Plantains and cooking bananas — Gross 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 Production Index Number (2014-2016 = 100) is currently reported for 45 countries. The highest value is 331.84 in Fiji; the lowest is 13.56 in Grenada.
The median across all reporting countries is 106.29, and the mean is 117.65.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 24.
Over the past decade 31 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Nicaragua (up 293.4%), and the largest decrease in Grenada (down 80.9%).
Plantains and cooking bananas — Gross Production Index Number: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fiji | 331.84 | 2024 | up 229.0% | rising |
| 2 | Uganda | 281.84 | 2024 | up 158.5% | rising |
| 3 | Guyana | 216.44 | 2024 | up 202.0% | volatile |
| 4 | Nicaragua | 213.2 | 2023 | up 293.4% | volatile |
| 5 | Dominican Republic | 172.79 | 2024 | up 64.8% | rising |
| 6 | Ecuador | 158.81 | 2024 | up 42.4% | rising |
| 7 | Panama | 155.93 | 2024 | up 45.0% | rising |
| 8 | Puerto Rico | 141.63 | 2024 | up 77.5% | rising |
| 9 | Jamaica | 138.76 | 2024 | up 42.5% | rising |
| 10 | Myanmar | 136 | 2024 | up 41.9% | volatile |
| 11 | New Caledonia | 135.59 | 2024 | up 137.7% | volatile |
| 11 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 99.3 | 2024 | down 1.0% | volatile |
| 12 | Belize | 126.93 | 2024 | up 62.1% | volatile |
| 13 | Bangladesh | 125.94 | 2024 | up 27.7% | rising |
| 14 | Guinea | 125.89 | 2024 | up 25.4% | rising |
| 15 | Sri Lanka | 124.86 | 2024 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 16 | Ghana | 113.06 | 2024 | up 16.8% | volatile |
| 17 | Saint Lucia | 109.18 | 2024 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 18 | Sierra Leone | 107.23 | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 19 | Sao Tome and Principe | 106.64 | 2024 | up 6.6% | flat |
| 20 | Guinea-Bissau | 106.61 | 2024 | up 8.9% | rising |
| 21 | Trinidad and Tobago | 106.46 | 2024 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 22 | Gabon | 106.31 | 2024 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 23 | Kenya | 106.29 | 2024 | up 8.5% | volatile |
| 24 | Cameroon | 106 | 2024 | up 4.3% | volatile |
| 25 | Malawi | 105.5 | 2024 | up 9.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Dominica | 105.08 | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 27 | Equatorial Guinea | 104.48 | 2024 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 28 | Liberia | 103.93 | 2024 | up 6.5% | rising |
| 29 | Central African Republic | 103.74 | 2024 | up 31.9% | falling |
| 30 | Bahamas | 101.13 | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 31 | Haiti | 100.95 | 2024 | up 9.4% | rising |
| 32 | Congo | 99.54 | 2024 | down 0.7% | rising |
| 33 | Tonga | 96.37 | 2024 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 34 | Philippines | 96.34 | 2024 | down 4.0% | flat |
| 35 | Honduras | 95.95 | 2024 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 36 | Costa Rica | 76.55 | 2024 | down 18.3% | rising |
| 37 | Cuba | 74.92 | 2024 | down 20.8% | volatile |
| 38 | Colombia | 74.1 | 2024 | down 23.3% | rising |
| 39 | El Salvador | 72.5 | 2024 | down 26.2% | volatile |
| 40 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 66.92 | 2024 | down 26.8% | volatile |
| 41 | French Polynesia | 53.51 | 2024 | down 52.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Guatemala | 52.87 | 2024 | down 39.4% | volatile |
| 43 | Suriname | 43 | 2024 | down 62.3% | volatile |
| 44 | Grenada | 13.56 | 2024 | down 80.9% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Melanesia 471.16
- Oceania 277.14
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 252.42
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 167.07
- Eastern Africa 247.63
- Small island developing states (SIDS) 131.42
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 155.75
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of) 110.9
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 152.47
- Asia 109.23
- Africa 143.67
- Middle Africa 102.86
- Côte d'Ivoire 141.55
- Micronesia 100.54
- Micronesia (Federated States of) 100.54
- World 128.8
- Caribbean 128.7
- United Republic of Tanzania 100.22
- Southern Asia 125.07
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 100
- Western Africa 121.77
- Central America 109.27
- Polynesia 94.24
- South-Eastern Asia 106.47
- Americas 100.76
- South America 87.98
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.