# Banana production

Quantity of bananas (dessert bananas) produced in the calendar year, in tonnes, as published in FAOSTAT's crops and livestock products domain. Countries report to FAO through its annual production questionnaire; FAO fills gaps with official publications and its own estimates.

## Key facts

- Banana production in the World was 139,413,685 tonnes in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- Banana production in the United States was 3,561 tonnes in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- India had the highest banana production of 140 countries in 2024, at 37,614,362 tonnes, and Sweden the lowest, at 0 tonnes. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- Published for 153 places, with figures from 1961 to 2024.
- Figures last updated on 2026-10-12.

- Indicator id: `banana_production`
- Unit: tonnes
- Note: Plantains and cooking bananas are a separate FAO item and are not included. FAO fills gaps in national reporting with its own estimates and imputations, which are marked as estimated, and revises past years when countries send new figures.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/banana-production
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/indicators/banana_production

## Latest figures

| Place | Period | tonnes | Source |
|---|---|---:|---|
| World | 2024 | 139,413,685 | FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Bananas, production, t (item 486, element 5510). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data. |
| United States | 2024 | 3,561 | FAO. 2025. FAOSTAT: Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Bananas, production, t (item 486, element 5510). Accessed on 2026-10-12. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip Licence: CC-BY-4.0. FAO does not endorse Invokely or this use of the data. |

## Rankings

- [Countries](https://invokely.ai/rankings/banana-production/countries.md) (152 places)
- [EU countries](https://invokely.ai/rankings/banana-production/eu-countries.md) (27 places)