Plantains — Production by country
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...
What the numbers show
Plantains — Production is currently reported for 48 countries. The highest value is 11,090 1000 t in Uganda; the lowest is 0 1000 t in Nigeria.
The median across all reporting countries is 233.5 1000 t, and the mean is 1,011 1000 t.
Over the past decade 34 countries rose and 6 fell. The largest increase was in Guyana (up 740.0%), and the largest decrease in Nigeria (down 100.0%).
Plantains — Production: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uganda | 11,090 1000 t | 2023 | up 153.5% | rising |
| 2 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 4,898 1000 t | 2023 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 3 | Cameroon | 4,608 1000 t | 2023 | up 24.8% | rising |
| 4 | Ghana | 4,440 1000 t | 2023 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 5 | Philippines | 3,148 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 6 | Colombia | 2,589 1000 t | 2023 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 7 | Côte d'Ivoire | 2,150 1000 t | 2023 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 7 | Cote d'Ivoire | 2,150 1000 t | 2023 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 9 | Caribbean | 1,831 1000 t | 2023 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 10 | Myanmar | 1,440 1000 t | 2023 | up 46.2% | rising |
| 11 | Dominican Republic | 1,150 1000 t | 2023 | up 26.7% | rising |
| 12 | Rwanda | 1,050 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 13 | Ecuador | 841 1000 t | 2023 | up 39.2% | rising |
| 14 | Sri Lanka | 783 1000 t | 2023 | up 29.4% | rising |
| 15 | Guatemala | 762 1000 t | 2023 | up 243.2% | volatile |
| 16 | Cuba | 716 1000 t | 2019 | up 47.3% | rising |
| 17 | Guinea | 707 1000 t | 2023 | up 48.8% | rising |
| 18 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 623 1000 t | 2023 | up 16.4% | rising |
| 19 | United Republic of Tanzania | 581 1000 t | 2023 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 20 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 493 1000 t | 2023 | up 40.1% | rising |
| 21 | Malawi | 405 1000 t | 2023 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 22 | Gabon | 354 1000 t | 2023 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 23 | Nicaragua | 334 1000 t | 2023 | up 292.9% | rising |
| 24 | Haiti | 248 1000 t | 2023 | up 20.4% | flat |
| 25 | Panama | 219 1000 t | 2023 | up 82.5% | rising |
| 26 | Bangladesh | 186 1000 t | 2023 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 27 | Guyana | 126 1000 t | 2023 | up 740.0% | volatile |
| 28 | Honduras | 94 1000 t | 2023 | down 6.0% | flat |
| 29 | Congo | 85 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 30 | Costa Rica | 79 1000 t | 2023 | down 21.0% | falling |
| 31 | Jamaica | 61 1000 t | 2023 | up 96.8% | rising |
| 32 | Guinea-Bissau | 57 1000 t | 2023 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 33 | Liberia | 51 1000 t | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 34 | Sierra Leone | 47 1000 t | 2023 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 35 | Sao Tome and Principe | 41 1000 t | 2023 | up 5.1% | rising |
| 36 | Kenya | 35 1000 t | 2023 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 37 | El Salvador | 22 1000 t | 2023 | down 35.3% | rising |
| 38 | Melanesia | 13 1000 t | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 39 | Fiji | 12 1000 t | 2023 | up 300.0% | rising |
| 40 | Trinidad and Tobago | 5 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 40 | Suriname | 5 1000 t | 2023 | down 78.3% | falling |
| 40 | Belize | 5 1000 t | 2023 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 43 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3 1000 t | 2023 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 44 | Polynesia | 2 1000 t | 2023 | — | rising |
| 44 | Grenada | 2 1000 t | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 44 | Saint Lucia | 2 1000 t | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 44 | Tonga | 2 1000 t | 2023 | — | flat |
| 48 | Nigeria | 0 1000 t | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 44,236 1000 t
- Africa 30,640 1000 t
- Net Food Importing Developing Countries (NFIDCs) 26,488 1000 t
- Low Income Food Deficit Countries (LIFDCs) 24,278 1000 t
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 20,842 1000 t
- Eastern Africa 13,161 1000 t
- Land Locked Developing Countries (LLDCs) 13,079 1000 t
- Middle Africa 10,027 1000 t
- Americas 8,024 1000 t
- Western Africa 7,453 1000 t
- Asia 5,557 1000 t
- South America 4,677 1000 t
- South-Eastern Asia 4,589 1000 t
- Small island developing States (SIDS) 2,081 1000 t
- Central America 1,516 1000 t
- Southern Asia 969 1000 t
- Oceania 15 1000 t
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.