Plantains and cooking bananas — Production in Caribbean

Caribbean: Plantains and cooking bananas — Production was 2.60 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
2.60 million t
Change on year
up 21.5%
Rank
11th
of 15 groups
All-time high
2.60 million t
in 2024
All-time low
751,939 t
in 1961
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Plantains and cooking bananas — Production in Caribbean, 1961–2024

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

Analysis

Caribbean recorded 2.60 million t for plantains and cooking bananas — production in 2024. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.

The figure is up 21.5% on the previous year and up 30.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, plantains and cooking bananas — production in Caribbean peaked at 2.60 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 751,939 t, in 1961.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 64 years of available data.

Plantains and cooking bananas — Production in Caribbean, year by year

Annual values for Plantains and cooking bananas — Production in Caribbean, 1961 to 2024.
Year t Change
1961 751,939 t
1962 777,148 t +3.4%
1963 803,963 t +3.5%
1964 810,127 t +0.8%
1965 814,255 t +0.5%
1966 850,063 t +4.4%
1967 756,814 t -11.0%
1968 775,646 t +2.5%
1969 920,486 t +18.7%
1970 885,527 t -3.8%
1971 927,426 t +4.7%
1972 988,579 t +6.6%
1973 991,689 t +0.3%
1974 976,711 t -1.5%
1975 925,828 t -5.2%
1976 1.01 million t +9.6%
1977 994,573 t -1.9%
1978 1.10 million t +10.2%
1979 1.05 million t -3.8%
1980 1.10 million t +4.5%
1981 1.11 million t +0.9%
1982 1.09 million t -1.7%
1983 1.14 million t +4.0%
1984 1.20 million t +5.6%
1985 1.16 million t -3.3%
1986 1.25 million t +8.1%
1987 1.22 million t -2.8%
1988 1.22 million t +0.3%
1989 1.25 million t +2.0%
1990 849,098 t -31.9%
1991 950,001 t +11.9%
1992 1.10 million t +15.3%
1993 1.10 million t +0.8%
1994 999,924 t -9.5%
1995 1.02 million t +1.8%
1996 1.18 million t +15.9%
1997 1.07 million t -9.4%
1998 1.08 million t +0.6%
1999 1.04 million t -3.6%
2000 1.34 million t +29.6%
2001 1.42 million t +5.9%
2002 1.30 million t -8.8%
2003 1.61 million t +24.4%
2004 1.53 million t -4.9%
2005 1.31 million t -14.7%
2006 1.50 million t +14.2%
2007 1.48 million t -1.1%
2008 1.16 million t -21.5%
2009 1.45 million t +25.2%
2010 1.34 million t -7.8%
2011 1.78 million t +32.9%
2012 2.02 million t +13.4%
2013 1.78 million t -12.0%
2014 1.99 million t +12.1%
2015 1.95 million t -2.2%
2016 2.12 million t +8.9%
2017 2.18 million t +2.9%
2018 2.16 million t -1.2%
2019 2.17 million t +0.6%
2020 2.16 million t -0.5%
2021 2.13 million t -1.4%
2022 2.31 million t +8.3%
2023 2.14 million t -7.2%
2024 2.60 million t +21.5%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 806,716 t 751,939 t 920,486 t 9
1970s 985,541 t 885,527 t 1.10 million t 10
1980s 1.17 million t 1.09 million t 1.25 million t 10
1990s 1.04 million t 849,098 t 1.18 million t 10
2000s 1.41 million t 1.16 million t 1.61 million t 10
2010s 1.95 million t 1.34 million t 2.18 million t 10
2020s 2.27 million t 2.13 million t 2.60 million t 5

Countries ranked near Caribbean

  1. 8 Myanmar 1.48 million t compare
  2. 9 Nigeria 1.22 million t compare
  3. 10 Ecuador 1.08 million t compare
  4. 11 Sri Lanka 742,618 t compare
  5. 12 Guinea 602,455 t compare
  6. 13 Cuba 501,125 t compare
  7. 14 Malawi 397,654 t compare

See the full ranking of 78 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is plantains and cooking bananas — production in Caribbean?
Plantains and cooking bananas — production in Caribbean was 2.60 million t in 2024, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
What is the highest plantains and cooking bananas — production recorded in Caribbean?
The highest recorded value was 2.60 million t in 2024.
What is the lowest plantains and cooking bananas — production recorded in Caribbean?
The lowest recorded value was 751,939 t in 1961.
How does Caribbean rank for plantains and cooking bananas — production?
Caribbean ranks 11th out of 15 groups with data for 2024.
Is plantains and cooking bananas — production rising or falling in Caribbean?
Over the last ten years it is up 30.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Caribbean data come from?
The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Plantains and cooking bananas — Production. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Plantains and cooking bananas — Production
Unit
t
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
78 places, 4,351 data points, 1961–2024
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