Plantains and cooking bananas — Producer Price in Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka: Plantains and cooking bananas — Producer Price was 36,270 SLC in 2015. ▲ Rising

Latest (2015)
36,270 SLC
Change on year
up 10.4%
World rank
11th
of 31 countries
All-time high
36,270 SLC
in 2015
All-time low
9,540 SLC
in 1991
Years of data
24
1991–2015

Plantains and cooking bananas — Producer Price in Sri Lanka, 1991–2015

10.0k20.0k30.0k40.0k1991200320151991: 9.5k SLC1992: 11.0k SLC1993: 12.9k SLC1994: 14.4k SLC1995: 13.9k SLC1996: 15.4k SLC1997: 16.2k SLC1998: 18.1k SLC1999: 16.5k SLC2000: 16.6k SLC2001: 18.6k SLC2002: 19.9k SLC2003: 19.7k SLC2005: 21.8k SLC2006: 22.8k SLC2007: 28.0k SLC2008: 29.4k SLC2009: 31.3k SLC2010: 36.1k SLC2011: 34.0k SLC2012: 34.9k SLC2013: 36.2k SLC2014: 32.9k SLC2015: 36.3k SLC

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

Analysis

In 2015, plantains and cooking bananas — producer price in Sri Lanka stood at 36,270 SLC. That is the highest value across all 24 years on record.

That represents a change of up 10.4% on the previous year and up 66.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, plantains and cooking bananas — producer price in Sri Lanka peaked at 36,270 SLC in 2015 and was at its lowest, 9,540 SLC, in 1991.

That places Sri Lanka 11th out of 31 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 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 (SLC/tonne) in Sri Lanka, 1991 to 2015.
Year SLC Change
1991 9,540 SLC
1992 10,990 SLC +15.2%
1993 12,880 SLC +17.2%
1994 14,450 SLC +12.2%
1995 13,890 SLC -3.9%
1996 15,410 SLC +10.9%
1997 16,200 SLC +5.1%
1998 18,100 SLC +11.7%
1999 16,520 SLC -8.7%
2000 16,630 SLC +0.7%
2001 18,590 SLC +11.8%
2002 19,880 SLC +6.9%
2003 19,660 SLC -1.1%
2005 21,750 SLC +10.6%
2006 22,800 SLC +4.8%
2007 27,970 SLC +22.7%
2008 29,430 SLC +5.2%
2009 31,300 SLC +6.4%
2010 36,090 SLC +15.3%
2011 33,950 SLC -5.9%
2012 34,890 SLC +2.8%
2013 36,193 SLC +3.7%
2014 32,856 SLC -9.2%
2015 36,270 SLC +10.4%

Sri Lanka compared with similar countries

  • Sri Lanka's 36,270 SLC is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,696 SLC, 9.8× the median. (13 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 14,220 SLC 9,540 SLC 18,100 SLC 9
2000s 23,112 SLC 16,630 SLC 31,300 SLC 9
2010s 35,042 SLC 32,856 SLC 36,270 SLC 6

Countries ranked near Sri Lanka

  1. 8 Myanmar 94,000 SLC compare
  2. 9 Costa Rica 79,081 SLC compare
  3. 10 Guyana 78,740 SLC compare
  4. 12 Kenya 24,045 SLC compare
  5. 13 Dominican Republic 10,557 SLC compare
  6. 14 Suriname 10,090 SLC compare

See the full ranking of 35 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 36,270 SLC in 2015, 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 36,270 SLC in 2015.
What is the lowest plantains and cooking bananas — producer price recorded in Sri Lanka?
The lowest recorded value was 9,540 SLC in 1991.
How does Sri Lanka rank for plantains and cooking bananas — producer price?
Sri Lanka ranks 11th out of 31 countries with data for 2015.
Is plantains and cooking bananas — producer price rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
Over the last ten years it is up 66.8%. 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 (SLC/tonne). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Plantains and cooking bananas — Producer Price (SLC/tonne)
Unit
SLC
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
35 places, 640 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.