Plantains and cooking bananas — Producer Price Index in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Plantains and cooking bananas — Producer Price Index was 132.32 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Plantains and cooking bananas — Producer Price Index in Saint Lucia, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Analysis
The most recent figure for plantains and cooking bananas — producer price index in Saint Lucia is 132.32, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.2% on the previous year and up 32.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plantains and cooking bananas — producer price index in Saint Lucia peaked at 132.32 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 47.33, in 1996.
That places Saint Lucia 16th out of 34 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Plantains and cooking bananas — Producer Price Index in Saint Lucia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 50.12 | — |
| 1992 | 48.83 | -2.6% |
| 1993 | 49.91 | +2.2% |
| 1994 | 55.5 | +11.2% |
| 1995 | 64.11 | +15.5% |
| 1996 | 47.33 | -26.2% |
| 1997 | 48.62 | +2.7% |
| 1998 | 53.35 | +9.7% |
| 1999 | 50.34 | -5.6% |
| 2000 | 49.48 | -1.7% |
| 2001 | 67.98 | +37.4% |
| 2002 | 56.36 | -17.1% |
| 2003 | 89.49 | +58.8% |
| 2004 | 52.49 | -41.3% |
| 2005 | 74 | +41.0% |
| 2006 | 82.18 | +11.1% |
| 2007 | 71.42 | -13.1% |
| 2008 | 80.03 | +12.1% |
| 2009 | 82.3 | +2.8% |
| 2010 | 85.3 | +3.6% |
| 2011 | 88.21 | +3.4% |
| 2012 | 92.5 | +4.9% |
| 2013 | 94.08 | +1.7% |
| 2014 | 97.08 | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 100.04 | +3.0% |
| 2016 | 102.88 | +2.8% |
| 2017 | 105.76 | +2.8% |
| 2018 | 110.06 | +4.1% |
| 2019 | 112.68 | +2.4% |
| 2020 | 113.48 | +0.7% |
| 2021 | 117.82 | +3.8% |
| 2022 | 121.39 | +3.0% |
| 2023 | 121.31 | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 128.27 | +5.7% |
| 2025 | 132.32 | +3.2% |
Saint Lucia compared with similar countries
- Saint Lucia's 132.32 is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 165.58, 80% of the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Saint Lucia's 132.32 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 132.32, 1.0× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Plantains and cooking bananas — Producer Price Index in Saint Lucia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +58.8% | 56.36 | 89.49 |
| 2004 | -41.3% | 89.49 | 52.49 |
| 2005 | +41.0% | 52.49 | 74 |
| 2001 | +37.4% | 49.48 | 67.98 |
| 1996 | -26.2% | 64.11 | 47.33 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 52.01 | 47.33 | 64.11 | 9 |
| 2000s | 70.57 | 49.48 | 89.49 | 10 |
| 2010s | 98.86 | 85.3 | 112.68 | 10 |
| 2020s | 122.43 | 113.48 | 132.32 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Saint Lucia
More economy & growth data for Saint Lucia
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 1.31 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 1.5 Percent per annum (2029)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 18.67 million BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.007 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 103.63 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 193.98 million BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual 3.95 % change on previous year (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.073 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 1,077 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate 10.12 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is plantains and cooking bananas — producer price index in Saint Lucia?
- Plantains and cooking bananas — producer price index in Saint Lucia was 132.32 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 Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 132.32 in 2025.
- What is the lowest plantains and cooking bananas — producer price index recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 47.33 in 1996.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for plantains and cooking bananas — producer price index?
- Saint Lucia ranks 16th out of 34 countries with data for 2025.
- Is plantains and cooking bananas — producer price index rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 32.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saint Lucia 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.