Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in Cuba
Cuba: Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested was 69,733 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in Cuba, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Cuba stood at 69,733 ha.
The figure is up 17.0% on the previous year and up 23.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Cuba peaked at 93,648 ha in 2003 and was at its lowest, 3,805 ha, in 1969.
Cuba ranks 12th of 50 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in Cuba, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 8,600 ha | — |
| 1962 | 9,100 ha | +5.8% |
| 1963 | 9,800 ha | +7.7% |
| 1964 | 10,000 ha | +2.0% |
| 1965 | 9,200 ha | -8.0% |
| 1966 | 9,500 ha | +3.3% |
| 1967 | 8,522 ha | -10.3% |
| 1968 | 5,428 ha | -36.3% |
| 1969 | 3,805 ha | -29.9% |
| 1970 | 5,254 ha | +38.1% |
| 1971 | 5,427 ha | +3.3% |
| 1972 | 7,969 ha | +46.8% |
| 1973 | 9,555 ha | +19.9% |
| 1974 | 9,501 ha | -0.6% |
| 1975 | 7,781 ha | -18.1% |
| 1976 | 6,660 ha | -14.4% |
| 1977 | 9,390 ha | +41.0% |
| 1978 | 7,776 ha | -17.2% |
| 1979 | 10,700 ha | +37.6% |
| 1980 | 8,900 ha | -16.8% |
| 1981 | 15,200 ha | +70.8% |
| 1982 | 17,300 ha | +13.8% |
| 1983 | 20,900 ha | +20.8% |
| 1984 | 24,400 ha | +16.7% |
| 1985 | 21,600 ha | -11.5% |
| 1986 | 25,100 ha | +16.2% |
| 1987 | 24,200 ha | -3.6% |
| 1988 | 28,200 ha | +16.5% |
| 1989 | 30,000 ha | +6.4% |
| 1990 | 34,000 ha | +13.3% |
| 1991 | 37,127 ha | +9.2% |
| 1992 | 61,531 ha | +65.7% |
| 1993 | 55,255 ha | -10.2% |
| 1994 | 65,266 ha | +18.1% |
| 1995 | 68,068 ha | +4.3% |
| 1996 | 70,479 ha | +3.5% |
| 1997 | 76,960 ha | +9.2% |
| 1998 | 67,769 ha | -11.9% |
| 1999 | 70,105 ha | +3.4% |
| 2000 | 81,182 ha | +15.8% |
| 2001 | 81,479 ha | +0.4% |
| 2002 | 81,320 ha | -0.2% |
| 2003 | 93,648 ha | +15.2% |
| 2004 | 89,025 ha | -4.9% |
| 2005 | 76,781 ha | -13.8% |
| 2006 | 74,342 ha | -3.2% |
| 2007 | 74,097 ha | -0.3% |
| 2008 | 60,217 ha | -18.7% |
| 2009 | 73,385 ha | +21.9% |
| 2010 | 92,055 ha | +25.4% |
| 2011 | 66,377 ha | -27.9% |
| 2012 | 63,097 ha | -4.9% |
| 2013 | 55,181 ha | -12.5% |
| 2014 | 56,302 ha | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 58,534 ha | +4.0% |
| 2016 | 63,985 ha | +9.3% |
| 2017 | 64,103 ha | +0.2% |
| 2018 | 61,546 ha | -4.0% |
| 2019 | 69,949 ha | +13.7% |
| 2020 | 63,811 ha | -8.8% |
| 2021 | 69,631 ha | +9.1% |
| 2022 | 64,833 ha | -6.9% |
| 2023 | 59,586 ha | -8.1% |
| 2024 | 69,733 ha | +17.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 8,217 ha | 3,805 ha | 10,000 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 8,001 ha | 5,254 ha | 10,700 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 21,580 ha | 8,900 ha | 30,000 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 60,656 ha | 34,000 ha | 76,960 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 78,548 ha | 60,217 ha | 93,648 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 65,113 ha | 55,181 ha | 92,055 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 65,519 ha | 59,586 ha | 69,733 ha | 5 |
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- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -19.64 % change on previous year (2020)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0276 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 265.29 current US$ per person (2020)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.6522 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Rural population, per capita 0.2277 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 1.2% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 1.2% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.5% (2022)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2022)
Frequently asked questions
- What is plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Cuba?
- Plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Cuba was 69,733 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 Cuba?
- The highest recorded value was 93,648 ha in 2003.
- What is the lowest plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested recorded in Cuba?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,805 ha in 1969.
- How does Cuba rank for plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested?
- Cuba ranks 12th out of 50 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Cuba?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Cuba 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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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.