Banana, the fruit largely cultivated in Asia, Latin America, and Africa, is famous fruit and is used widely as part of the food. Banana is a healthy and tasty fruit, with hundreds of types of bananas with different tastes, sizes, and colors. Normally, while bananas are no longer stay fresh it cultivated and traded locally. The total world production of bananas is over 148 million tonnes. The production of bananas expanding every year as the demand for bananas increasing.
India is the world’s largest producer of bananas with around 30 million tonnes annually while south Indian states cultivate most of them. China, the Philippines, Ecuador, and Indonesia are the largest Bananas producers respectively after India. Moreover, India produces combined production of China, the Philippines, and Ecuador. Bananas are the most consumed fruit and the fourth-largest cultivated food after Rice, Wheat, and Maize. Ecuador, Philiphines, Costa Rica, and Colombia are the largest exporter of bananas. In addition, Its exports combine around 17 million tonnes of bananas every year (Trade figures may include dried bananas).
2019 Production
| Rank | Country | Production (in Tonnes) | Production Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 29,666,973 | $8,355,139,000 |
| 2 | China | 10,400,000 | $2,928,962,000 |
| 3 | Philippines | 9,165,043 | $2,323,044,000 |
| 4 | Ecuador | 7,427,776 | $2,091,891,000 |
| 5 | Brazil | 7,329,471 | $2,064,206,000 |
| 6 | Indonesia | 6,132,695 | $1,727,157,000 |
| 7 | United Republic of Tanzania | 3,143,835 | $885,401,000 |
| 8 | Angola | 2,646,073 | $745,216,000 |
| 9 | Guatemala | 2,679,934 | $726,589,000 |
| 10 | Mexico | 2,138,687 | $602,320,000 |
| 11 | Costa Rica | 1,937,122 | $531,472,000 |
| 12 | Burundi | 1,848,727 | $520,658,000 |
| 13 | Colombia | 2,042,925 | $517,685,000 |
| 14 | Thailand | 1,600,000 | $450,609,000 |
| 15 | Viet Nam | 1,523,428 | $429,044,000 |
| 16 | Cameroon | 1,394,675 | $392,783,000 |
| 17 | Kenya | 1,197,988 | $337,390,000 |
| 18 | Egypt | 1,054,243 | $296,907,000 |
| 19 | Papua New Guinea | 1,000,000 | $253,467,000 |
| 20 | Dominican Republic | 829,827 | $233,705,000 |