Banana

On average, one large banana (200 gram) costs 160 litres of water.

In India, the largest banana producing country in the world, the average water footprint of bananas is 500 litre/kg. The global average is 790 litre/kg.

Publications

2011	Mekonnen, M.M. and Hoekstra, A.Y. (2011) The green, blue and grey water footprint of crops and derived crop products, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 15(5): 1577-1600.		Download 1.2 MB
2010	Mekonnen, M.M. and Hoekstra, A.Y. (2010) The green, blue and grey water footprint of crops and derived crop products, Value of Water Research Report Series No.47, UNESCO-IHE.	Main Report Volume 1	Download 1.2 MB
		Appendices Volume 2	Download 9.7 MB

Global average water footprint

790 litre/kg

84% green, 12% blue, 4% grey