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1969 | 11,810 kg/ha | -1.6% |
| 1970 | 11,818 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 1971 | 11,667 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 1972 | 11,538 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 1973 | 12,000 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 1974 | 12,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1975 | 12,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 12,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 12,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 12,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 12,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 12,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 12,364 kg/ha | +3.0% |
| 1982 | 12,500 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1983 | 12,769 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1984 | 12,857 kg/ha | +0.7% |
| 1985 | 12,533 kg/ha | -2.5% |
| 1986 | 12,048 kg/ha | -3.9% |
| 1987 | 12,000 kg/ha | -0.4% |
| 1988 | 12,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 12,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 12,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1991 | 12,000 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 11,969 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1993 | 11,944 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1994 | 11,905 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 1995 | 11,897 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 1996 | 11,877 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1997 | 11,857 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1998 | 11,839 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1999 | 11,818 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2000 | 11,803 kg/ha | -0.1% |
| 2001 | 11,776 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2002 | 11,739 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 11,626 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2004 | 11,600 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 11,538 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2006 | 11,480 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 2007 | 11,154 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 2008 | 11,007 kg/ha | -1.3% |
| 2009 | 10,853 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 2010 | 10,667 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 10,534 kg/ha | -1.2% |
| 2012 | 10,333 kg/ha | -1.9% |
| 2013 | 10,162 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 2014 | 9,964 kg/ha | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 9,865 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2016 | 10,207 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 2017 | 10,347 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 2018 | 10,445 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 10,546 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 2020 | 10,636 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2021 | 10,448 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 2022 | 10,487 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 10,495 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2024 | 10,498 kg/ha | +0.0% |
Vanuatu compared with similar countries
- Vanuatu's 10,498 kg/ha is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 15,555 kg/ha, 67% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Vanuatu's 10,498 kg/ha is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 10,498 kg/ha, 1.0× the median. (19 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 12,047 kg/ha | 11,765 kg/ha | 12,400 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 11,902 kg/ha | 11,538 kg/ha | 12,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 12,307 kg/ha | 12,000 kg/ha | 12,857 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 11,911 kg/ha | 11,818 kg/ha | 12,000 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 11,458 kg/ha | 10,853 kg/ha | 11,803 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 10,307 kg/ha | 9,865 kg/ha | 10,667 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 10,513 kg/ha | 10,448 kg/ha | 10,636 kg/ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Vanuatu
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 13.88 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2663 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 1,054 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.21 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7768 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 26.6% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 26.6% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.8% (2011)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.3% (2011)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — yield in Vanuatu?
- Bananas — yield in Vanuatu was 10,498 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — yield recorded in Vanuatu?
- The highest recorded value was 12,857 kg/ha in 1984.
- What is the lowest bananas — yield recorded in Vanuatu?
- The lowest recorded value was 9,865 kg/ha in 2015.
- How does Vanuatu rank for bananas — yield?
- Vanuatu ranks 83rd out of 120 countries with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — yield rising or falling in Vanuatu?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Vanuatu 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.