Plantains and cooking bananas — Yield in Polynesia

Polynesia: Plantains and cooking bananas — Yield was 8,356 kg/ha in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
8,356 kg/ha
Change on year
up 2.6%
World rank
6th
of 12 countries
All-time high
19,333 kg/ha
in 1970
All-time low
5,752 kg/ha
in 1999
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Plantains and cooking bananas — Yield in Polynesia, 1961–2024

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

Analysis

Polynesia recorded 8,356 kg/ha for plantains and cooking bananas — yield in 2024.

That represents a change of up 2.6% on the previous year and up 20.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, plantains and cooking bananas — yield in Polynesia peaked at 19,333 kg/ha in 1970 and was at its lowest, 5,752 kg/ha, in 1999.

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

Plantains and cooking bananas — Yield in Polynesia, year by year

Annual values for Plantains and cooking bananas — Yield in Polynesia, 1961 to 2024.
Year kg/ha Change
1961 12,000 kg/ha —
1962 13,750 kg/ha +14.6%
1963 13,750 kg/ha +0.0%
1964 12,500 kg/ha -9.1%
1965 14,286 kg/ha +14.3%
1966 15,000 kg/ha +5.0%
1967 18,000 kg/ha +20.0%
1968 18,000 kg/ha +0.0%
1969 16,000 kg/ha -11.1%
1970 19,333 kg/ha +20.8%
1971 18,929 kg/ha -2.1%
1972 18,929 kg/ha +0.0%
1973 18,518 kg/ha -2.2%
1974 19,231 kg/ha +3.8%
1975 13,200 kg/ha -31.4%
1976 14,000 kg/ha +6.1%
1977 16,000 kg/ha +14.3%
1978 12,000 kg/ha -25.0%
1979 16,000 kg/ha +33.3%
1980 14,000 kg/ha -12.5%
1981 12,000 kg/ha -14.3%
1982 10,000 kg/ha -16.7%
1983 8,000 kg/ha -20.0%
1984 15,556 kg/ha +94.4%
1985 17,044 kg/ha +9.6%
1986 14,815 kg/ha -13.1%
1987 12,727 kg/ha -14.1%
1988 12,985 kg/ha +2.0%
1989 13,044 kg/ha +0.4%
1990 13,401 kg/ha +2.7%
1991 13,664 kg/ha +2.0%
1992 14,631 kg/ha +7.1%
1993 12,355 kg/ha -15.6%
1994 12,000 kg/ha -2.9%
1995 7,218 kg/ha -39.9%
1996 6,840 kg/ha -5.2%
1997 6,399 kg/ha -6.4%
1998 7,493 kg/ha +17.1%
1999 5,752 kg/ha -23.2%
2000 6,369 kg/ha +10.7%
2001 7,825 kg/ha +22.9%
2002 8,069 kg/ha +3.1%
2003 8,825 kg/ha +9.4%
2004 8,418 kg/ha -4.6%
2005 7,775 kg/ha -7.6%
2006 8,110 kg/ha +4.3%
2007 8,505 kg/ha +4.9%
2008 7,740 kg/ha -9.0%
2009 8,020 kg/ha +3.6%
2010 7,823 kg/ha -2.5%
2011 7,320 kg/ha -6.4%
2012 6,563 kg/ha -10.3%
2013 7,135 kg/ha +8.7%
2014 6,912 kg/ha -3.1%
2015 7,212 kg/ha +4.3%
2016 7,133 kg/ha -1.1%
2017 7,748 kg/ha +8.6%
2018 8,095 kg/ha +4.5%
2019 8,038 kg/ha -0.7%
2020 8,832 kg/ha +9.9%
2021 8,376 kg/ha -5.2%
2022 8,319 kg/ha -0.7%
2023 8,143 kg/ha -2.1%
2024 8,356 kg/ha +2.6%

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Plantains and cooking bananas — Yield in Polynesia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
1984 +94.4% 8,000 kg/ha 15,556 kg/ha

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 14,810 kg/ha 12,000 kg/ha 18,000 kg/ha 9
1970s 16,614 kg/ha 12,000 kg/ha 19,333 kg/ha 10
1980s 13,017 kg/ha 8,000 kg/ha 17,044 kg/ha 10
1990s 9,975 kg/ha 5,752 kg/ha 14,631 kg/ha 10
2000s 7,966 kg/ha 6,369 kg/ha 8,825 kg/ha 10
2010s 7,398 kg/ha 6,563 kg/ha 8,095 kg/ha 10
2020s 8,405 kg/ha 8,143 kg/ha 8,832 kg/ha 5

Countries ranked near Polynesia

  1. 3 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 11,812 kg/ha compare
  2. 3 Fiji 30,000 kg/ha compare
  3. 4 Suriname 25,565 kg/ha compare
  4. 4 Caribbean 11,740 kg/ha compare
  5. 5 Puerto Rico 24,854 kg/ha compare
  6. 5 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 10,446 kg/ha compare
  7. 6 Martinique 20,707 kg/ha compare
  8. 7 Nicaragua 20,573 kg/ha compare
  9. 8 Jamaica 18,819 kg/ha compare
  10. 9 Democratic Republic of the Congo 4,495 kg/ha compare
  11. 9 Sri Lanka 18,317 kg/ha compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is plantains and cooking bananas — yield in Polynesia?
Plantains and cooking bananas — yield in Polynesia was 8,356 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 Polynesia?
The highest recorded value was 19,333 kg/ha in 1970.
What is the lowest plantains and cooking bananas — yield recorded in Polynesia?
The lowest recorded value was 5,752 kg/ha in 1999.
How does Polynesia rank for plantains and cooking bananas — yield?
Polynesia ranks 6th out of 12 countries with data for 2024.
Is plantains and cooking bananas — yield rising or falling in Polynesia?
Over the last ten years it is up 20.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Polynesia 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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Indicator
Plantains and cooking bananas — Yield
Unit
kg/ha
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
77 places, 4,254 data points, 1961–2024
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