Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in South America
South America: Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested was 518,266 ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in South America, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
South America recorded 518,266 ha for plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 2.4% on the previous year and down 13.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in South America peaked at 787,056 ha in 2000 and was at its lowest, 300,954 ha, in 1962.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in South America, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 312,542 ha | — |
| 1962 | 300,954 ha | -3.7% |
| 1963 | 301,854 ha | +0.3% |
| 1964 | 334,534 ha | +10.8% |
| 1965 | 322,155 ha | -3.7% |
| 1966 | 389,954 ha | +21.0% |
| 1967 | 394,851 ha | +1.3% |
| 1968 | 396,145 ha | +0.3% |
| 1969 | 413,827 ha | +4.5% |
| 1970 | 419,717 ha | +1.4% |
| 1971 | 505,545 ha | +20.4% |
| 1972 | 496,378 ha | -1.8% |
| 1973 | 497,081 ha | +0.1% |
| 1974 | 519,730 ha | +4.6% |
| 1975 | 551,884 ha | +6.2% |
| 1976 | 548,645 ha | -0.6% |
| 1977 | 625,129 ha | +13.9% |
| 1978 | 617,907 ha | -1.2% |
| 1979 | 620,365 ha | +0.4% |
| 1980 | 638,238 ha | +2.9% |
| 1981 | 631,119 ha | -1.1% |
| 1982 | 558,487 ha | -11.5% |
| 1983 | 556,557 ha | -0.3% |
| 1984 | 553,332 ha | -0.6% |
| 1985 | 571,887 ha | +3.4% |
| 1986 | 568,779 ha | -0.5% |
| 1987 | 590,718 ha | +3.9% |
| 1988 | 608,935 ha | +3.1% |
| 1989 | 623,938 ha | +2.5% |
| 1990 | 602,104 ha | -3.5% |
| 1991 | 608,452 ha | +1.1% |
| 1992 | 645,246 ha | +6.0% |
| 1993 | 647,636 ha | +0.4% |
| 1994 | 646,040 ha | -0.2% |
| 1995 | 663,518 ha | +2.7% |
| 1996 | 701,960 ha | +5.8% |
| 1997 | 687,248 ha | -2.1% |
| 1998 | 651,716 ha | -5.2% |
| 1999 | 646,785 ha | -0.8% |
| 2000 | 787,056 ha | +21.7% |
| 2001 | 724,022 ha | -8.0% |
| 2002 | 738,303 ha | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 747,636 ha | +1.3% |
| 2004 | 745,038 ha | -0.3% |
| 2005 | 742,589 ha | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 723,684 ha | -2.5% |
| 2007 | 736,496 ha | +1.8% |
| 2008 | 762,199 ha | +3.5% |
| 2009 | 698,921 ha | -8.3% |
| 2010 | 564,966 ha | -19.2% |
| 2011 | 561,883 ha | -0.5% |
| 2012 | 570,264 ha | +1.5% |
| 2013 | 609,190 ha | +6.8% |
| 2014 | 596,740 ha | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 618,714 ha | +3.7% |
| 2016 | 616,640 ha | -0.3% |
| 2017 | 384,198 ha | -37.7% |
| 2018 | 443,585 ha | +15.5% |
| 2019 | 495,844 ha | +11.8% |
| 2020 | 496,249 ha | +0.1% |
| 2021 | 482,694 ha | -2.7% |
| 2022 | 496,045 ha | +2.8% |
| 2023 | 506,202 ha | +2.0% |
| 2024 | 518,266 ha | +2.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 351,868 ha | 300,954 ha | 413,827 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 540,238 ha | 419,717 ha | 625,129 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 590,199 ha | 553,332 ha | 638,238 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 650,070 ha | 602,104 ha | 701,960 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 740,594 ha | 698,921 ha | 787,056 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 546,202 ha | 384,198 ha | 618,714 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 499,891 ha | 482,694 ha | 518,266 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near South America
- 7 Peru 156,483 ha compare
- 7 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 56,130 ha compare
- 8 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 41,631 ha compare
- 8 Ecuador 134,450 ha compare
- 9 Côte d'Ivoire 641,598 ha compare
- 9 Guinea 114,996 ha compare
- 9 Micronesia (Federated States of) 609 ha compare
- 9 Micronesia 609 ha compare
- 10 Myanmar 105,786 ha compare
- 11 Dominican Republic 103,454 ha compare
- 11 Melanesia 558 ha compare
- 12 Cuba 69,733 ha compare
- 12 Polynesia 292 ha compare
- 13 Gabon 50,998 ha compare
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- Oilcrops, Oil Equivalent — Yield, annual growth rate 3.1 % change on previous year (2024)
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- Edible offal of pigs, fresh, chilled or frozen — Production, annual 1.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Swine / pigs — Stocks, annual growth rate 1.45 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of pig with the bone, fresh or chilled — Producing 2.44 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in South America?
- Plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in South America was 518,266 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 South America?
- The highest recorded value was 787,056 ha in 2000.
- What is the lowest plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested recorded in South America?
- The lowest recorded value was 300,954 ha in 1962.
- How does South America rank for plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested?
- South America ranks 10th out of 15 groups with data for 2024.
- Is plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested rising or falling in South America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 13.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South America 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.