Banana production in Kenya

Banana production in Kenya was 2,061,285 tonnes in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 15.9% from 2023. That is the 17th highest of 140 countries in 2024.

2024, tonnes2,061,285

Change on 2023+15.9%

Rank17th of 140Countries ranked

Series high2,061,2852024

Series low228,0001976

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Banana production in Kenya, 1961 to 2024

tonnes. Source: FAOSTAT, Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Bananas, production, t (item 486, element 5510). Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2025-12-31.

All 64 values

Period	tonnes
2024	2,061,285
2023	1,778,804
2022	2,052,600
2021	1,985,254
2020	1,856,659
2019	1,715,770
2018	1,414,176
2017	1,434,162
2016	1,288,588
2015	1,290,150
2014	1,644,634
2013	1,374,516
2012	1,207,841
2011	1,226,171
2010	1,583,143
2009	1,686,930
2008	1,686,930
2007	1,186,740
2006	1,237,770
2005	1,255,995
2004	1,036,138
2003	1,019,377
2002	1,073,001
2001	1,084,312
2000	1,027,768
1999	1,097,672
1998	1,128,296
1997	1,057,586
1996	500,626
1995	445,734
1994	700,000 Estimated
1993	817,508
1992	986,000
1991	900,000 Estimated
1990	840,000 Estimated
1989	820,000 Estimated
1988	780,000 Estimated
1987	800,000 Estimated
1986	800,000 Estimated
1985	800,000 Estimated
1984	800,000 Estimated
1983	800,000 Estimated
1982	800,000 Estimated
1981	800,000 Estimated
1980	800,000 Estimated
1979	800,000 Estimated
1978	240,000
1977	240,000 Estimated
1976	228,000
1975	233,800
1974	400,000 Estimated
1973	400,000 Estimated
1972	400,000 Estimated
1971	400,000 Estimated
1970	400,000 Estimated
1969	400,000 Estimated
1968	400,000 Estimated
1967	400,000 Estimated
1966	400,000 Estimated
1965	400,000 Estimated
1964	400,000 Estimated
1963	400,000 Estimated
1962	400,000 Estimated
1961	400,000 Estimated

Rankings

Countries by banana production 152 places
EU countries by banana production 27 places

Definition

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.

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.

How to cite

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.

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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2025). Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Bananas, production, t (item 486, element 5510) (Banana production, Kenya, 1961 to 2024) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip

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Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Bananas, production, t (item 486, element 5510), Banana production, Kenya, 1961 to 2024. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 31 Dec. 2025, https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/banana-production/kenya. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. 2025. Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Bananas, production, t (item 486, element 5510). Banana production, Kenya, 1961 to 2024. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/banana-production/kenya.

Harvard

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025) Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Bananas, production, t (item 486, element 5510), Banana production, Kenya, 1961 to 2024 [Dataset]. Available at: https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/banana-production/kenya (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{food_banana_production_kenya_2024,
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  title = {{Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Bananas, production, t (item 486, element 5510): Banana production, Kenya, 1961 to 2024}},
  year = {2025},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://bulks-faostat.fao.org/production/Production_Crops_Livestock_E_All_Data_%28Normalized%29.zip},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/banana-production/kenya. Publisher attribution: 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.},
}

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