Plantains and cooking bananas — Producer Price in Cameroon
Cameroon: Plantains and cooking bananas — Producer Price was 229,000 LCU in 2012. ◆ Volatile
Plantains and cooking bananas — Producer Price in Cameroon, 1992–2012
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LCU.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 229,000 LCU for plantains and cooking bananas — producer price in 2012. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 33.7% on the previous year and up 259.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plantains and cooking bananas — producer price in Cameroon peaked at 229,000 LCU in 2012 and was at its lowest, 50,000 LCU, in 1997.
Cameroon ranks 6th of 32 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Plantains and cooking bananas — Producer Price in Cameroon, year by year
| Year | LCU | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 58,000 LCU | — |
| 1995 | 52,000 LCU | -10.3% |
| 1996 | 55,000 LCU | +5.8% |
| 1997 | 50,000 LCU | -9.1% |
| 1998 | 53,000 LCU | +6.0% |
| 1999 | 53,000 LCU | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 63,620 LCU | +20.0% |
| 2003 | 83,000 LCU | +30.5% |
| 2008 | 157,975 LCU | +90.3% |
| 2009 | 159,379 LCU | +0.9% |
| 2010 | 184,127 LCU | +15.5% |
| 2011 | 171,326 LCU | -7.0% |
| 2012 | 229,000 LCU | +33.7% |
Cameroon compared with similar countries
- Cameroon's 229,000 LCU is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 94,000 LCU, 2.4× the median. (9 countries reporting)
- Cameroon's 229,000 LCU is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 229,000 LCU, 1.0× the median. (9 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 53,500 LCU | 50,000 LCU | 58,000 LCU | 6 |
| 2000s | 115,994 LCU | 63,620 LCU | 159,379 LCU | 4 |
| 2010s | 194,818 LCU | 171,326 LCU | 229,000 LCU | 3 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
More economy & growth data for Cameroon
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 2.05 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 4.53 Percent per annum (2029)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 63.42 million BoP, current US$ (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0012 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 2.18 BoP, current US$ per person (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 888.22 million BoP, current US$ (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual 8.12 % change on previous year (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0167 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 30.5 BoP, current US$ per person (2024)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate 3.68 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is plantains and cooking bananas — producer price in Cameroon?
- Plantains and cooking bananas — producer price in Cameroon was 229,000 LCU in 2012, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plantains and cooking bananas — producer price recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 229,000 LCU in 2012.
- What is the lowest plantains and cooking bananas — producer price recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 50,000 LCU in 1997.
- How does Cameroon rank for plantains and cooking bananas — producer price?
- Cameroon ranks 6th out of 32 countries with data for 2012.
- Is plantains and cooking bananas — producer price rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 259.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Cameroon 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 (LCU/tonne). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.