Bananas price history and inflation, 1980–2026
$0.66 per pound (Sep 2026)
BLS average price per pound of bananas, one of the most stable produce prices tracked. The latest average price is $0.66 for Sep 2026. That is -2.1% from a year earlier.
Adjusted for overall inflation (CPI-U), the 1980 average price of $0.34 would be $1.40 in Sep 2026 dollars, so bananas has become less expensive in real terms.
Annual averages
| Year | Average price | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 * | $0.65 | +4.4% |
| 2024 | $0.62 | -1.6% |
| 2023 | $0.63 | -1.0% |
| 2022 | $0.64 | +6.1% |
| 2021 | $0.60 | +3.8% |
| 2020 | $0.58 | +0.8% |
| 2019 | $0.57 | -0.0% |
| 2018 | $0.57 | +2.0% |
| 2017 | $0.56 | -1.8% |
| 2016 | $0.57 | -1.7% |
| 2015 | $0.58 | -2.6% |
| 2014 | $0.60 | -0.3% |
| 2013 | $0.60 | -0.4% |
| 2012 | $0.60 | -1.3% |
| 2011 | $0.61 | +5.3% |
| 2010 | $0.58 | -5.2% |
| 2009 | $0.61 | +0.3% |
| 2008 | $0.61 | +19.4% |
| 2007 | $0.51 | +2.0% |
| 2006 | $0.50 | +1.7% |
| 2005 | $0.49 | -0.6% |
| 2004 | $0.50 | -2.6% |
| 2003 | $0.51 | +0.2% |
| 2002 | $0.51 | +0.2% |
| 2001 | $0.51 | +1.1% |
| 2000 | $0.50 | +2.1% |
| 1999 | $0.49 | -0.6% |
| 1998 | $0.49 | +1.5% |
| 1997 | $0.49 | -0.6% |
| 1996 | $0.49 | -0.0% |
| 1995 | $0.49 | +6.0% |
| 1994 | $0.46 | +5.3% |
| 1993 | $0.44 | -4.2% |
| 1992 | $0.46 | -4.8% |
| 1991 | $0.48 | +3.8% |
| 1990 | $0.46 | +3.3% |
| 1989 | $0.45 | +7.3% |
| 1988 | $0.42 | +0.0% |
| 1986 | $0.38 | +4.9% |
| 1985 | $0.37 | +2.1% |
| 1984 | $0.36 | -6.8% |
| 1983 | $0.39 | +9.0% |
| 1982 | $0.35 | -2.3% |
| 1981 | $0.36 | +5.9% |
| 1980 | $0.34 | +0.0% |
* Partial year, averaged over published months only. 2025: 11 of 12 months (BLS published no October 2025 data because of the federal government shutdown; the average uses the 11 published months).