Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in Central African Republic
Central African Republic: Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested was 43,257 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in Central African Republic, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Central African Republic stood at 43,257 ha.
The figure is down 17.2% on the previous year and up 45.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Central African Republic peaked at 74,788 ha in 1991 and was at its lowest, 18,000 ha, in 1961.
Central African Republic ranks 14th of 50 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in Central African Republic, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 18,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 18,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 20,000 ha | +11.1% |
| 1967 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1973 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1974 | 19,427 ha | -2.9% |
| 1975 | 19,500 ha | +0.4% |
| 1976 | 19,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 20,000 ha | +2.6% |
| 1978 | 19,500 ha | -2.5% |
| 1979 | 19,000 ha | -2.6% |
| 1980 | 20,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1981 | 20,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 22,000 ha | +10.0% |
| 1983 | 24,000 ha | +9.1% |
| 1984 | 24,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 24,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 24,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 24,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 25,000 ha | +4.2% |
| 1989 | 25,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 26,000 ha | +4.0% |
| 1991 | 74,788 ha | +187.6% |
| 1992 | 55,928 ha | -25.2% |
| 1993 | 55,270 ha | -1.2% |
| 1994 | 54,613 ha | -1.2% |
| 1995 | 53,959 ha | -1.2% |
| 1996 | 53,307 ha | -1.2% |
| 1997 | 52,658 ha | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 52,012 ha | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 51,371 ha | -1.2% |
| 2000 | 50,733 ha | -1.2% |
| 2001 | 50,100 ha | -1.2% |
| 2002 | 49,472 ha | -1.3% |
| 2003 | 48,850 ha | -1.3% |
| 2004 | 48,233 ha | -1.3% |
| 2005 | 47,616 ha | -1.3% |
| 2006 | 46,219 ha | -2.9% |
| 2007 | 45,725 ha | -1.1% |
| 2008 | 45,250 ha | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 44,783 ha | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 44,325 ha | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 43,875 ha | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 43,159 ha | -1.6% |
| 2013 | 42,381 ha | -1.8% |
| 2014 | 29,780 ha | -29.7% |
| 2015 | 41,711 ha | +40.1% |
| 2016 | 41,865 ha | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 42,045 ha | +0.4% |
| 2018 | 42,280 ha | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 40,402 ha | -4.4% |
| 2020 | 37,893 ha | -6.2% |
| 2021 | 39,030 ha | +3.0% |
| 2022 | 40,201 ha | +3.0% |
| 2023 | 52,261 ha | +30.0% |
| 2024 | 43,257 ha | -17.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 18,889 ha | 18,000 ha | 20,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 19,693 ha | 19,000 ha | 20,000 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 23,200 ha | 20,000 ha | 25,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 52,991 ha | 26,000 ha | 74,788 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 47,698 ha | 44,783 ha | 50,733 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 41,182 ha | 29,780 ha | 44,325 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 42,528 ha | 37,893 ha | 52,261 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Central African Republic
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.27 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2761 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 153.53 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.63 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5545 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 27.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 27.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Central African Republic?
- Plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Central African Republic was 43,257 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 Central African Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 74,788 ha in 1991.
- What is the lowest plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested recorded in Central African Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 18,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Central African Republic rank for plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested?
- Central African Republic ranks 14th out of 50 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Central African Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is up 45.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Central African Republic 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.