Plantains and cooking bananas — Production in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)

Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs): Plantains and cooking bananas — Production was 23.93 million t in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
23.93 million t
Change on year
up 0.7%
Rank
4th
of 15 groups
All-time high
23.93 million t
in 2024
All-time low
5.87 million t
in 1965
Years of data
64
1961–2024

Plantains and cooking bananas — Production in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), 1961–2024

5.0M10.0M15.0M20.0M25.0M196119922024

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

Analysis

In 2024, plantains and cooking bananas — production in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) stood at 23.93 million t. That is the highest value across all 64 years on record.

That represents a change of up 0.7% on the previous year and up 48.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, plantains and cooking bananas — production in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) peaked at 23.93 million t in 2024 and was at its lowest, 5.87 million t, in 1965.

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

Plantains and cooking bananas — Production in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), year by year

Annual values for Plantains and cooking bananas — Production in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs), 1961 to 2024.
Year t Change
1961 6.24 million t
1962 6.63 million t +6.2%
1963 7.08 million t +6.9%
1964 7.74 million t +9.3%
1965 5.87 million t -24.1%
1966 6.48 million t +10.3%
1967 7.53 million t +16.2%
1968 8.18 million t +8.6%
1969 8.38 million t +2.5%
1970 10.86 million t +29.6%
1971 10.74 million t -1.1%
1972 10.93 million t +1.7%
1973 11.47 million t +5.0%
1974 12.46 million t +8.6%
1975 12.60 million t +1.1%
1976 11.82 million t -6.2%
1977 12.34 million t +4.4%
1978 12.83 million t +4.0%
1979 10.22 million t -20.4%
1980 9.92 million t -2.9%
1981 10.14 million t +2.3%
1982 10.85 million t +6.9%
1983 11.09 million t +2.3%
1984 10.65 million t -4.0%
1985 11.25 million t +5.7%
1986 11.44 million t +1.7%
1987 11.58 million t +1.3%
1988 11.78 million t +1.7%
1989 12.28 million t +4.2%
1990 12.63 million t +2.9%
1991 12.89 million t +2.1%
1992 12.75 million t -1.1%
1993 13.32 million t +4.4%
1994 13.73 million t +3.1%
1995 13.35 million t -2.8%
1996 13.49 million t +1.0%
1997 13.45 million t -0.3%
1998 13.68 million t +1.7%
1999 13.06 million t -4.6%
2000 13.55 million t +3.8%
2001 13.99 million t +3.3%
2002 14.17 million t +1.2%
2003 14.02 million t -1.0%
2004 14.10 million t +0.6%
2005 14.19 million t +0.6%
2006 14.36 million t +1.2%
2007 14.69 million t +2.3%
2008 9.84 million t -33.0%
2009 11.32 million t +15.0%
2010 12.65 million t +11.7%
2011 12.72 million t +0.6%
2012 13.06 million t +2.7%
2013 13.89 million t +6.3%
2014 16.06 million t +15.7%
2015 16.41 million t +2.1%
2016 14.60 million t -11.0%
2017 15.89 million t +8.8%
2018 17.93 million t +12.8%
2019 20.97 million t +17.0%
2020 23.54 million t +12.3%
2021 23.14 million t -1.7%
2022 23.35 million t +0.9%
2023 23.76 million t +1.7%
2024 23.93 million t +0.7%

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Plantains and cooking bananas — Production in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 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.

YearChange FromTo
2008 -33.0% 14.69 million t 9.84 million t
1970 +29.6% 8.38 million t 10.86 million t

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 7.12 million t 5.87 million t 8.38 million t 9
1970s 11.63 million t 10.22 million t 12.83 million t 10
1980s 11.10 million t 9.92 million t 12.28 million t 10
1990s 13.24 million t 12.63 million t 13.73 million t 10
2000s 13.42 million t 9.84 million t 14.69 million t 10
2010s 15.42 million t 12.65 million t 20.97 million t 10
2020s 23.54 million t 23.14 million t 23.93 million t 5

Countries ranked near Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)

  1. 1 Uganda 11.83 million t compare
  2. 2 Cameroon 4.66 million t compare
  3. 3 Ghana 4.42 million t compare
  4. 4 Democratic Republic of the Congo 4.91 million t compare
  5. 4 Philippines 3.05 million t compare
  6. 5 Colombia 2.66 million t compare
  7. 6 Peru 1.87 million t compare
  8. 6 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 586,315 t compare
  9. 7 Dominican Republic 1.66 million t compare
  10. 7 United Republic of Tanzania 581,006 t compare

See the full ranking of 78 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is plantains and cooking bananas — production in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
Plantains and cooking bananas — production in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) was 23.93 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 Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
The highest recorded value was 23.93 million t in 2024.
What is the lowest plantains and cooking bananas — production recorded in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
The lowest recorded value was 5.87 million t in 1965.
How does Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) rank for plantains and cooking bananas — production?
Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) ranks 4th out of 15 groups with data for 2024.
Is plantains and cooking bananas — production rising or falling in Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs)?
Over the last ten years it is up 48.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 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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