Plantains and cooking bananas — Gross per capita Production Index in Trinidad and Tobago
Trinidad and Tobago: Plantains and cooking bananas — Gross per capita Production Index was 100.9 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Plantains and cooking bananas — Gross per capita Production Index in Trinidad and Tobago, 1961–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Analysis
Trinidad and Tobago recorded 100.9 for plantains and cooking bananas — gross per capita production index in 2024.
That represents a change of down 0.1% on the previous year and up 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plantains and cooking bananas — gross per capita production index in Trinidad and Tobago peaked at 104.92 in 2012 and was at its lowest, 58.51, in 1961.
Trinidad and Tobago ranks 17th of 44 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.
Plantains and cooking bananas — Gross per capita Production Index in Trinidad and Tobago, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1961 | 58.51 | — |
| 1962 | 63.75 | +9.0% |
| 1963 | 70.95 | +11.3% |
| 1964 | 79.44 | +12.0% |
| 1965 | 89.09 | +12.1% |
| 1966 | 103.93 | +16.7% |
| 1967 | 73.19 | -29.6% |
| 1968 | 80.11 | +9.5% |
| 1969 | 90.83 | +13.4% |
| 1970 | 93.69 | +3.1% |
| 1971 | 86.75 | -7.4% |
| 1972 | 77.4 | -10.8% |
| 1973 | 71.19 | -8.0% |
| 1974 | 73.38 | +3.1% |
| 1975 | 88.79 | +21.0% |
| 1976 | 86.83 | -2.2% |
| 1977 | 88.36 | +1.8% |
| 1978 | 82.57 | -6.6% |
| 1979 | 83.59 | +1.2% |
| 1980 | 92.09 | +10.2% |
| 1981 | 83.59 | -9.2% |
| 1982 | 79.99 | -4.3% |
| 1983 | 82.2 | +2.8% |
| 1984 | 81.32 | -1.1% |
| 1985 | 80.34 | -1.2% |
| 1986 | 81.62 | +1.6% |
| 1987 | 82.97 | +1.7% |
| 1988 | 82.11 | -1.0% |
| 1989 | 83.61 | +1.8% |
| 1990 | 82.5 | -1.3% |
| 1991 | 84.47 | +2.4% |
| 1992 | 84.36 | -0.1% |
| 1993 | 84.41 | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 83.84 | -0.7% |
| 1995 | 84.75 | +1.1% |
| 1996 | 85.11 | +0.4% |
| 1997 | 85.61 | +0.6% |
| 1998 | 84.61 | -1.2% |
| 1999 | 86.05 | +1.7% |
| 2000 | 85.56 | -0.6% |
| 2001 | 88.89 | +3.9% |
| 2002 | 90.57 | +1.9% |
| 2003 | 92.21 | +1.8% |
| 2004 | 93.84 | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 96.49 | +2.8% |
| 2006 | 96.48 | -0.0% |
| 2007 | 102.74 | +6.5% |
| 2008 | 92.01 | -10.4% |
| 2009 | 91.55 | -0.5% |
| 2010 | 80.93 | -11.6% |
| 2011 | 100.56 | +24.3% |
| 2012 | 104.92 | +4.3% |
| 2013 | 101.87 | -2.9% |
| 2014 | 99.7 | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 99.98 | +0.3% |
| 2016 | 100.33 | +0.4% |
| 2017 | 100.88 | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 100.3 | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 100.35 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 101.65 | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 102.2 | +0.5% |
| 2022 | 102.04 | -0.2% |
| 2023 | 100.96 | -1.1% |
| 2024 | 100.9 | -0.1% |
Trinidad and Tobago compared with similar countries
- Trinidad and Tobago's 100.9 is below the median for high income countries, which is 116, 87% of the median. (8 countries reporting)
- Trinidad and Tobago's 100.9 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 99, 1.0× the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Plantains and cooking bananas — Gross per capita Production Index in Trinidad and Tobago 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | -29.6% | 103.93 | 73.19 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 78.87 | 58.51 | 103.93 | 9 |
| 1970s | 83.25 | 71.19 | 93.69 | 10 |
| 1980s | 82.98 | 79.99 | 92.09 | 10 |
| 1990s | 84.57 | 82.5 | 86.05 | 10 |
| 2000s | 93.03 | 85.56 | 102.74 | 10 |
| 2010s | 98.98 | 80.93 | 104.92 | 10 |
| 2020s | 101.55 | 100.9 | 102.2 | 5 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Trinidad and Tobago
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -4.75 % change on previous year (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0078 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 145.68 current US$ per person (2024)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.0602 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4603 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 0.8% (2024)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 0.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.4% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is plantains and cooking bananas — gross per capita production index in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Plantains and cooking bananas — gross per capita production index in Trinidad and Tobago was 100.9 in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plantains and cooking bananas — gross per capita production index recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The highest recorded value was 104.92 in 2012.
- What is the lowest plantains and cooking bananas — gross per capita production index recorded in Trinidad and Tobago?
- The lowest recorded value was 58.51 in 1961.
- How does Trinidad and Tobago rank for plantains and cooking bananas — gross per capita production index?
- Trinidad and Tobago ranks 17th out of 44 countries with data for 2024.
- Is plantains and cooking bananas — gross per capita production index rising or falling in Trinidad and Tobago?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Trinidad and Tobago data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Plantains and cooking bananas — Gross per capita Production Index Number (2014-2016 = 100). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.