Plantains and cooking bananas — Gross per capita Production Index Number (2014-2016 = 100) by country
The FAO indices of agricultural production show the relative level of the aggregate volume of agricultural production for each year in comparison with the base period 2014-2016. Indices for meat production are computed based on data on production from indigenous animals.
What the numbers show
Plantains and cooking bananas — Gross per capita Production Index Number (2014-2016 = 100) is currently reported for 53 countries. The highest value is 399.22 in Melanesia; the lowest is 13.27 in Grenada.
The median across all reporting countries is 94.25, and the mean is 109.83.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 30.
Over the past decade 22 countries rose and 31 fell. The largest increase was in Melanesia (up 9,098.6%), and the largest decrease in Grenada (down 81.4%).
Plantains and cooking bananas — Gross per capita Production Index: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Melanesia | 399.22 | 2024 | up 9,098.6% | volatile |
| 1 | Fiji | 328.29 | 2024 | up 225.4% | rising |
| 2 | Uganda | 210.96 | 2024 | up 88.1% | falling |
| 3 | Guyana | 197.82 | 2024 | up 174.1% | volatile |
| 4 | Nicaragua | 192.61 | 2023 | up 244.9% | volatile |
| 5 | Dominican Republic | 157.73 | 2024 | up 48.8% | falling |
| 5 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 100 | 2014 | up 11.7% | falling |
| 6 | Puerto Rico | 153.52 | 2024 | up 95.2% | rising |
| 6 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 98.42 | 2024 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 7 | Ecuador | 142.29 | 2024 | up 25.9% | falling |
| 7 | Micronesia (Federated States of) | 96.6 | 2024 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 8 | Jamaica | 136.96 | 2024 | up 40.2% | rising |
| 8 | Micronesia | 96.53 | 2024 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 9 | Panama | 136.71 | 2024 | up 25.0% | falling |
| 9 | Polynesia | 92.12 | 2024 | down 9.0% | falling |
| 10 | New Caledonia | 131.09 | 2024 | up 128.4% | volatile |
| 10 | Côte d'Ivoire | 111.96 | 2024 | up 12.9% | falling |
| 11 | Myanmar | 127.5 | 2024 | up 31.9% | volatile |
| 11 | United Republic of Tanzania | 76.05 | 2024 | down 26.3% | falling |
| 12 | Sri Lanka | 117.37 | 2024 | up 7.9% | falling |
| 12 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 73.66 | 2024 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 13 | Bangladesh | 115.66 | 2024 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 14 | Dominica | 111.3 | 2024 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 15 | Belize | 108.77 | 2024 | up 35.6% | volatile |
| 16 | Saint Lucia | 106.29 | 2024 | up 27.1% | falling |
| 17 | Trinidad and Tobago | 100.9 | 2024 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 18 | Guinea | 100.38 | 2024 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 19 | Tonga | 98.13 | 2024 | down 1.7% | falling |
| 20 | Bahamas | 97.09 | 2024 | down 2.6% | flat |
| 21 | Ghana | 94.25 | 2024 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 22 | Sao Tome and Principe | 92.22 | 2024 | down 7.8% | falling |
| 23 | Central African Republic | 90.66 | 2024 | up 14.4% | falling |
| 24 | Haiti | 90.27 | 2024 | down 3.6% | falling |
| 25 | Kenya | 88.7 | 2024 | down 11.5% | volatile |
| 26 | Philippines | 87.52 | 2024 | down 14.0% | falling |
| 27 | Sierra Leone | 87.35 | 2024 | down 12.5% | flat |
| 28 | Guinea-Bissau | 86.52 | 2024 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 29 | Liberia | 86.28 | 2024 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 30 | Gabon | 85.39 | 2024 | down 16.3% | falling |
| 31 | Malawi | 83.25 | 2024 | down 16.3% | rising |
| 32 | Cameroon | 82.71 | 2024 | down 21.0% | rising |
| 33 | Honduras | 81.84 | 2024 | down 22.5% | volatile |
| 34 | Equatorial Guinea | 80.21 | 2024 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 35 | Congo | 80.11 | 2024 | down 22.0% | falling |
| 36 | Cuba | 76.93 | 2024 | down 18.6% | volatile |
| 37 | Costa Rica | 71.91 | 2024 | down 24.1% | falling |
| 38 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 71.1 | 2024 | down 21.8% | volatile |
| 39 | El Salvador | 70.73 | 2024 | down 28.3% | volatile |
| 40 | Colombia | 65.84 | 2024 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 41 | French Polynesia | 52.73 | 2024 | down 52.9% | volatile |
| 42 | Guatemala | 45.95 | 2024 | down 48.4% | volatile |
| 43 | Suriname | 39.39 | 2024 | down 65.8% | volatile |
| 44 | Grenada | 13.27 | 2024 | down 81.4% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Oceania 244.96
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 204.89
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 135.32
- Eastern Africa 195.11
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 121.93
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 129.91
- Asia 101.85
- Caribbean 123.61
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 121.11
- World 117.86
- Africa 115.62
- Southern Asia 113.36
- Middle Africa 77.28
- Central America 99.99
- South-Eastern Asia 98.36
- Western Africa 98.18
- Americas 94.36
- South America 82.7
About this data
The FAO indices of agricultural production show the relative level of the aggregate volume of agricultural production for each year in comparison with the base period 2014-2016. Indices for meat production are computed based on data on production from indigenous animals.