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How much bananas do Brazil produce?

Brazil is the 5th largest producer of bananas: 7 million tonnes in 2024, 5.1% of the world's 139.3 million tonnes (FAOSTAT).

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Brazil's bananas production

Brazil bananas production, 2024
World rankProduction (tonnes)Share of worldTen-year growthYear
57 million tonnes5.1%+0.1% a year2024

FAOSTAT Crops and livestock products (QCL), 2024. World total is the sum of reporting countries.

Brazil bananas production monthly prices, tonnes, Jan 1961 to Jan 2024Line chart of brazil bananas production monthly prices in tonnes from Jan 1961 to Jan 2024: Brazil bananas production from 2,823,040 to 7,046,345, peaking at 7,329,471.02,000,0004,000,0006,000,0008,000,000196519701975198019851990199520002005201020152020tonnes
Brazil bananas production

Share of world output over time

Brazil's share of world bananas production in selected years
19902000201020202024
11%8.3%6.2%5.2%5.1%

Average annual share by decade: 1960s 14%, 1970s 13%, 1980s 12%, 1990s 9.6%, 2000s 8%, 2010s 5.9%, 2020s 5.1%. See the concentration-over-time report.

How much bananas Brazil uses

Brazil's domestic supply of bananas was 6.8 million tonnes in 2023, 5.1% of the world's. Food supply was 27 kg per person a year, 11th highest of 140 countries with a million or more people. It produced 101% of what it used (self-sufficiency) and imported 0%. FAO's item is "Bananas". Consumption · Self-sufficiency.

The bananas price Brazil sells into

The benchmark price, Central and South America, US import, was $1.12/kg in September 2026, up 10% over twelve months. Its five-year volatility is 26% a year, calmer in 24% of its earlier five-year windows. A single country's export price can differ from the benchmark: see trade price against benchmark. Monthly averages lag the market and are not investment advice. Bananas price history.

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