Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in Americas
Americas: Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested was 798,037 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in Americas, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Americas is 798,037 ha, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 4.6% on the previous year and down 0.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Americas peaked at 993,597 ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 426,081 ha, in 1962.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in Americas, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 437,090 ha | — |
| 1962 | 426,081 ha | -2.5% |
| 1963 | 430,682 ha | +1.1% |
| 1964 | 465,384 ha | +8.1% |
| 1965 | 452,503 ha | -2.8% |
| 1966 | 521,920 ha | +15.3% |
| 1967 | 520,808 ha | -0.2% |
| 1968 | 518,396 ha | -0.5% |
| 1969 | 545,646 ha | +5.3% |
| 1970 | 557,511 ha | +2.2% |
| 1971 | 643,587 ha | +15.4% |
| 1972 | 636,600 ha | -1.1% |
| 1973 | 641,633 ha | +0.8% |
| 1974 | 663,518 ha | +3.4% |
| 1975 | 692,679 ha | +4.4% |
| 1976 | 694,733 ha | +0.3% |
| 1977 | 774,639 ha | +11.5% |
| 1978 | 772,946 ha | -0.2% |
| 1979 | 780,714 ha | +1.0% |
| 1980 | 796,446 ha | +2.0% |
| 1981 | 794,916 ha | -0.2% |
| 1982 | 730,397 ha | -8.1% |
| 1983 | 734,219 ha | +0.5% |
| 1984 | 726,781 ha | -1.0% |
| 1985 | 746,057 ha | +2.7% |
| 1986 | 749,138 ha | +0.4% |
| 1987 | 767,008 ha | +2.4% |
| 1988 | 789,485 ha | +2.9% |
| 1989 | 803,716 ha | +1.8% |
| 1990 | 759,157 ha | -5.5% |
| 1991 | 776,395 ha | +2.3% |
| 1992 | 846,034 ha | +9.0% |
| 1993 | 842,610 ha | -0.4% |
| 1994 | 850,987 ha | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 863,739 ha | +1.5% |
| 1996 | 910,478 ha | +5.4% |
| 1997 | 900,832 ha | -1.1% |
| 1998 | 854,999 ha | -5.1% |
| 1999 | 831,390 ha | -2.8% |
| 2000 | 993,597 ha | +19.5% |
| 2001 | 942,196 ha | -5.2% |
| 2002 | 962,841 ha | +2.2% |
| 2003 | 986,081 ha | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 972,297 ha | -1.4% |
| 2005 | 954,811 ha | -1.8% |
| 2006 | 942,997 ha | -1.2% |
| 2007 | 950,740 ha | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 944,522 ha | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 906,712 ha | -4.0% |
| 2010 | 789,709 ha | -12.9% |
| 2011 | 768,736 ha | -2.7% |
| 2012 | 780,674 ha | +1.6% |
| 2013 | 810,190 ha | +3.8% |
| 2014 | 801,474 ha | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 827,297 ha | +3.2% |
| 2016 | 837,962 ha | +1.3% |
| 2017 | 609,124 ha | -27.3% |
| 2018 | 670,785 ha | +10.1% |
| 2019 | 722,327 ha | +7.7% |
| 2020 | 708,259 ha | -1.9% |
| 2021 | 720,162 ha | +1.7% |
| 2022 | 748,333 ha | +3.9% |
| 2023 | 762,867 ha | +1.9% |
| 2024 | 798,037 ha | +4.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 479,834 ha | 426,081 ha | 545,646 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 685,856 ha | 557,511 ha | 780,714 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 763,816 ha | 726,781 ha | 803,716 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 843,662 ha | 759,157 ha | 910,478 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 955,679 ha | 906,712 ha | 993,597 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 761,828 ha | 609,124 ha | 837,962 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 747,532 ha | 708,259 ha | 798,037 ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Americas?
- Plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Americas was 798,037 ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The highest recorded value was 993,597 ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested recorded in Americas?
- The lowest recorded value was 426,081 ha in 1962.
- How does Americas rank for plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested?
- Americas ranks 8th out of 15 groups with data for 2024.
- Is plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Americas?
- Over the last ten years it is down 0.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Americas data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.