Plantains — Import quantity in Caribbean
Caribbean: Plantains — Import quantity was 3 1000 t in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Plantains — Import quantity in Caribbean, 2010–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in 1000 t.
Analysis
The most recent figure for plantains — import quantity in Caribbean is 3 1000 t, measured in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 50.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, plantains — import quantity in Caribbean peaked at 28 1000 t in 2014 and was at its lowest, 3 1000 t, in 2022.
That places Caribbean 37th out of 147 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Plantains — Import quantity in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | 1000 t | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5 1000 t | — |
| 2011 | 5 1000 t | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 4 1000 t | -20.0% |
| 2013 | 6 1000 t | +50.0% |
| 2014 | 28 1000 t | +366.7% |
| 2015 | 15 1000 t | -46.4% |
| 2016 | 8 1000 t | -46.7% |
| 2017 | 5 1000 t | -37.5% |
| 2018 | 11 1000 t | +120.0% |
| 2019 | 10 1000 t | -9.1% |
| 2020 | 5 1000 t | -50.0% |
| 2021 | 8 1000 t | +60.0% |
| 2022 | 3 1000 t | -62.5% |
| 2023 | 3 1000 t | +0.0% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Plantains — Import quantity in Caribbean 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | +366.7% | 6 1000 t | 28 1000 t |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 9.7 1000 t | 4 1000 t | 28 1000 t | 10 |
| 2020s | 4.75 1000 t | 3 1000 t | 8 1000 t | 4 |
Countries ranked near Caribbean
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- Raw milk of cattle — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 1.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Potatoes — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand I$) 6.87 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other vegetables, fresh n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant) 3.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Other fruits, n.e.c. — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 5.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Onions and shallots, dry (excluding dehydrated) — Gross Production 12.25 % change on previous year (2024)
- Meat of cattle with the bone, fresh or chilled (indigenous) — Gross -2.69 % change on previous year (2024)
- Hen eggs in shell, fresh — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016) 8.98 % change on previous year (2024)
- Maize (corn) — Gross Production Value (constant 2014-2016 thousand) 17.88 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is plantains — import quantity in Caribbean?
- Plantains — import quantity in Caribbean was 3 1000 t in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest plantains — import quantity recorded in Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 28 1000 t in 2014.
- What is the lowest plantains — import quantity recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 3 1000 t in 2022.
- How does Caribbean rank for plantains — import quantity?
- Caribbean ranks 37th out of 147 countries with data for 2023.
- Is plantains — import quantity rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Caribbean data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Plantains — Import quantity. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A food balance sheet presents a comprehensive picture of the pattern of a country's food supply during a specified reference period. The food balance sheet shows for each food item - i.e. each primary commodity and a number of processed commodities potentially available for human consumption - the sources of supply and its utilization. The total quantity of foodstuffs produced in a country added to the total quantity imported and adjusted to any change in stocks that may have occurred since the beginning of the reference period gives the supply available during that period. On the utilization side a distinction is made between the quantities exported, fed to livestock, used for seed, put to manufacture for food use and non-food uses, losses during storage and transportation, and food supplies available for human consumption. The per caput supply of each such food item available for human consumption is then obtained by dividing the respective quantity by the related data on the population actually partaking of it. Data on per capita food supplies are expressed in terms of quantity and - by applying appropriate food composition factors for all primary and processed products - also in terms of caloric value and protein and fat content.