Plantains and cooking bananas — Producer Price Index in Suriname
Suriname: Plantains and cooking bananas — Producer Price Index was 708.01 in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Plantains and cooking bananas — Producer Price Index in Suriname, 1991–2025
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Analysis
Suriname recorded 708.01 for plantains and cooking bananas — producer price index in 2025. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is up 14.7% on the previous year and up 845.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plantains and cooking bananas — producer price index in Suriname peaked at 708.01 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.05, in 1991.
That places Suriname 1st out of 34 countries with data for 2025, putting it 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 Suriname, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 0.05 | — |
| 1992 | 0.08 | +60.0% |
| 1993 | 0.21 | +162.5% |
| 1994 | 0.63 | +200.0% |
| 1995 | 6.77 | +974.6% |
| 1996 | 7.64 | +12.9% |
| 1997 | 8.69 | +13.7% |
| 1998 | 10.42 | +19.9% |
| 1999 | 8.69 | -16.6% |
| 2000 | 23.8 | +173.9% |
| 2001 | 19.8 | -16.8% |
| 2002 | 20.85 | +5.3% |
| 2003 | 42.21 | +102.4% |
| 2004 | 36.48 | -13.6% |
| 2005 | 42.04 | +15.2% |
| 2006 | 53.5 | +27.3% |
| 2007 | 50.03 | -6.5% |
| 2008 | 54.55 | +9.0% |
| 2009 | 70.53 | +29.3% |
| 2010 | 50.72 | -28.1% |
| 2011 | 90.68 | +78.8% |
| 2012 | 105.27 | +16.1% |
| 2013 | 124.03 | +17.8% |
| 2014 | 70.18 | -43.4% |
| 2015 | 74.87 | +6.7% |
| 2016 | 154.95 | +107.0% |
| 2017 | 137.58 | -11.2% |
| 2018 | 144.18 | +4.8% |
| 2019 | 216.1 | +49.9% |
| 2020 | 214.36 | -0.8% |
| 2021 | 350.55 | +63.5% |
| 2022 | 415.41 | +18.5% |
| 2023 | 536.45 | +29.1% |
| 2024 | 617.53 | +15.1% |
| 2025 | 708.01 | +14.7% |
Suriname compared with similar countries
- Suriname's 708.01 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 165.58, 4.3× the median. (15 countries reporting)
- Suriname's 708.01 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 132.32, 5.4× the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Plantains and cooking bananas — Producer Price Index in Suriname 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | +974.6% | 0.63 | 6.77 |
| 1994 | +200.0% | 0.21 | 0.63 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4.8 | 0.05 | 10.42 | 9 |
| 2000s | 41.38 | 19.8 | 70.53 | 10 |
| 2010s | 116.86 | 50.72 | 216.1 | 10 |
| 2020s | 473.72 | 214.36 | 708.01 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Suriname
- 1 Côte d'Ivoire 118.87 compare
- 1 United Republic of Tanzania 149.46 compare
- 2 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 144.92 compare
- 2 Malawi 463.4 compare
- 3 Guyana 240.84 compare
- 4 Jamaica 206.08 compare
More economy & growth data for Suriname
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 2.22 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 3 Percent per annum (2029)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps -919,348 BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit -0.0002 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita -1.44 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 2.04 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual 206.03 % change on previous year (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.4506 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 3,186 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate -1.01 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is plantains and cooking bananas — producer price index in Suriname?
- Plantains and cooking bananas — producer price index in Suriname was 708.01 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 Suriname?
- The highest recorded value was 708.01 in 2025.
- What is the lowest plantains and cooking bananas — producer price index recorded in Suriname?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.05 in 1991.
- How does Suriname rank for plantains and cooking bananas — producer price index?
- Suriname ranks 1st out of 34 countries with data for 2025.
- Is plantains and cooking bananas — producer price index rising or falling in Suriname?
- Over the last ten years it is up 845.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Suriname 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.