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Which Country Produces the Most Bananas?

Banana Production (kt), 2022
Agriculture | December 17, 2023
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Based on a comparison of 98 countries in 2022, India ranked the highest in banana production with 34,528 kt followed by China and Indonesia. On the other end of the scale was Japan with 0.018 kt, Syria with 0.197 kt and Maldives with 0.217 kt.

Total banana production reached 135,112 kt in 2022 in the World according to Faostat. This is 2.24 % more than in the previous year and 19.6 % more than 10 years ago.

Historically, total banana production reached an all time high of 135,112 kt in 2022 and an all time low of 22,425 kt in 1961. The average annual growth amounted to 2.99 % since 1961.

The top ranked country, India, accounted for 25.6 % of banana production in the world. The top 3 countries hold a 41.1 % share while the ten largest countries some 70.5 % in 2022.

Data for more countries are available at Banana Production indicator page.

Banana Production Unit 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Angola kt 3,719 3,916 3,954 4,037 4,205
Brazil kt 6,625 6,585 6,724 6,832 6,593
China kt 10,940 11,170 11,222 11,656 11,513
Colombia kt 2,002 2,021 2,567 2,914 2,400
Costa Rica kt 2,660 2,550 2,595 2,249 2,623
Ecuador kt 6,530 6,282 6,506 6,583 6,023
Guatemala kt 3,775 4,083 4,207 3,911 4,055
India kt 29,135 30,477 30,808 30,460 32,597
Indonesia kt 7,007 7,163 7,264 7,281 8,183
Mexico kt 2,385 2,230 2,354 2,399 2,464
Nigeria kt ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 5,584
Peru kt ... ... ... 2,074 1,981 2,195 2,252 2,326
Philippines kt 5,829 6,041 6,144 6,050 5,955
Tanzania kt 3,165 2,534 3,395 3,407 3,377
Vietnam kt 1,942 2,045 2,087 2,194 2,268

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