How many bananas are eaten worldwide each year?
Food hard Data from 2023
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The answer
100,000,000,000 bananas
Roughly 100B.
The world eats roughly 100 billion bananas a year, making it the most consumed fruit on Earth. Almost every banana sold internationally is a single clone variety, Cavendish, which is why one fungus is currently threatening the entire global supply.
Where this number comes from
| Source | UN Food and Agriculture Organization |
|---|---|
| Figure refers to | 2023 |
| Last checked | |
| Unit | bananas |
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