Plantains and cooking bananas — Producer Price in El Salvador

El Salvador: Plantains and cooking bananas — Producer Price was 2,916 LCU in 2015. ▲ Rising

Latest (2015)
2,916 LCU
Change on year
up 5.9%
World rank
23rd
of 32 countries
All-time high
3,972 LCU
in 2006
All-time low
1,298 LCU
in 1992
Years of data
25
1991–2015

Plantains and cooking bananas — Producer Price in El Salvador, 1991–2015

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Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in LCU.

Analysis

In 2015, plantains and cooking bananas — producer price in El Salvador stood at 2,916 LCU.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.9% on the previous year and up 67.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, plantains and cooking bananas — producer price in El Salvador peaked at 3,972 LCU in 2006 and was at its lowest, 1,298 LCU, in 1992.

That places El Salvador 23rd out of 32 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.

Plantains and cooking bananas — Producer Price in El Salvador, year by year

Annual values for Plantains and cooking bananas — Producer Price (LCU/tonne) in El Salvador, 1991 to 2015.
Year LCU Change
1991 2,121 LCU
1992 1,298 LCU -38.8%
1993 1,338 LCU +3.1%
1994 2,488 LCU +85.9%
1995 2,622 LCU +5.4%
1996 2,184 LCU -16.7%
1997 3,031 LCU +38.8%
1998 3,079 LCU +1.6%
1999 2,416 LCU -21.5%
2000 1,927 LCU -20.2%
2001 1,882 LCU -2.3%
2002 1,979 LCU +5.2%
2003 2,233 LCU +12.8%
2004 1,759 LCU -21.2%
2005 1,741 LCU -1.0%
2006 3,972 LCU +128.1%
2007 2,310 LCU -41.9%
2008 2,071 LCU -10.3%
2009 3,182 LCU +53.6%
2010 3,427 LCU +7.7%
2011 3,465 LCU +1.1%
2012 3,134 LCU -9.5%
2013 2,791 LCU -10.9%
2014 2,753 LCU -1.4%
2015 2,916 LCU +5.9%

El Salvador compared with similar countries

  • El Salvador's 2,916 LCU is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,696 LCU, 79% of the median. (13 countries reporting)
  • El Salvador's 2,916 LCU is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 4,113 LCU, 71% of the median. (20 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Plantains and cooking bananas — Producer Price in El Salvador 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.

YearChange FromTo
2006 +128.1% 1,741 LCU 3,972 LCU

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 2,286 LCU 1,298 LCU 3,079 LCU 9
2000s 2,306 LCU 1,741 LCU 3,972 LCU 10
2010s 3,081 LCU 2,753 LCU 3,465 LCU 6

Countries ranked near El Salvador

  1. 20 Honduras 4,530 LCU compare
  2. 21 Cuba 3,696 LCU compare
  3. 22 Barbados 3,693 LCU compare
  4. 24 Mexico 2,618 LCU compare
  5. 25 Saint Lucia 1,860 LCU compare
  6. 26 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1,764 LCU compare

See the full ranking of 36 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is plantains and cooking bananas — producer price in El Salvador?
Plantains and cooking bananas — producer price in El Salvador was 2,916 LCU in 2015, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest plantains and cooking bananas — producer price recorded in El Salvador?
The highest recorded value was 3,972 LCU in 2006.
What is the lowest plantains and cooking bananas — producer price recorded in El Salvador?
The lowest recorded value was 1,298 LCU in 1992.
How does El Salvador rank for plantains and cooking bananas — producer price?
El Salvador ranks 23rd out of 32 countries with data for 2015.
Is plantains and cooking bananas — producer price rising or falling in El Salvador?
Over the last ten years it is up 67.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this El Salvador 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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Indicator
Plantains and cooking bananas — Producer Price (LCU/tonne)
Unit
LCU
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
36 places, 655 data points, 1991–2024
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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.