Plantains and cooking bananas — Producer Price (LCU/tonne) by country
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What the numbers show
Plantains and cooking bananas — Producer Price (LCU/tonne) is currently reported for 36 countries. The highest value is 5.84 million LCU in Sierra Leone; the lowest is 118.3 LCU in Ecuador.
The median across all reporting countries is 10,324 LCU, and the mean is 278,761 LCU.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 49,366.
Over the past decade 29 countries rose and 5 fell. The largest increase was in Congo (up 482.1%), and the largest decrease in Ghana (down 100.0%).
Plantains and cooking bananas — Producer Price: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sierra Leone | 5.84 million LCU | 2016 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 1 | United Republic of Tanzania | 220,000 LCU | 2004 | up 478.9% | volatile |
| 1 | Côte d'Ivoire | 137,000 LCU | 2011 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 2 | Colombia | 1.19 million LCU | 2015 | up 138.6% | volatile |
| 2 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 23,260 LCU | 2014 | down 84.1% | volatile |
| 3 | Congo | 658,998 LCU | 2014 | up 482.1% | volatile |
| 3 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 1,261 LCU | 2015 | up 361.9% | volatile |
| 4 | Mali | 488,470 LCU | 2024 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 5 | Guinea | 278,698 LCU | 2007 | up 77.6% | rising |
| 6 | Cameroon | 229,000 LCU | 2012 | up 259.9% | volatile |
| 7 | Nigeria | 195,250 LCU | 2013 | up 240.9% | rising |
| 8 | Rwanda | 182,356 LCU | 2015 | up 86.3% | volatile |
| 9 | Guyana | 145,750 LCU | 2016 | up 130.7% | rising |
| 10 | Jamaica | 142,202 LCU | 2022 | up 72.8% | volatile |
| 11 | Myanmar | 94,000 LCU | 2001 | up 446.9% | rising |
| 12 | Costa Rica | 79,081 LCU | 2021 | up 14.6% | volatile |
| 13 | Sri Lanka | 35,759 LCU | 2016 | up 56.8% | rising |
| 14 | Kenya | 24,045 LCU | 2013 | — | volatile |
| 15 | Dominican Republic | 10,557 LCU | 2018 | down 43.1% | volatile |
| 16 | Suriname | 10,090 LCU | 2021 | up 286.6% | volatile |
| 17 | Trinidad and Tobago | 8,070 LCU | 2011 | — | falling |
| 18 | Grenada | 6,608 LCU | 2024 | up 139.8% | rising |
| 19 | Nicaragua | 5,422 LCU | 2003 | up 181.4% | rising |
| 20 | Honduras | 4,530 LCU | 2008 | up 70.4% | rising |
| 21 | Cuba | 3,696 LCU | 2017 | up 466.9% | volatile |
| 22 | Barbados | 3,693 LCU | 2016 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 23 | El Salvador | 2,916 LCU | 2015 | up 67.5% | rising |
| 24 | Mexico | 2,618 LCU | 2015 | up 32.2% | rising |
| 25 | Saint Lucia | 1,860 LCU | 2008 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 26 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1,764 LCU | 2024 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 27 | Brunei Darussalam | 1,710 LCU | 2006 | up 56.9% | rising |
| 28 | Ghana | 1,355 LCU | 2016 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 29 | Puerto Rico | 891.8 LCU | 2015 | up 70.2% | rising |
| 30 | Peru | 480 LCU | 2015 | up 71.4% | rising |
| 31 | Panama | 383.2 LCU | 2023 | down 18.3% | rising |
| 32 | Ecuador | 118.3 LCU | 2022 | down 55.5% | volatile |
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.