Bananas — Yield in World
World: Bananas — Yield was 23,703 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Bananas — Yield in World, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for bananas — yield in World is 23,703 kg/ha, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.0% on the previous year and up 12.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, bananas — yield in World peaked at 23,703 kg/ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 10,646 kg/ha, in 1961.
That places World 13th out of 26 groups 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 World, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 10,646 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 10,662 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 1963 | 10,818 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1964 | 11,061 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1965 | 11,186 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 1966 | 11,165 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1967 | 11,409 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1968 | 11,688 kg/ha | +2.5% |
| 1969 | 11,782 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1970 | 11,585 kg/ha | -1.7% |
| 1971 | 12,114 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1972 | 11,782 kg/ha | -2.7% |
| 1973 | 11,160 kg/ha | -5.3% |
| 1974 | 11,476 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 1975 | 11,595 kg/ha | +1.0% |
| 1976 | 12,078 kg/ha | +4.2% |
| 1977 | 12,502 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1978 | 12,867 kg/ha | +2.9% |
| 1979 | 12,937 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1980 | 13,039 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 1981 | 13,239 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1982 | 13,006 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1983 | 12,767 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1984 | 13,159 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 1985 | 13,196 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 1986 | 13,654 kg/ha | +3.5% |
| 1987 | 13,629 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 1988 | 12,411 kg/ha | -8.9% |
| 1989 | 12,964 kg/ha | +4.5% |
| 1990 | 13,406 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1991 | 13,218 kg/ha | -1.4% |
| 1992 | 13,504 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 1993 | 14,090 kg/ha | +4.3% |
| 1994 | 15,101 kg/ha | +7.2% |
| 1995 | 15,022 kg/ha | -0.5% |
| 1996 | 14,464 kg/ha | -3.7% |
| 1997 | 14,519 kg/ha | +0.4% |
| 1998 | 14,597 kg/ha | +0.5% |
| 1999 | 15,173 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 2000 | 14,224 kg/ha | -6.3% |
| 2001 | 14,798 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2002 | 15,083 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 15,112 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2004 | 15,908 kg/ha | +5.3% |
| 2005 | 16,774 kg/ha | +5.4% |
| 2006 | 16,901 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 17,938 kg/ha | +6.1% |
| 2008 | 18,371 kg/ha | +2.4% |
| 2009 | 18,686 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2010 | 18,963 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2011 | 18,766 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 19,153 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 19,746 kg/ha | +3.1% |
| 2014 | 20,993 kg/ha | +6.3% |
| 2015 | 21,054 kg/ha | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 21,245 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2017 | 21,558 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 22,268 kg/ha | +3.3% |
| 2019 | 22,216 kg/ha | -0.2% |
| 2020 | 22,402 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2021 | 22,773 kg/ha | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 22,786 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2023 | 23,243 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 23,703 kg/ha | +2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 11,157 kg/ha | 10,646 kg/ha | 11,782 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 12,010 kg/ha | 11,160 kg/ha | 12,937 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 13,106 kg/ha | 12,411 kg/ha | 13,654 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 14,310 kg/ha | 13,218 kg/ha | 15,173 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 16,380 kg/ha | 14,224 kg/ha | 18,686 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 20,596 kg/ha | 18,766 kg/ha | 22,268 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 22,981 kg/ha | 22,402 kg/ha | 23,703 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near World
- 10 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 15,036 kg/ha compare
- 10 Guatemala 49,726 kg/ha compare
- 11 Republic of Korea 49,628 kg/ha compare
- 12 Spain 48,096 kg/ha compare
- 13 Egypt 43,612 kg/ha compare
- 13 United Republic of Tanzania 10,337 kg/ha compare
- 14 Ecuador 41,889 kg/ha compare
- 14 Polynesia 6,353 kg/ha compare
- 15 Micronesia (Federated States of) 5,322 kg/ha compare
- 15 Zimbabwe 40,000 kg/ha compare
- 16 India 39,658 kg/ha compare
- 16 Caribbean 18,031 kg/ha compare
- 16 Micronesia 5,200 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for World
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 4.41 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0401 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 577.68 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.2984 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4217 units per person (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
- Rural population 42.2% (2025)
- Rural population growth 0.3% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is bananas — yield in World?
- Bananas — yield in World was 23,703 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest bananas — yield recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 23,703 kg/ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest bananas — yield recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 10,646 kg/ha in 1961.
- How does World rank for bananas — yield?
- World ranks 13th out of 26 groups with data for 2024.
- Is bananas — yield rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World 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.