Plantains and cooking bananas — Yield in Suriname
Suriname: Plantains and cooking bananas — Yield was 25,565 kg/ha in 2024. ▲ Rising
Plantains and cooking bananas — Yield in Suriname, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in kg/ha.
Analysis
In 2024, plantains and cooking bananas — yield in Suriname stood at 25,565 kg/ha.
The figure is up 13.8% on the previous year and down 19.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plantains and cooking bananas — yield in Suriname peaked at 34,182 kg/ha in 2009 and was at its lowest, 6,000 kg/ha, in 1974.
That places Suriname 4th out of 50 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Plantains and cooking bananas — Yield in Suriname, year by year
| Year | kg/ha | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 6,620 kg/ha | — |
| 1962 | 8,499 kg/ha | +28.4% |
| 1963 | 9,969 kg/ha | +17.3% |
| 1964 | 17,234 kg/ha | +72.9% |
| 1965 | 16,482 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1966 | 11,644 kg/ha | -29.4% |
| 1967 | 7,054 kg/ha | -39.4% |
| 1968 | 7,850 kg/ha | +11.3% |
| 1969 | 10,100 kg/ha | +28.7% |
| 1970 | 7,292 kg/ha | -27.8% |
| 1971 | 12,147 kg/ha | +66.6% |
| 1972 | 12,728 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1973 | 11,000 kg/ha | -13.6% |
| 1974 | 6,000 kg/ha | -45.5% |
| 1975 | 7,661 kg/ha | +27.7% |
| 1976 | 7,821 kg/ha | +2.1% |
| 1977 | 6,800 kg/ha | -13.1% |
| 1978 | 7,125 kg/ha | +4.8% |
| 1979 | 12,059 kg/ha | +69.2% |
| 1980 | 6,754 kg/ha | -44.0% |
| 1981 | 7,500 kg/ha | +11.1% |
| 1982 | 9,395 kg/ha | +25.3% |
| 1983 | 10,721 kg/ha | +14.1% |
| 1984 | 12,195 kg/ha | +13.7% |
| 1985 | 14,554 kg/ha | +19.3% |
| 1986 | 10,743 kg/ha | -26.2% |
| 1987 | 27,086 kg/ha | +152.1% |
| 1988 | 26,059 kg/ha | -3.8% |
| 1989 | 24,903 kg/ha | -4.4% |
| 1990 | 20,685 kg/ha | -16.9% |
| 1991 | 25,765 kg/ha | +24.6% |
| 1992 | 21,217 kg/ha | -17.7% |
| 1993 | 19,295 kg/ha | -9.1% |
| 1994 | 20,187 kg/ha | +4.6% |
| 1995 | 25,347 kg/ha | +25.6% |
| 1996 | 24,538 kg/ha | -3.2% |
| 1997 | 23,853 kg/ha | -2.8% |
| 1998 | 22,734 kg/ha | -4.7% |
| 1999 | 23,639 kg/ha | +4.0% |
| 2000 | 21,738 kg/ha | -8.0% |
| 2001 | 23,285 kg/ha | +7.1% |
| 2002 | 23,753 kg/ha | +2.0% |
| 2003 | 26,734 kg/ha | +12.5% |
| 2004 | 30,667 kg/ha | +14.7% |
| 2005 | 28,528 kg/ha | -7.0% |
| 2006 | 20,048 kg/ha | -29.7% |
| 2007 | 25,465 kg/ha | +27.0% |
| 2008 | 28,265 kg/ha | +11.0% |
| 2009 | 34,182 kg/ha | +20.9% |
| 2010 | 28,023 kg/ha | -18.0% |
| 2011 | 31,235 kg/ha | +11.5% |
| 2012 | 30,934 kg/ha | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 30,743 kg/ha | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 31,611 kg/ha | +2.8% |
| 2015 | 31,948 kg/ha | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 31,025 kg/ha | -2.9% |
| 2017 | 31,206 kg/ha | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 31,882 kg/ha | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 31,531 kg/ha | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 31,434 kg/ha | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 31,171 kg/ha | -0.8% |
| 2022 | 18,885 kg/ha | -39.4% |
| 2023 | 22,470 kg/ha | +19.0% |
| 2024 | 25,565 kg/ha | +13.8% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 10,606 kg/ha | 6,620 kg/ha | 17,234 kg/ha | 9 |
| 1970s | 9,063 kg/ha | 6,000 kg/ha | 12,728 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1980s | 14,991 kg/ha | 6,754 kg/ha | 27,086 kg/ha | 10 |
| 1990s | 22,726 kg/ha | 19,295 kg/ha | 25,765 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2000s | 26,266 kg/ha | 20,048 kg/ha | 34,182 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2010s | 31,014 kg/ha | 28,023 kg/ha | 31,948 kg/ha | 10 |
| 2020s | 25,905 kg/ha | 18,885 kg/ha | 31,434 kg/ha | 5 |
Countries ranked near Suriname
- 1 Guyana 37,219 kg/ha compare
- 2 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 34,463 kg/ha compare
- 3 Fiji 30,000 kg/ha compare
- 5 Puerto Rico 24,854 kg/ha compare
- 6 Martinique 20,707 kg/ha compare
- 7 Nicaragua 20,573 kg/ha compare
More agriculture & rural data for Suriname
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 20.23 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0677 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 471.32 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.7818 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.3421 units per person (2025)
- Agriculture share gdp 6.77 (2024)
- Value added in the agricultural sector as of gdp vs gdp per capita 6.77 (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 6.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.1% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is plantains and cooking bananas — yield in Suriname?
- Plantains and cooking bananas — yield in Suriname was 25,565 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 Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 34,182 kg/ha in 2009.
- What is the lowest plantains and cooking bananas — yield recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,000 kg/ha in 1974.
- How does Suriname rank for plantains and cooking bananas — yield?
- Suriname ranks 4th out of 50 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plantains and cooking bananas — yield rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is down 19.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Suriname 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.