Plantains and cooking bananas — Producer Price in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: Plantains and cooking bananas — Producer Price was 35,759 LCU in 2016. ▲ Rising

Latest (2016)
35,759 LCU
Change on year
up 1.7%
World rank
13th
of 32 countries
All-time high
37,323 LCU
in 2012
All-time low
9,540 LCU
in 1991
Years of data
25
1991–2016

Plantains and cooking bananas — Producer Price in Sri Lanka, 1991–2016

10.0k20.0k30.0k40.0k1991200320161991: 9.5k LCU1992: 11.0k LCU1993: 12.9k LCU1994: 14.4k LCU1995: 13.9k LCU1996: 15.4k LCU1997: 16.2k LCU1998: 18.1k LCU1999: 16.5k LCU2000: 16.6k LCU2001: 18.6k LCU2002: 19.9k LCU2003: 19.7k LCU2005: 21.8k LCU2006: 22.8k LCU2007: 28.0k LCU2008: 29.4k LCU2009: 31.3k LCU2010: 34.1k LCU2011: 33.8k LCU2012: 37.3k LCU2013: 30.9k LCU2014: 36.4k LCU2015: 35.2k LCU2016: 35.8k LCU

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

Analysis

Sri Lanka recorded 35,759 LCU for plantains and cooking bananas — producer price in 2016.

That represents a change of up 1.7% on the previous year and up 56.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, plantains and cooking bananas — producer price in Sri Lanka peaked at 37,323 LCU in 2012 and was at its lowest, 9,540 LCU, in 1991.

Sri Lanka ranks 13th of 32 countries on this measure, 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 Sri Lanka, year by year

Annual values for Plantains and cooking bananas — Producer Price (LCU/tonne) in Sri Lanka, 1991 to 2016.
Year LCU Change
1991 9,540 LCU
1992 10,990 LCU +15.2%
1993 12,880 LCU +17.2%
1994 14,450 LCU +12.2%
1995 13,890 LCU -3.9%
1996 15,410 LCU +10.9%
1997 16,200 LCU +5.1%
1998 18,100 LCU +11.7%
1999 16,520 LCU -8.7%
2000 16,630 LCU +0.7%
2001 18,590 LCU +11.8%
2002 19,880 LCU +6.9%
2003 19,660 LCU -1.1%
2005 21,750 LCU +10.6%
2006 22,800 LCU +4.8%
2007 27,970 LCU +22.7%
2008 29,430 LCU +5.2%
2009 31,300 LCU +6.4%
2010 34,053 LCU +8.8%
2011 33,800 LCU -0.7%
2012 37,323 LCU +10.4%
2013 30,935 LCU -17.1%
2014 36,398 LCU +17.7%
2015 35,154 LCU -3.4%
2016 35,759 LCU +1.7%

Sri Lanka compared with similar countries

  • Sri Lanka's 35,759 LCU is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,696 LCU, 9.7× the median. (13 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 14,220 LCU 9,540 LCU 18,100 LCU 9
2000s 23,112 LCU 16,630 LCU 31,300 LCU 9
2010s 34,775 LCU 30,935 LCU 37,323 LCU 7

Countries ranked near Sri Lanka

  1. 10 Jamaica 142,202 LCU compare
  2. 11 Myanmar 94,000 LCU compare
  3. 12 Costa Rica 79,081 LCU compare
  4. 14 Kenya 24,045 LCU compare
  5. 15 Dominican Republic 10,557 LCU compare
  6. 16 Suriname 10,090 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 Sri Lanka?
Plantains and cooking bananas — producer price in Sri Lanka was 35,759 LCU in 2016, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest plantains and cooking bananas — producer price recorded in Sri Lanka?
The highest recorded value was 37,323 LCU in 2012.
What is the lowest plantains and cooking bananas — producer price recorded in Sri Lanka?
The lowest recorded value was 9,540 LCU in 1991.
How does Sri Lanka rank for plantains and cooking bananas — producer price?
Sri Lanka ranks 13th out of 32 countries with data for 2016.
Is plantains and cooking bananas — producer price rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
Over the last ten years it is up 56.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Sri Lanka 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.