World’s Highest Banana Producing Countries

The banana, a fruit widely grown in Asia, Latin America, and Africa, is a well-known fruit that is frequently used in cooking and eaten as fruit. Bananas are nutritious and tasty fruits that come in hundreds of different flavours, sizes, and colours. While bananas are no longer kept fresh, they are typically grown and traded locally. The global banana production exceeds 148 million metric tonnes.

India holds the title of being the foremost global producer of bananas, generating an estimated 30 million metric tonnes on a yearly basis, primarily cultivated within the southern states of India.

Following India, China, the Philippines, Ecuador, and Indonesia emerge as the leading banana producers globally, and the banana cultivation in India surpasses the combined production of China, the Philippines, and Ecuador. Bananas claim the title of the most consumed fruit globally and rank as the fourth most produced food, trailing behind rice, wheat, and maize. Ecuador, the Philippines, Costa Rica, and Colombia are among the leading countries in banana exportation. exports approximately 17 million metric tonnes of bananas each year (trade figures may include dried bananas).

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RankCountryProduction (millions of tonnes)Production Value
1
India
29.6$8,355,139,000
2
China
10.4$2,928,962,000
3
Philippines
9.2$2,323,044,000
4
Ecuador
7.5$2,091,891,000
5
Brazil
7.2$2,064,206,000
6
Indonesia
6.2$1,727,157,000
7
United Republic of Tanzania
3.2$885,401,000
8
Angola
2.65$745,216,000
9
Guatemala
2.7$726,589,000
10
Mexico
2.13$602,320,000
13
Colombia
2$517,685,000
11
Costa Rica
1.9$531,472,000
12
Burundi
1.84$520,658,000
14
Thailand
1.6$450,609,000
15
Viet Nam
1.5$429,044,000
16
Cameroon
1.4$392,783,000
17
Kenya
1.2$337,390,000
18
Egypt
1.1$296,907,000
19
Papua New Guinea
1$253,467,000
20
Dominican Republic
0.8$233,705,000

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