Plantains and cooking bananas — Yield in Central African Republic
Central African Republic: Plantains and cooking bananas — Yield was 873.5 kg/ha in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Plantains and cooking bananas — Yield in Central African Republic, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
The most recent figure for plantains and cooking bananas — yield in Central African Republic is 873.5 kg/ha, measured in 2024.
The figure is up 11.7% on the previous year and down 9.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plantains and cooking bananas — yield in Central African Republic peaked at 3,158 kg/ha in 1979 and was at its lowest, 782.2 kg/ha, in 2023.
Central African Republic ranks 50th of 50 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Plantains and cooking bananas — Yield in Central African Republic, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 2,667 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 2,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 2,667 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 2,722 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1965 | 2,722 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 2,450 kg/ha | -10.0% |
| 1967 | 2,500 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1968 | 2,550 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1969 | 2,600 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 1970 | 2,650 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1971 | 2,700 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1972 | 2,750 kg/ha | +1.9% |
| 1973 | 2,825 kg/ha | +2.7% |
| 1974 | 2,934 kg/ha | +3.9% |
| 1975 | 2,974 kg/ha | +1.4% |
| 1976 | 3,077 kg/ha | +3.4% |
| 1977 | 3,050 kg/ha | -0.9% |
| 1978 | 3,077 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 1979 | 3,158 kg/ha | +2.6% |
| 1980 | 3,100 kg/ha | -1.8% |
| 1981 | 3,100 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 2,909 kg/ha | -6.2% |
| 1983 | 2,667 kg/ha | -8.3% |
| 1984 | 2,708 kg/ha | +1.6% |
| 1985 | 2,708 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 2,708 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 2,750 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1988 | 2,640 kg/ha | -4.0% |
| 1989 | 2,680 kg/ha | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 2,615 kg/ha | -2.4% |
| 1991 | 936 kg/ha | -64.2% |
| 1992 | 936.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 936.4 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 936.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 936.9 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 937.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 937.3 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 937.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 937.8 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 938 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 938.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 938.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 938.7 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 938.9 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 939.1 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 939.4 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 939.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 939.5 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2009 | 939.5 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 939.4 kg/ha | -0.0% |
| 2011 | 939.4 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 945.3 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 953.1 kg/ha | +0.8% |
| 2014 | 962.1 kg/ha | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 963.8 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2016 | 965.3 kg/ha | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 966.4 kg/ha | +0.1% |
| 2018 | 966.6 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 956.4 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 987.2 kg/ha | +3.2% |
| 2021 | 987.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 987.2 kg/ha | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 782.2 kg/ha | -20.8% |
| 2024 | 873.5 kg/ha | +11.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2,616 kg/ha | 2,450 kg/ha | 2,722 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 2,920 kg/ha | 2,650 kg/ha | 3,158 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 2,797 kg/ha | 2,640 kg/ha | 3,100 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 1,105 kg/ha | 936 kg/ha | 2,615 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 938.94 kg/ha | 938 kg/ha | 939.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 955.78 kg/ha | 939.4 kg/ha | 966.6 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 923.46 kg/ha | 782.2 kg/ha | 987.2 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central African Republic
- 47 Liberia 2,214 kg/ha compare
- 48 New Caledonia 1,940 kg/ha compare
- 49 French Polynesia 1,190 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Central African Republic
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 10.27 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2761 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 153.53 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.63 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.5545 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 27.61 (2025)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 27.61 (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 5.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is plantains and cooking bananas — yield in Central African Republic?
- Plantains and cooking bananas — yield in Central African Republic was 873.5 kg/ha in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plantains and cooking bananas — yield recorded in Central African Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 3,158 kg/ha in 1979.
- What is the lowest plantains and cooking bananas — yield recorded in Central African Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 782.2 kg/ha in 2023.
- How does Central African Republic rank for plantains and cooking bananas — yield?
- Central African Republic ranks 50th out of 50 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plantains and cooking bananas — yield rising or falling in Central African Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is down 9.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Central African Republic data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Plantains and cooking bananas — Yield. 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.