Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in Panama
Panama: Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested was 14,350 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in Panama, 1985–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
In 2024, plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Panama stood at 14,350 ha.
That represents a change of up 0.9% on the previous year and up 4.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Panama peaked at 19,553 ha in 2021 and was at its lowest, 3,000 ha, in 1985.
That places Panama 21st out of 50 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.
Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in Panama, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 3,000 ha | — |
| 1986 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 3,000 ha | +0.0% |
| 1989 | 5,000 ha | +66.7% |
| 1990 | 6,800 ha | +36.0% |
| 1991 | 9,000 ha | +32.4% |
| 1992 | 9,386 ha | +4.3% |
| 1993 | 9,532 ha | +1.6% |
| 1994 | 9,104 ha | -4.5% |
| 1995 | 9,251 ha | +1.6% |
| 1996 | 9,398 ha | +1.6% |
| 1997 | 9,500 ha | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 10,000 ha | +5.3% |
| 1999 | 8,699 ha | -13.0% |
| 2000 | 9,851 ha | +13.2% |
| 2001 | 9,100 ha | -7.6% |
| 2002 | 9,206 ha | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 10,477 ha | +13.8% |
| 2004 | 9,400 ha | -10.3% |
| 2005 | 9,718 ha | +3.4% |
| 2006 | 9,500 ha | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 9,300 ha | -2.1% |
| 2008 | 9,721 ha | +4.5% |
| 2009 | 9,108 ha | -6.3% |
| 2010 | 7,137 ha | -21.6% |
| 2011 | 8,396 ha | +17.6% |
| 2012 | 9,865 ha | +17.5% |
| 2013 | 11,151 ha | +13.0% |
| 2014 | 13,783 ha | +23.6% |
| 2015 | 11,668 ha | -15.3% |
| 2016 | 14,127 ha | +21.1% |
| 2017 | 15,073 ha | +6.7% |
| 2018 | 17,027 ha | +13.0% |
| 2019 | 18,197 ha | +6.9% |
| 2020 | 14,127 ha | -22.4% |
| 2021 | 19,553 ha | +38.4% |
| 2022 | 14,187 ha | -27.4% |
| 2023 | 14,220 ha | +0.2% |
| 2024 | 14,350 ha | +0.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 3,400 ha | 3,000 ha | 5,000 ha | 5 |
| 1990s | 9,067 ha | 6,800 ha | 10,000 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 9,538 ha | 9,100 ha | 10,477 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 12,642 ha | 7,137 ha | 18,197 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,287 ha | 14,127 ha | 19,553 ha | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Panama
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 2.06 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0262 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 518.14 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7724 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3385 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 2.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 2.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 4.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Panama?
- Plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Panama was 14,350 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 Panama?
- The highest recorded value was 19,553 ha in 2021.
- What is the lowest plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested recorded in Panama?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,000 ha in 1985.
- How does Panama rank for plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested?
- Panama ranks 21st out of 50 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Panama?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Panama 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.