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🍌 Pound of bananas by Year (1946–2025)

In 1946 it cost 12¢ (per pound). In 2025 it was 65¢, and the latest figure (Sep 2026) is 66¢. Adjusted for inflation, it was cheapest in 2024 and most expensive in 1949.

0¢63¢$1.27$1.90$2.5419501960197019801990200020102020
Price at the timeIn today's money
YearPrice thenIn today's money
202565¢68¢
202462¢67¢
202363¢70¢
202264¢73¢
202160¢75¢
202058¢75¢
201957¢76¢
201857¢77¢
201756¢77¢
201657¢80¢
201558¢83¢
201460¢85¢
201360¢87¢
201260¢88¢
201161¢91¢
201058¢90¢
200961¢96¢
200861¢95¢
200751¢83¢
200650¢84¢
200549¢85¢
200450¢88¢
200351¢93¢
200251¢95¢
200151¢96¢
200050¢98¢
199949¢99¢
199849¢$1.02
199749¢$1.02
199649¢$1.05
199549¢$1.08
199446¢$1.05
199344¢$1.02
199246¢$1.10
199148¢$1.19
199046¢$1.19
198945¢$1.22
198842¢$1.19
198737¢$1.08
198639¢$1.18
198537¢$1.15
198436¢$1.16
198339¢$1.31
198235¢$1.24
198136¢$1.34
198034¢$1.40
197726¢$1.42
197624¢$1.39
197523¢$1.45
197418¢$1.26
197317¢$1.25
197216¢$1.27
197115¢$1.24
197016¢$1.38
196916¢$1.46
196816¢$1.50
196716¢$1.60
196616¢$1.63
196516¢$1.71
196417¢$1.79
196316¢$1.80
196216¢$1.82
196116¢$1.79
196016¢$1.81
195917¢$1.97
195817¢$2.02
195717¢$2.07
195617¢$2.08
195517¢$2.14
195417¢$2.11
195317¢$2.11
195216¢$2.08
195116¢$2.12
195016¢$2.28
194917¢$2.35
194816¢$2.23
194715¢$2.28
194612¢$2.00

How to read this

“Price then” is the average for that year. “In today's money” converts it to Sep 2026 dollars with the Consumer Price Index (CPI-U), so you can see whether bananas really got pricier or the dollar just shrank.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Average Price Data (U.S. city average) (from 1980); Before 1980: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics retail food prices as published by the U.S. Census Bureau (Historical Statistics of the United States, Series E 187–202, and the Statistical Abstract of the United States) (series APU0000711211). Yearly figures are averages of the monthly or quarterly data.

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