Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested was 67 ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in ha.
Analysis
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines recorded 67 ha for plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in 2024.
That represents a change of down 27.2% on the previous year and down 32.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines peaked at 500 ha in 1986 and was at its lowest, 0 ha, in 1961.
That places Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 47th out of 50 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Plantains and cooking bananas — Area harvested in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, year by year
| Year | ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 0 ha | — |
| 1962 | 0 ha | — |
| 1963 | 0 ha | — |
| 1964 | 0 ha | — |
| 1965 | 0 ha | — |
| 1966 | 0 ha | — |
| 1967 | 0 ha | — |
| 1968 | 0 ha | — |
| 1969 | 0 ha | — |
| 1970 | 0 ha | — |
| 1971 | 5 ha | — |
| 1972 | 7 ha | +40.0% |
| 1973 | 12 ha | +71.4% |
| 1974 | 19 ha | +58.3% |
| 1975 | 27 ha | +42.1% |
| 1976 | 35 ha | +29.6% |
| 1977 | 55 ha | +57.1% |
| 1978 | 105 ha | +90.9% |
| 1979 | 140 ha | +33.3% |
| 1980 | 185 ha | +32.1% |
| 1981 | 260 ha | +40.5% |
| 1982 | 250 ha | -3.8% |
| 1983 | 250 ha | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 450 ha | +80.0% |
| 1985 | 450 ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 500 ha | +11.1% |
| 1987 | 300 ha | -40.0% |
| 1988 | 340 ha | +13.3% |
| 1989 | 220 ha | -35.3% |
| 1990 | 150 ha | -31.8% |
| 1991 | 160 ha | +6.7% |
| 1992 | 150 ha | -6.2% |
| 1993 | 190 ha | +26.7% |
| 1994 | 180 ha | -5.3% |
| 1995 | 210 ha | +16.7% |
| 1996 | 220 ha | +4.8% |
| 1997 | 135 ha | -38.6% |
| 1998 | 133 ha | -1.5% |
| 1999 | 159 ha | +19.5% |
| 2000 | 180 ha | +13.2% |
| 2001 | 185 ha | +2.8% |
| 2002 | 290 ha | +56.8% |
| 2003 | 280 ha | -3.4% |
| 2004 | 190 ha | -32.1% |
| 2005 | 200 ha | +5.3% |
| 2006 | 200 ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 205 ha | +2.5% |
| 2008 | 205 ha | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 200 ha | -2.4% |
| 2010 | 168 ha | -16.0% |
| 2011 | 151 ha | -10.1% |
| 2012 | 152 ha | +0.7% |
| 2013 | 176 ha | +15.8% |
| 2014 | 99 ha | -43.8% |
| 2015 | 104 ha | +5.1% |
| 2016 | 121 ha | +16.3% |
| 2017 | 132 ha | +9.1% |
| 2018 | 146 ha | +10.6% |
| 2019 | 154 ha | +5.5% |
| 2020 | 135 ha | -12.3% |
| 2021 | 92 ha | -31.9% |
| 2022 | 92 ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 92 ha | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 67 ha | -27.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0 ha | 0 ha | 0 ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 40.5 ha | 0 ha | 140 ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 320.5 ha | 185 ha | 500 ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 168.7 ha | 133 ha | 220 ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 213.5 ha | 180 ha | 290 ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 140.3 ha | 99 ha | 176 ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 95.6 ha | 67 ha | 135 ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- 44 New Caledonia 140 ha compare
- 45 Saint Lucia 139 ha compare
- 46 Grenada 77 ha compare
- 48 Barbados 62 ha compare
- 49 French Polynesia 58 ha compare
- 50 Bahamas 26 ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 5.12 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0344 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 431.7 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.9414 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5202 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 3.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 3.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.2% (2023)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?
- Plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines was 67 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 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?
- The highest recorded value was 500 ha in 1986.
- What is the lowest plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested recorded in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 ha in 1961.
- How does Saint Vincent and the Grenadines rank for plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested?
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ranks 47th out of 50 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plantains and cooking bananas — area harvested rising or falling in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines?
- Over the last ten years it is down 32.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 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.