Plantains and cooking bananas — Producer Price in Ghana
Ghana: Plantains and cooking bananas — Producer Price was 436.9 USD in 2011. ▲ Rising
Plantains and cooking bananas — Producer Price in Ghana, 1991–2011
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in USD.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 436.9 USD for plantains and cooking bananas — producer price in 2011.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 5.7% on the previous year and up 38.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plantains and cooking bananas — producer price in Ghana peaked at 463.3 USD in 2010 and was at its lowest, 22.6 USD, in 1996.
That places Ghana 13th out of 29 countries with data for 2011, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 21 years of available data.
Plantains and cooking bananas — Producer Price in Ghana, year by year
| Year | USD | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 72.9 USD | — |
| 1992 | 81.2 USD | +11.4% |
| 1993 | 140.8 USD | +73.4% |
| 1994 | 121.8 USD | -13.5% |
| 1995 | 187.1 USD | +53.6% |
| 1996 | 22.6 USD | -87.9% |
| 1997 | 319.2 USD | +1312.4% |
| 1998 | 356.4 USD | +11.7% |
| 1999 | 229.7 USD | -35.5% |
| 2000 | 256.5 USD | +11.7% |
| 2001 | 314.8 USD | +22.7% |
| 2002 | 215.3 USD | -31.6% |
| 2003 | 221.4 USD | +2.8% |
| 2004 | 272.8 USD | +23.2% |
| 2005 | 282.5 USD | +3.6% |
| 2006 | 314.7 USD | +11.4% |
| 2007 | 458.7 USD | +45.8% |
| 2008 | 390.4 USD | -14.9% |
| 2009 | 354.9 USD | -9.1% |
| 2010 | 463.3 USD | +30.5% |
| 2011 | 436.9 USD | -5.7% |
Ghana compared with similar countries
- Ghana's 436.9 USD is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 332.55 USD, 1.3× the median. (8 countries reporting)
- Ghana's 436.9 USD is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 371.5 USD, 1.2× the median. (8 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Plantains and cooking bananas — Producer Price in Ghana 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.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | +1312.4% | 22.6 USD | 319.2 USD |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 170.19 USD | 22.6 USD | 356.4 USD | 9 |
| 2000s | 308.2 USD | 215.3 USD | 458.7 USD | 10 |
| 2010s | 450.1 USD | 436.9 USD | 463.3 USD | 2 |
Countries ranked near Ghana
More economy & growth data for Ghana
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 3.15 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 5 Percent per annum (2029)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), gaps 38.84 million BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0003 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net outflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 1.11 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), gaps filled 1.91 billion BoP, current US$ (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), annual 8.08 % change on previous year (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per unit 0.0167 BoP, current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Foreign direct investment, net inflows (BoP, current US$), per capita 54.42 BoP, current US$ per person (2025)
- Total reserves (includes gold, current US$), annual growth rate 23.42 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is plantains and cooking bananas — producer price in Ghana?
- Plantains and cooking bananas — producer price in Ghana was 436.9 USD in 2011, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plantains and cooking bananas — producer price recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 463.3 USD in 2010.
- What is the lowest plantains and cooking bananas — producer price recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 22.6 USD in 1996.
- How does Ghana rank for plantains and cooking bananas — producer price?
- Ghana ranks 13th out of 29 countries with data for 2011.
- Is plantains and cooking bananas — producer price rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 38.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ghana 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 (USD/tonne). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.