Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in Guyana
Guyana: Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested was 3,777 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in Guyana, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Guyana recorded 3,777 ha for plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 13.2% on the previous year and up 148.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Guyana peaked at 7,517 ha in 1971 and was at its lowest, 83 ha, in 2008.
Guyana ranks 31st of 50 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in Guyana, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,262 ha | — |
| 1962 | 6,880 ha | +9.9% |
| 1963 | 5,782 ha | -16.0% |
| 1964 | 6,984 ha | +20.8% |
| 1965 | 7,004 ha | +0.3% |
| 1966 | 6,301 ha | -10.0% |
| 1967 | 6,786 ha | +7.7% |
| 1968 | 5,471 ha | -19.4% |
| 1969 | 5,795 ha | +5.9% |
| 1970 | 6,920 ha | +19.4% |
| 1971 | 7,517 ha | +8.6% |
| 1972 | 7,365 ha | -2.0% |
| 1973 | 7,487 ha | +1.7% |
| 1974 | 3,000 ha | -59.9% |
| 1975 | 4,800 ha | +60.0% |
| 1976 | 4,600 ha | -4.2% |
| 1977 | 6,500 ha | +41.3% |
| 1978 | 6,500 ha | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 3,800 ha | -41.5% |
| 1980 | 3,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 3,800 ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 5,000 ha | +31.6% |
| 1983 | 5,300 ha | +6.0% |
| 1984 | 6,000 ha | +13.2% |
| 1985 | 6,800 ha | +13.3% |
| 1986 | 6,000 ha | -11.8% |
| 1987 | 6,200 ha | +3.3% |
| 1988 | 6,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 6,200 ha | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 4,000 ha | -35.5% |
| 1991 | 469 ha | -88.3% |
| 1992 | 467 ha | -0.4% |
| 1993 | 471 ha | +0.9% |
| 1994 | 688 ha | +46.1% |
| 1995 | 748 ha | +8.7% |
| 1996 | 617 ha | -17.5% |
| 1997 | 474 ha | -23.2% |
| 1998 | 284 ha | -40.1% |
| 1999 | 224 ha | -21.1% |
| 2000 | 799 ha | +256.7% |
| 2001 | 577 ha | -27.8% |
| 2002 | 314 ha | -45.6% |
| 2003 | 183 ha | -41.7% |
| 2004 | 163 ha | -10.9% |
| 2005 | 120 ha | -26.4% |
| 2006 | 135 ha | +12.5% |
| 2007 | 137 ha | +1.5% |
| 2008 | 83 ha | -39.4% |
| 2009 | 109 ha | +31.3% |
| 2010 | 136 ha | +24.8% |
| 2011 | 130 ha | -4.4% |
| 2012 | 282 ha | +116.9% |
| 2013 | 470 ha | +66.7% |
| 2014 | 1,521 ha | +223.6% |
| 2015 | 2,249 ha | +47.9% |
| 2016 | 2,092 ha | -7.0% |
| 2017 | 2,997 ha | +43.3% |
| 2018 | 2,900 ha | -3.2% |
| 2019 | 3,226 ha | +11.2% |
| 2020 | 3,136 ha | -2.8% |
| 2021 | 3,053 ha | -2.6% |
| 2022 | 3,385 ha | +10.9% |
| 2023 | 3,336 ha | -1.4% |
| 2024 | 3,777 ha | +13.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 6,363 ha | 5,471 ha | 7,004 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 5,849 ha | 3,000 ha | 7,517 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 5,530 ha | 3,800 ha | 6,800 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 844.2 ha | 224 ha | 4,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 262 ha | 83 ha | 799 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,600 ha | 130 ha | 3,226 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 3,337 ha | 3,053 ha | 3,777 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Guyana
- 28 Costa Rica 7,158 ha compare
- 29 Puerto Rico 4,740 ha compare
- 30 Sao Tome and Principe 4,110 ha compare
- 32 Jamaica 2,979 ha compare
- 33 Kenya 2,813 ha compare
- 34 El Salvador 1,977 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Guyana
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 11.48 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0773 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 2,507 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.5708 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7351 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 7.7% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 7.7% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Guyana?
- Plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Guyana was 3,777 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 Guyana?
- The highest recorded value was 7,517 ha in 1971.
- What is the lowest plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested recorded in Guyana?
- The lowest recorded value was 83 ha in 2008.
- How does Guyana rank for plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested?
- Guyana ranks 31st out of 50 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Guyana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 148.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Guyana 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.