The dataset contains Global Food Prices data from the World Food Programme covering foods such as maize, rice, beans, fish, sugar, etc. for 76 countries and some 1,500 markets. It is updated weekly but contains to a large extent monthly data. The data goes back as far as 1992 for a few countries, although many countries started reporting from 2003 or thereafter.

Graph and download economic data for Global price of Food index (PFOODINDEXM) from Jan 1992 to Jun 2025 about World, food, indexes, and price.

Food Price Index in World decreased to 126.40 Index Points in October from 128.50 Index Points in September of 2025. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for World Food Price Index.

The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) averaged 128.8 points in September 2025. This represents an increase of 3.4 percent compared to the same month of the previous year. Food prices worldwide Some food commodities have been hit harder than others in the past years. Global dairy, meat, and vegetable oil prices were on an upward trajectory in the first half of 2025. Regionally, the European Union (EU) and the UK have experienced a particularly high increase in the annual consumer prices for food and non-alcoholic beverages, as compared to other selected countries worldwide. Inflation in Europe The inflation rate for food in the EU grew from 0.2 percent in May 2021 to 19.2 percent in March 2023, as compared to the same month in the previous year. In the following months, the food inflation started decreasing again, yet has picked up again in 2025 in line with the global trend. The overall inflation rate in the Euro area reached its peak in December 2022 at 9.2 percent. The rate has since fallen to 2.4 percent in December 2024. As measured by the Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (HICP), inflation rates in Europe were highest in Turkey, Romania, and Estonia as of April 2025.

This dataset contains Countries, Commodities and Markets data, sourced from the World Food Programme Price Database.

The World Food Programme Price Database covers foods such as maize, rice, beans, fish, and sugar for 98 countries and some 3000 markets. It is updated weekly but contains to a large extent monthly data.

The version provided here covers the period 2000 to present, although the original WFP database includes records dating back as far as 1992 for a few countries.

This dataset contains Food Prices data for India, sourced from the World Food Programme Price Database. The World Food Programme Price Database covers foods such as maize, rice, beans, fish, and sugar for 98 countries and some 3000 markets. The data goes back as far as 1992 for a few countries, although many countries started reporting from 2003 or thereafter.

Global Food Prices - Historical chart and current data through 2025.

Average food price inflation was highest in ********** countries in 2023 when compared to the rest of the world. When compared to the previous year, food prices were almost ** percent higher in September and October of 2023 in low-income countries. This figure stood at *** percent for high income countries.

The average for 2021 based on 165 countries was 105.854 index points. The highest value was in South Korea: 208.84 index points and the lowest value was in India: 58.17 index points. The indicator is available from 2017 to 2021. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

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In May 2025, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) for food in Mexico reached 162.58. In the same month of the previous year, the value was of 155.04. The food inflation rate that month was of around four percent, and in July 2024, food was the category with the highest inflation rate in Mexico.

United States Agricultural Price Index: Received by Farmers: Food Commodities data was reported at 88.800 2011=100 in Oct 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 90.600 2011=100 for Sep 2018. United States Agricultural Price Index: Received by Farmers: Food Commodities data is updated monthly, averaging 101.000 2011=100 from Jan 2010 (Median) to Oct 2018, with 106 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 126.000 2011=100 in Apr 2014 and a record low of 81.000 2011=100 in Feb 2010. United States Agricultural Price Index: Received by Farmers: Food Commodities data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Agricultural Statistics Service. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.I043: Agricultural Price Index.

This dataset contains Food Prices data for Benin, sourced from the World Food Programme Price Database. The World Food Programme Price Database covers foods such as maize, rice, beans, fish, and sugar for 98 countries and some 3000 markets. It is updated weekly but contains to a large extent monthly data. The data goes back as far as 1992 for a few countries, although many countries started reporting from 2003 or thereafter.

The FAO vegetable oil Price Index* reached 178.32 index points in June of 2008 during the financial crisis. During the pandemic, the price index rose to 184.56 points in October of 2021. After the start of the war in Ukraine, the index jumped to over 251 points in March of 2022. As of September 2025, the index had slightly declined to 167.9 points. For further information about the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, please visit our dedicated Facts and Figures page. For further information about the Russian invasion of Ukraine, please visit our dedicated page on the topic.

Studies that examine the impact of food prices on conflict usually assume that (all) changes in international food prices are exogenous shocks for individual countries or local areas. By isolating strictly exogenous shifts in global food commodity prices, we show that this assumption could seriously distort estimations of the impact on conflict in African regions. Specifically, we show that increases in food prices that are caused by harvest shocks outside Africa raise conflict significantly, whereas a “naive” regression of conflict on international food prices uncovers an inverse relationship. We also find that higher food prices lead to more conflict in regions with more agricultural production. Again, we document that failing to account for exogenous price changes exhibits a considerable bias in the impact. In addition, we show that the conventional approach to evaluate such effects; that is, estimations that include time fixed effects, ignores an important positive baseline effect that is common for all regions. Supplementary materials for this article are available online.

Context:

Global food price fluctuations can cause famine and large population shifts. Price changes are increasingly critical to policymakers as global warming threatens to destabilize the food supply.

Content:

Over 740k rows of prices obtained in developing world markets for various goods. Data includes information on country, market, price of good in local currency, quantity of good, and month recorded.

Acknowledgements:

Compiled by the World Food Program and distributed by HDX.

Inspiration:

This data would be particularly interesting to pair with currency fluctuations, weather patterns, and/or refugee movements--do any price changes in certain staples predict population upheaval? Do certain weather conditions influence market prices?

License:

Released under CC BY-IGO.

Food Prices Year By Year

Findings and Implications

About this dataset

In 2022, the world may face a global food crisis. This dataset includes information on food prices, meat prices, dairy prices, cereal prices, oil prices, and sugar prices. This data is of utmost importance to researchers as it will help inform their work on finding solutions to this potential crisis. With this data, we can better understand the factors that may contribute to the crisis and work towards finding solutions that could help prevent or mitigate its effects

How to use the dataset

This dataset contains information on food prices, meat prices, dairy prices, cereal prices, oil prices, and sugar prices. This data is of utmost importance to researchers as it will help inform their work on finding solutions to this potential crisis.

To use this dataset effectively, researchers should focus on the trends in food prices over time. Additionally, they should look at the relationships between different types of food prices. For example, does an increase in meat price lead to a corresponding increase in dairy price? Finally, researchers should also consider how other factors such as oil price or sugar price may impact food prices

Research Ideas

1. Identifying choke points in the global food supply chain
2. Estimating the economic impact of a potential global food crisis
3. Developing policies to mitigate the impact of a potential global food crisis

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank the Department of Agriculture for their data on food prices, meat prices, dairy prices, cereal prices, oil prices, and sugar prices. This dataset is of utmost importance to researchers as it will help inform their work on finding solutions to this potential crisis

License

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File: FAOFP1990_2022.csv