Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in Oceania

Oceania: Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested was 1,459 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
1,459 ha
Change on year
down 0.4%
Rank
15th
of 15 groups
All-time high
1,465 ha
in 2023
All-time low
540 ha
in 1994
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in Oceania, 1961–2024

05001.0k1.5k196119922024

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.

Analysis

Oceania recorded 1,459 ha for plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in 2024.

The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 44.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Oceania peaked at 1,465 ha in 2023 and was at its lowest, 540 ha, in 1994.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.

Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in Oceania, year by year

Annual values for Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in Oceania, 1961 to 2024.
Year ha Change
1961 1,200 ha
1962 1,100 ha -8.3%
1963 1,100 ha +0.0%
1964 1,150 ha +4.5%
1965 1,100 ha -4.3%
1966 1,050 ha -4.5%
1967 1,000 ha -4.8%
1968 1,000 ha +0.0%
1969 1,000 ha +0.0%
1970 1,100 ha +10.0%
1971 1,080 ha -1.8%
1972 1,080 ha +0.0%
1973 1,070 ha -0.9%
1974 1,060 ha -0.9%
1975 1,050 ha -0.9%
1976 1,050 ha +0.0%
1977 1,050 ha +0.0%
1978 1,050 ha +0.0%
1979 1,050 ha +0.0%
1980 1,050 ha +0.0%
1981 1,050 ha +0.0%
1982 1,050 ha +0.0%
1983 1,122 ha +6.9%
1984 1,025 ha -8.6%
1985 926 ha -9.7%
1986 870 ha -6.0%
1987 830 ha -4.6%
1988 735 ha -11.4%
1989 695 ha -5.4%
1990 647 ha -6.9%
1991 634 ha -2.0%
1992 670 ha +5.7%
1993 909 ha +35.7%
1994 540 ha -40.6%
1995 1,460 ha +170.4%
1996 1,205 ha -17.5%
1997 1,215 ha +0.8%
1998 1,211 ha -0.3%
1999 1,085 ha -10.4%
2000 1,127 ha +3.9%
2001 1,061 ha -5.9%
2002 1,037 ha -2.3%
2003 937 ha -9.6%
2004 1,062 ha +13.3%
2005 1,113 ha +4.8%
2006 1,173 ha +5.4%
2007 1,193 ha +1.7%
2008 1,027 ha -13.9%
2009 1,006 ha -2.0%
2010 995 ha -1.1%
2011 1,042 ha +4.7%
2012 1,121 ha +7.6%
2013 1,037 ha -7.5%
2014 1,012 ha -2.4%
2015 1,302 ha +28.7%
2016 1,211 ha -7.0%
2017 1,169 ha -3.5%
2018 1,194 ha +2.1%
2019 1,168 ha -2.2%
2020 1,202 ha +2.9%
2021 1,285 ha +6.9%
2022 1,376 ha +7.1%
2023 1,465 ha +6.5%
2024 1,459 ha -0.4%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 1,078 ha 1,000 ha 1,200 ha 9
1970s 1,064 ha 1,050 ha 1,100 ha 10
1980s 935.3 ha 695 ha 1,122 ha 10
1990s 957.6 ha 540 ha 1,460 ha 10
2000s 1,074 ha 937 ha 1,193 ha 10
2010s 1,125 ha 995 ha 1,302 ha 10
2020s 1,357 ha 1,202 ha 1,465 ha 5

Countries ranked near Oceania

  1. 12 Cuba 69,733 ha compare
  2. 13 Gabon 50,998 ha compare
  3. 14 Central African Republic 43,257 ha compare
  4. 15 Sri Lanka 40,542 ha compare
  5. 16 Haiti 38,121 ha compare
  6. 17 Malawi 36,821 ha compare
  7. 18 Liberia 22,840 ha compare

See the full ranking of 77 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Oceania?
Plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Oceania was 1,459 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 Oceania?
The highest recorded value was 1,465 ha in 2023.
What is the lowest plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested recorded in Oceania?
The lowest recorded value was 540 ha in 1994.
How does Oceania rank for plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested?
Oceania ranks 15th out of 15 groups with data for 2024.
Is plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Oceania?
Over the last ten years it is up 44.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Oceania 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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Indicator
Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested
Unit
ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
77 places, 4,296 data points, 1961–2024
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