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Basket item · 1 kg

Bananas

United States · September 2026$1.45−2.1% in a year · $1.45 per kg
Canada · September 2026C$1.88+12.6% in a year · ≈ $1.35 US

Three years of bananas

Cost of 1 kg, in US dollars.

$1.14$1.23$1.32$1.42$1.51202420252026
United StatesCanada (converted)

US: BLS average price series APU0000711211, converted to kg. Canada: Statistics Canada, "Bananas, per kilogram", scaled to 1 kg. Package sizes and grades are similar but not identical between countries; see how we price.

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