Banana production in Tanzania

Banana production in Tanzania was 3,269,970 tonnes in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. That is up 1.2% from 2023. That is the 9th highest of 140 countries in 2024.

2024, tonnes3,269,970 Estimated

Change on 2023+1.2%

Rank9th of 140Countries ranked

Series high3,584,5322015

Series low73,4001968

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Banana production in Tanzania, 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	3,269,970 Estimated
2023	3,230,486 Estimated
2022	3,274,599 Estimated
2021	3,304,824 Estimated
2020	3,112,036 Estimated
2019	3,406,936
2018	3,395,499
2017	2,533,674
2016	3,164,911 Estimated
2015	3,584,532
2014	3,192,030
2013	2,678,680
2012	2,524,740
2011	3,143,835
2010	3,155,710
2009	3,006,400
2008	2,447,098
2007	3,082,606
2006	3,507,450
2005	2,007,480
2004	2,489,010
2003	1,899,800
2002	2,204,620
2001	752,070
2000	700,900
1999	749,920
1998	835,800
1997	604,100
1996	128,180
1995	130,180
1994	146,680
1993	159,400
1992	158,800
1991	150,000
1990	164,500
1989	148,700
1988	162,500
1987	159,000
1986	155,500
1985	155,000
1984	154,000 Estimated
1983	152,000 Estimated
1982	150,000 Estimated
1981	150,000 Estimated
1980	148,000 Estimated
1979	146,000 Estimated
1978	147,000 Estimated
1977	149,000 Estimated
1976	143,000 Estimated
1975	91,000 Estimated
1974	86,800 Estimated
1973	74,000 Estimated
1972	78,000 Estimated
1971	90,000 Estimated
1970	136,500 Estimated
1969	97,200 Estimated
1968	73,400 Estimated
1967	89,000 Estimated
1966	134,500 Estimated
1965	102,000 Estimated
1964	102,000 Estimated
1963	93,600 Estimated
1962	84,400 Estimated
1961	86,200 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.

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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, Tanzania, 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, Tanzania, 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/tanzania. 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, Tanzania, 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/tanzania.

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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, Tanzania, 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/tanzania (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{food_banana_production_tanzania_2024,
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  title = {{Production: Crops and livestock products (QCL): Bananas, production, t (item 486, element 5510): Banana production, Tanzania, 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/tanzania. 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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