Banana is the fruit cultivated around the world, the fruit famous and used widely as part of the food. Banana is healthy and tasty, hundreds of types of Bananas found with different taste, size and colours. Usually, Bananas cultivated and sold locally as it no longer stays fresh. The total world production of banana is over 145 million tonnes as per statistics 2013.
India is the largest producer of Bananas with around 30 million tonnes of production annually, most bananas cultivated in south Indian states and exports to other states of the country. China, the Philippines and Ecuador are the next largest Bananas producers. The production of banana increasing every year since its demand growing, many countries importing quality banana. Banana is the largest cultivated fruits and fourth-largest cultivated food after Rice, Wheat and Maize. Ecuador, Costa Rica and Colombia are the largest exporters of bananas, it exports around 17 million tonnes of banana annually.
| Rank | Country | Production (in Tonnes) | Production Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 29,666,973 | $8,355,139,000 |
| 2 | Uganda | 12,000,000 | $3,107,962,000 |
| 3 | China, mainland | 10,400,000 | $2,928,962,000 |
| 4 | Philippines | 9,165,043 | $2,323,044,000 |
| 5 | Ecuador | 7,427,776 | $2,091,891,000 |
| 6 | Brazil | 7,329,471 | $2,064,206,000 |
| 7 | Indonesia | 6,132,695 | $1,727,157,000 |
| 8 | United Republic of Tanzania | 3,143,835 | $885,401,000 |
| 9 | Angola | 2,646,073 | $745,216,000 |
| 10 | Guatemala | 2,679,934 | $726,589,000 |
| 11 | Mexico | 2,138,687 | $602,320,000 |
| 12 | Costa Rica | 1,937,122 | $531,472,000 |
| 13 | Burundi | 1,848,727 | $520,658,000 |
| 14 | Colombia | 2,042,925 | $517,685,000 |
| 15 | Thailand | 1,600,000 | $450,609,000 |
| 16 | Viet Nam | 1,523,428 | $429,044,000 |
| 17 | Cameroon | 1,394,675 | $392,783,000 |
| 18 | Kenya | 1,197,988 | $337,390,000 |
| 19 | Egypt | 1,054,243 | $296,907,000 |
| 20 | Papua New Guinea | 1,000,000 | $253,467,000 |
| 21 | Dominican Republic | 829,827 | $233,705,000 |