Banana Production

As it is the case for most tropical products, due to the special climatic conditions needed to grow bananas, they are mainly produced in developing countries. Around 98% of world production is grown in developing countries. Developed countries are the usual destination for export bananas. In 2007, around 130 countries produced bananas. However, production, as well as exports and imports of bananas, are highly concentrated in a few countries. The 10 major banana producing countries accounted for more than 75% of total banana production in 2007. Furthermore, India, China, the Philippines, Brazil and Ecuador alone produced more than 60% of total world banana production. This concentration of banana production has increased over time although showing a different regional distribution. While America accounted for more than 50% of the world production in the 1970s, against 34% for Asia, the share of Asia began to increase in the course of the 1990s and the 2000s to finally reach 58% in 2007, against 31% the same year for America. The share of the African continent in the world production is remained relatively unchanged from the 1970s (13%) to the 2000s (11%).

Distribution of the world banana production by continent

Source: UNCTAD Secretariat from FAO statistics

Distribution of the world banana production by main actors
Average on the 2003-2007 period

Source: UNCTAD Secretariat from FAO statistics 

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