Plantains and cooking bananas — Producer Price Index in Malawi
Malawi: Plantains and cooking bananas — Producer Price Index was 463.4 in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Plantains and cooking bananas — Producer Price Index in Malawi, 1996–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Analysis
The most recent figure for plantains and cooking bananas — producer price index in Malawi is 463.4, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 30 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 16.2% on the previous year and up 406.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plantains and cooking bananas — producer price index in Malawi peaked at 463.4 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 1.54, in 1996.
Malawi ranks 2nd of 34 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Plantains and cooking bananas — Producer Price Index in Malawi, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 1.54 | — |
| 1997 | 2.42 | +57.1% |
| 1998 | 2.64 | +9.1% |
| 1999 | 4.41 | +67.0% |
| 2000 | 5.73 | +29.9% |
| 2001 | 9.88 | +72.4% |
| 2002 | 11.46 | +16.0% |
| 2003 | 14.36 | +25.3% |
| 2004 | 14.5 | +1.0% |
| 2005 | 15.68 | +8.1% |
| 2006 | 16.01 | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 14.23 | -11.1% |
| 2008 | 17.97 | +26.3% |
| 2009 | 25.23 | +40.4% |
| 2010 | 25.21 | -0.1% |
| 2011 | 28.17 | +11.7% |
| 2012 | 36.64 | +30.1% |
| 2013 | 51.66 | +41.0% |
| 2014 | 76.73 | +48.5% |
| 2015 | 91.43 | +19.2% |
| 2016 | 131.84 | +44.2% |
| 2017 | 145.75 | +10.6% |
| 2018 | 157.84 | +8.3% |
| 2019 | 183.05 | +16.0% |
| 2020 | 206.3 | +12.7% |
| 2021 | 225.92 | +9.5% |
| 2022 | 269.77 | +19.4% |
| 2023 | 334.15 | +23.9% |
| 2024 | 398.78 | +19.3% |
| 2025 | 463.4 | +16.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.75 | 1.54 | 4.41 | 4 |
| 2000s | 14.51 | 5.73 | 25.23 | 10 |
| 2010s | 92.83 | 25.21 | 183.05 | 10 |
| 2020s | 316.39 | 206.3 | 463.4 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
- 1 Côte d'Ivoire 118.87 compare
- 1 Suriname 708.01 compare
- 1 United Republic of Tanzania 149.46 compare
- 2 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 144.92 compare
- 3 Guyana 240.84 compare
- 4 Jamaica 206.08 compare
- 5 Colombia 205.4 compare
More economy & growth data for Malawi
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 2.07 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 4.6 Percent per annum (2029)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 56.42 million BoP, current US$ (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.005 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 2.61 BoP, current US$ per person (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 257.97 million BoP, current US$ (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual 20.57 % change on previous year (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0228 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 11.91 BoP, current US$ per person (2024)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate -29.8 % change on previous year (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is plantains and cooking bananas — producer price index in Malawi?
- Plantains and cooking bananas — producer price index in Malawi was 463.4 in 2025, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plantains and cooking bananas — producer price index recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 463.4 in 2025.
- What is the lowest plantains and cooking bananas — producer price index recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.54 in 1996.
- How does Malawi rank for plantains and cooking bananas — producer price index?
- Malawi ranks 2nd out of 34 countries with data for 2025.
- Is plantains and cooking bananas — producer price index rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 406.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Plantains and cooking bananas — Producer Price Index (2014-2016 = 100). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
This sub-domain contains data on agriculture producer prices and the producer price index. Agriculture producer prices are prices received by farmers for primary crops, live animals and livestock primary products as collected at the point of initial sale (prices paid at the farm gate). Annual data are provided from 1991 (while mothly data start in January 2010) for 180 countries and 212 products. The producer price index is the index of agricultural producer prices that measures the average annual change over time in the selling prices received by farmers (prices at the farm gate or at the first point of sale). The three categories of producer price index available in FAOSTAT comprise: single-item price index, commodity group index and the agriculture producer price index.