Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in Middle Africa
Middle Africa: Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested was 1.75 million ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in Middle Africa, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Middle Africa recorded 1.75 million ha for plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 16.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Middle Africa peaked at 1.75 million ha in 2024 and was at its lowest, 355,000 ha, in 1961.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in Middle Africa, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 355,000 ha | — |
| 1962 | 383,000 ha | +7.9% |
| 1963 | 386,000 ha | +0.8% |
| 1964 | 434,000 ha | +12.4% |
| 1965 | 378,000 ha | -12.9% |
| 1966 | 389,500 ha | +3.0% |
| 1967 | 422,138 ha | +8.4% |
| 1968 | 442,373 ha | +4.8% |
| 1969 | 418,140 ha | -5.5% |
| 1970 | 468,861 ha | +12.1% |
| 1971 | 489,588 ha | +4.4% |
| 1972 | 481,416 ha | -1.7% |
| 1973 | 506,292 ha | +5.2% |
| 1974 | 530,952 ha | +4.9% |
| 1975 | 519,600 ha | -2.1% |
| 1976 | 495,600 ha | -4.6% |
| 1977 | 515,200 ha | +4.0% |
| 1978 | 545,100 ha | +5.8% |
| 1979 | 547,200 ha | +0.4% |
| 1980 | 569,820 ha | +4.1% |
| 1981 | 584,300 ha | +2.5% |
| 1982 | 598,100 ha | +2.4% |
| 1983 | 883,578 ha | +47.7% |
| 1984 | 795,300 ha | -10.0% |
| 1985 | 850,480 ha | +6.9% |
| 1986 | 888,216 ha | +4.4% |
| 1987 | 657,575 ha | -26.0% |
| 1988 | 642,930 ha | -2.2% |
| 1989 | 676,910 ha | +5.3% |
| 1990 | 686,875 ha | +1.5% |
| 1991 | 743,159 ha | +8.2% |
| 1992 | 738,688 ha | -0.6% |
| 1993 | 768,635 ha | +4.1% |
| 1994 | 805,949 ha | +4.9% |
| 1995 | 635,616 ha | -21.1% |
| 1996 | 653,377 ha | +2.8% |
| 1997 | 608,155 ha | -6.9% |
| 1998 | 572,033 ha | -5.9% |
| 1999 | 562,324 ha | -1.7% |
| 2000 | 568,931 ha | +1.2% |
| 2001 | 577,274 ha | +1.5% |
| 2002 | 609,578 ha | +5.6% |
| 2003 | 618,673 ha | +1.5% |
| 2004 | 627,332 ha | +1.4% |
| 2005 | 631,994 ha | +0.7% |
| 2006 | 654,486 ha | +3.6% |
| 2007 | 577,206 ha | -11.8% |
| 2008 | 593,535 ha | +2.8% |
| 2009 | 784,005 ha | +32.1% |
| 2010 | 998,434 ha | +27.4% |
| 2011 | 1.04 million ha | +4.1% |
| 2012 | 1.09 million ha | +5.3% |
| 2013 | 1.27 million ha | +16.3% |
| 2014 | 1.51 million ha | +18.4% |
| 2015 | 1.53 million ha | +1.6% |
| 2016 | 1.64 million ha | +7.0% |
| 2017 | 1.64 million ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 1.66 million ha | +0.9% |
| 2019 | 1.65 million ha | -0.5% |
| 2020 | 1.71 million ha | +3.5% |
| 2021 | 1.72 million ha | +0.9% |
| 2022 | 1.70 million ha | -0.9% |
| 2023 | 1.74 million ha | +2.1% |
| 2024 | 1.75 million ha | +0.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 400,906 ha | 355,000 ha | 442,373 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 509,981 ha | 468,861 ha | 547,200 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 714,721 ha | 569,820 ha | 888,216 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 677,481 ha | 562,324 ha | 805,949 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 624,301 ha | 568,931 ha | 784,005 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.40 million ha | 998,434 ha | 1.66 million ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.72 million ha | 1.70 million ha | 1.75 million ha | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Middle Africa?
- Plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Middle Africa was 1.75 million 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 Middle Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 1.75 million ha in 2024.
- What is the lowest plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested recorded in Middle Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 355,000 ha in 1961.
- How does Middle Africa rank for plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested?
- Middle Africa ranks 2nd out of 12 regions with data for 2024.
- Is plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Middle Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Middle Africa 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.