Commodity Intelligence

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Period: July 2026
Updated: 2026-09-01
Unit: index (2014–2016 = 100)
Currency: Index points — not a currency
Cadence: Monthly publication · read from the World Bank at build time

Latest value: 113.8index; July 2026
Period change: +3.5%; Against the previous published period
Year to date: +6.2%; Measured from the last observation of 2025 (December 2025).
Frequency: Monthly; Collection: automated fetch
Base period: 2014–2016 = 100; An index level means nothing without it
Observations recorded: 439; On this platform

+25.88% over ten years

Monthly averages published by the World Bank. One point is one calendar month, not a daily close. 121 observations plotted.

Observations

FAO Cereal Price Index — every monthly, nominal observation on record

January 1990	64.10
February 1990	62.20
March 1990	61.30
April 1990	62.80
May 1990	62.00
June 1990	60.70
July 1990	57.90
August 1990	55.70
September 1990	52.50
October 1990	52.80
November 1990	52.40
December 1990	52.60
January 1991	53.70
February 1991	55.20
March 1991	57.30
April 1991	57.60
May 1991	57.20
June 1991	56.50
July 1991	55.70
August 1991	58.30
September 1991	58.80
October 1991	60.60
November 1991	60.80
December 1991	62.70
January 1992	63.90
February 1992	66.50
March 1992	65.90
April 1992	63.00
May 1992	62.00
June 1992	61.80
July 1992	58.50
August 1992	56.10
September 1992	58.30
October 1992	58.20
November 1992	58.80
December 1992	58.50
January 1993	59.10
February 1993	58.10
March 1993	57.80
April 1993	57.30
May 1993	55.40
June 1993	52.80
July 1993	55.80
August 1993	56.60
September 1993	58.40
October 1993	61.40
November 1993	66.70
December 1993	68.90
January 1994	68.60
February 1994	66.80
March 1994	64.10
April 1994	62.40
May 1994	62.00
June 1994	60.10
July 1994	56.00
August 1994	57.50
September 1994	60.20
October 1994	61.70
November 1994	61.10
December 1994	62.70
January 1995	62.90
February 1995	62.50
March 1995	62.20
April 1995	62.70
May 1995	64.90
June 1995	69.10
July 1995	74.00
August 1995	72.60
September 1995	75.90
October 1995	80.20
November 1995	80.50
December 1995	82.70
January 1996	83.30
February 1996	85.70
March 1996	86.90
April 1996	95.30
May 1996	100.0
June 1996	94.30
July 1996	91.10
August 1996	85.80
September 1996	75.30
October 1996	71.10
November 1996	67.40
December 1996	67.60
January 1997	68.10
February 1997	68.40
March 1997	70.60
April 1997	70.80
May 1997	68.80
June 1997	65.20
July 1997	62.40
August 1997	65.70
September 1997	65.10
October 1997	65.60
November 1997	64.20
December 1997	63.40
January 1998	62.70
February 1998	62.70
March 1998	63.20
April 1998	60.80
May 1998	60.20
June 1998	59.00
July 1998	57.50
August 1998	54.10
September 1998	53.90
October 1998	57.70
November 1998	58.20
December 1998	56.80
January 1999	57.10
February 1999	54.90
March 1999	55.20
April 1999	53.70
May 1999	52.80
June 1999	53.60
July 1999	51.40
August 1999	53.00
September 1999	52.60
October 1999	51.50
November 1999	51.30
December 1999	50.40
January 2000	52.10
February 2000	52.20
March 2000	51.70
April 2000	51.80
May 2000	52.80
June 2000	51.40
July 2000	49.80
August 2000	48.60
September 2000	49.40
October 2000	51.20
November 2000	52.10
December 2000	53.70
January 2001	53.90
February 2001	53.00
March 2001	52.20
April 2001	51.00
May 2001	51.70
June 2001	51.00
July 2001	51.70
August 2001	51.60
September 2001	51.20
October 2001	51.00
November 2001	51.90
December 2001	52.00
January 2002	51.70
February 2002	50.40
March 2002	49.60
April 2002	49.30
May 2002	50.20
June 2002	52.00
July 2002	54.60
August 2002	58.10
September 2002	63.80
October 2002	64.40
November 2002	63.00
December 2002	59.80
January 2003	58.00
February 2003	57.80
March 2003	56.50
April 2003	56.40
May 2003	58.20
June 2003	57.70
July 2003	56.50
August 2003	59.90
September 2003	60.50
October 2003	60.60
November 2003	64.80
December 2003	65.70
January 2004	66.90
February 2004	67.50
March 2004	68.50
April 2004	70.20
May 2004	68.80
June 2004	66.40
July 2004	60.70
August 2004	59.10
September 2004	60.00
October 2004	59.30
November 2004	60.00
December 2004	60.50
January 2005	60.50
February 2005	60.30
March 2005	61.50
April 2005	59.50
May 2005	59.40
June 2005	60.20
July 2005	61.20
August 2005	60.90
September 2005	61.50
October 2005	62.10
November 2005	60.60
December 2005	61.50
January 2006	62.70
February 2006	64.80
March 2006	63.90
April 2006	65.10
May 2006	67.80
June 2006	67.80
July 2006	69.90
August 2006	69.60
September 2006	72.50
October 2006	79.90
November 2006	85.30
December 2006	85.40
January 2007	85.10
February 2007	87.00
March 2007	86.40
April 2007	85.10
May 2007	86.60
June 2007	91.90
July 2007	94.90
August 2007	102.1
September 2007	117.2
October 2007	121.3
November 2007	121.0
December 2007	132.2
January 2008	141.0
February 2008	160.8
March 2008	163.3
April 2008	162.7
May 2008	157.4
June 2008	160.3
July 2008	148.2
August 2008	136.5
September 2008	125.3
October 2008	104.9
November 2008	96.00
December 2008	95.10
January 2009	100.4
February 2009	97.20
March 2009	97.20
April 2009	98.10
May 2009	103.3
June 2009	103.0
July 2009	94.50
August 2009	91.90
September 2009	89.80
October 2009	93.80
November 2009	98.00
December 2009	99.00
January 2010	98.40
February 2010	94.00
March 2010	91.80
April 2010	90.70
May 2010	90.60
June 2010	87.80
July 2010	95.30
August 2010	112.9
September 2010	125.9
October 2010	130.6
November 2010	132.4
December 2010	139.7
January 2011	144.9
February 2011	151.4
March 2011	145.5
April 2011	151.7
May 2011	150.9
June 2011	147.1
July 2011	140.5
August 2011	144.9
September 2011	140.5
October 2011	133.1
November 2011	130.9
December 2011	124.4
January 2012	127.2
February 2012	131.1
March 2012	130.6
April 2012	129.1
May 2012	126.3
June 2012	125.3
July 2012	143.9
August 2012	147.1
September 2012	146.8
October 2012	146.5
November 2012	148.5
December 2012	146.4
January 2013	145.2
February 2013	142.3
March 2013	139.9
April 2013	134.9
May 2013	136.4
June 2013	133.8
July 2013	126.4
August 2013	119.2
September 2013	116.7
October 2013	118.7
November 2013	118.0
December 2013	117.9
January 2014	117.0
February 2014	119.7
March 2014	125.4
April 2014	125.5
May 2014	125.2
June 2014	118.7
July 2014	112.2
August 2014	110.4
September 2014	107.4
October 2014	108.2
November 2014	109.3
December 2014	110.9
January 2015	105.9
February 2015	101.6
March 2015	99.50
April 2015	98.20
May 2015	95.70
June 2015	96.70
July 2015	98.90
August 2015	91.90
September 2015	90.50
October 2015	91.70
November 2015	90.50
December 2015	89.40
January 2016	87.60
February 2016	87.30
March 2016	86.50
April 2016	88.40
May 2016	91.10
June 2016	94.10
July 2016	90.40
August 2016	89.30
September 2016	86.30
October 2016	86.70
November 2016	86.00
December 2016	86.10
January 2017	88.70
February 2017	90.00
March 2017	87.90
April 2017	86.90
May 2017	88.30
June 2017	92.40
July 2017	96.90
August 2017	92.30
September 2017	92.10
October 2017	91.80
November 2017	92.10
December 2017	92.40
January 2018	95.20
February 2018	98.40
March 2018	101.8
April 2018	104.0
May 2018	105.5
June 2018	100.8
July 2018	98.70
August 2018	103.5
September 2018	100.3
October 2018	100.9
November 2018	99.60
December 2018	101.1
January 2019	101.8
February 2019	100.7
March 2019	97.50
April 2019	94.60
May 2019	94.40
June 2019	99.20
July 2019	97.60
August 2019	92.60
September 2019	91.80
October 2019	96.00
November 2019	95.60
December 2019	97.40
January 2020	100.7
February 2020	99.60
March 2020	98.00
April 2020	99.60
May 2020	98.00
June 2020	97.30
July 2020	97.30
August 2020	99.20
September 2020	104.3
October 2020	112.1
November 2020	114.8
December 2020	116.4
January 2021	125.0
February 2021	126.1
March 2021	123.9
April 2021	126.2
May 2021	133.7
June 2021	130.3
July 2021	126.3
August 2021	130.4
September 2021	132.8
October 2021	137.1
November 2021	141.4
December 2021	140.5
January 2022	140.6
February 2022	145.3
March 2022	170.1
April 2022	169.7
May 2022	173.5
June 2022	166.3
July 2022	147.3
August 2022	145.6
September 2022	147.9
October 2022	152.3
November 2022	150.1
December 2022	147.3
January 2023	147.5
February 2023	146.7
March 2023	138.6
April 2023	136.1
May 2023	129.3
June 2023	126.6
July 2023	125.9
August 2023	125.0
September 2023	126.3
October 2023	124.8
November 2023	121.0
December 2023	122.8
January 2024	119.9
February 2024	113.8
March 2024	110.9
April 2024	111.6
May 2024	118.7
June 2024	115.2
July 2024	110.7
August 2024	110.2
September 2024	113.6
October 2024	114.4
November 2024	111.4
December 2024	111.4
January 2025	111.8
February 2025	112.6
March 2025	109.7
April 2025	110.9
May 2025	109.0
June 2025	107.3
July 2025	106.5
August 2025	105.6
September 2025	104.8
October 2025	103.8
November 2025	105.6
December 2025	107.2
January 2026	107.5
February 2026	108.7
March 2026	110.4
April 2026	111.3
May 2026	114.2
June 2026	110.0
July 2026	113.8

What this index represents

Full name: FAO Cereal Price Index
Short name: Cereals
Category: Food
Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Base period: 2014–2016 = 100
Frequency: Monthly
Basis: Nominal
Collection method: Automated fetch
Description: The cereals sub-index of the FAO Food Price Index, covering wheat, maize, rice and other grains.
Methodology: https://www.fao.org/worldfoodsituation/foodpricesindex/en/
Source: https://www.fao.org/worldfoodsituation/foodpricesindex/en/

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Observations

FAO Cereal Price Index — every monthly, nominal observation on record

January 1990	64.10
February 1990	62.20
March 1990	61.30
April 1990	62.80
May 1990	62.00
June 1990	60.70
July 1990	57.90
August 1990	55.70
September 1990	52.50
October 1990	52.80
November 1990	52.40
December 1990	52.60
January 1991	53.70
February 1991	55.20
March 1991	57.30
April 1991	57.60
May 1991	57.20
June 1991	56.50
July 1991	55.70
August 1991	58.30
September 1991	58.80
October 1991	60.60
November 1991	60.80
December 1991	62.70
January 1992	63.90
February 1992	66.50
March 1992	65.90
April 1992	63.00
May 1992	62.00
June 1992	61.80
July 1992	58.50
August 1992	56.10
September 1992	58.30
October 1992	58.20
November 1992	58.80
December 1992	58.50
January 1993	59.10
February 1993	58.10
March 1993	57.80
April 1993	57.30
May 1993	55.40
June 1993	52.80
July 1993	55.80
August 1993	56.60
September 1993	58.40
October 1993	61.40
November 1993	66.70
December 1993	68.90
January 1994	68.60
February 1994	66.80
March 1994	64.10
April 1994	62.40
May 1994	62.00
June 1994	60.10
July 1994	56.00
August 1994	57.50
September 1994	60.20
October 1994	61.70
November 1994	61.10
December 1994	62.70
January 1995	62.90
February 1995	62.50
March 1995	62.20
April 1995	62.70
May 1995	64.90
June 1995	69.10
July 1995	74.00
August 1995	72.60
September 1995	75.90
October 1995	80.20
November 1995	80.50
December 1995	82.70
January 1996	83.30
February 1996	85.70
March 1996	86.90
April 1996	95.30
May 1996	100.0
June 1996	94.30
July 1996	91.10
August 1996	85.80
September 1996	75.30
October 1996	71.10
November 1996	67.40
December 1996	67.60
January 1997	68.10
February 1997	68.40
March 1997	70.60
April 1997	70.80
May 1997	68.80
June 1997	65.20
July 1997	62.40
August 1997	65.70
September 1997	65.10
October 1997	65.60
November 1997	64.20
December 1997	63.40
January 1998	62.70
February 1998	62.70
March 1998	63.20
April 1998	60.80
May 1998	60.20
June 1998	59.00
July 1998	57.50
August 1998	54.10
September 1998	53.90
October 1998	57.70
November 1998	58.20
December 1998	56.80
January 1999	57.10
February 1999	54.90
March 1999	55.20
April 1999	53.70
May 1999	52.80
June 1999	53.60
July 1999	51.40
August 1999	53.00
September 1999	52.60
October 1999	51.50
November 1999	51.30
December 1999	50.40
January 2000	52.10
February 2000	52.20
March 2000	51.70
April 2000	51.80
May 2000	52.80
June 2000	51.40
July 2000	49.80
August 2000	48.60
September 2000	49.40
October 2000	51.20
November 2000	52.10
December 2000	53.70
January 2001	53.90
February 2001	53.00
March 2001	52.20
April 2001	51.00
May 2001	51.70
June 2001	51.00
July 2001	51.70
August 2001	51.60
September 2001	51.20
October 2001	51.00
November 2001	51.90
December 2001	52.00
January 2002	51.70
February 2002	50.40
March 2002	49.60
April 2002	49.30
May 2002	50.20
June 2002	52.00
July 2002	54.60
August 2002	58.10
September 2002	63.80
October 2002	64.40
November 2002	63.00
December 2002	59.80
January 2003	58.00
February 2003	57.80
March 2003	56.50
April 2003	56.40
May 2003	58.20
June 2003	57.70
July 2003	56.50
August 2003	59.90
September 2003	60.50
October 2003	60.60
November 2003	64.80
December 2003	65.70
January 2004	66.90
February 2004	67.50
March 2004	68.50
April 2004	70.20
May 2004	68.80
June 2004	66.40
July 2004	60.70
August 2004	59.10
September 2004	60.00
October 2004	59.30
November 2004	60.00
December 2004	60.50
January 2005	60.50
February 2005	60.30
March 2005	61.50
April 2005	59.50
May 2005	59.40
June 2005	60.20
July 2005	61.20
August 2005	60.90
September 2005	61.50
October 2005	62.10
November 2005	60.60
December 2005	61.50
January 2006	62.70
February 2006	64.80
March 2006	63.90
April 2006	65.10
May 2006	67.80
June 2006	67.80
July 2006	69.90
August 2006	69.60
September 2006	72.50
October 2006	79.90
November 2006	85.30
December 2006	85.40
January 2007	85.10
February 2007	87.00
March 2007	86.40
April 2007	85.10
May 2007	86.60
June 2007	91.90
July 2007	94.90
August 2007	102.1
September 2007	117.2
October 2007	121.3
November 2007	121.0
December 2007	132.2
January 2008	141.0
February 2008	160.8
March 2008	163.3
April 2008	162.7
May 2008	157.4
June 2008	160.3
July 2008	148.2
August 2008	136.5
September 2008	125.3
October 2008	104.9
November 2008	96.00
December 2008	95.10
January 2009	100.4
February 2009	97.20
March 2009	97.20
April 2009	98.10
May 2009	103.3
June 2009	103.0
July 2009	94.50
August 2009	91.90
September 2009	89.80
October 2009	93.80
November 2009	98.00
December 2009	99.00
January 2010	98.40
February 2010	94.00
March 2010	91.80
April 2010	90.70
May 2010	90.60
June 2010	87.80
July 2010	95.30
August 2010	112.9
September 2010	125.9
October 2010	130.6
November 2010	132.4
December 2010	139.7
January 2011	144.9
February 2011	151.4
March 2011	145.5
April 2011	151.7
May 2011	150.9
June 2011	147.1
July 2011	140.5
August 2011	144.9
September 2011	140.5
October 2011	133.1
November 2011	130.9
December 2011	124.4
January 2012	127.2
February 2012	131.1
March 2012	130.6
April 2012	129.1
May 2012	126.3
June 2012	125.3
July 2012	143.9
August 2012	147.1
September 2012	146.8
October 2012	146.5
November 2012	148.5
December 2012	146.4
January 2013	145.2
February 2013	142.3
March 2013	139.9
April 2013	134.9
May 2013	136.4
June 2013	133.8
July 2013	126.4
August 2013	119.2
September 2013	116.7
October 2013	118.7
November 2013	118.0
December 2013	117.9
January 2014	117.0
February 2014	119.7
March 2014	125.4
April 2014	125.5
May 2014	125.2
June 2014	118.7
July 2014	112.2
August 2014	110.4
September 2014	107.4
October 2014	108.2
November 2014	109.3
December 2014	110.9
January 2015	105.9
February 2015	101.6
March 2015	99.50
April 2015	98.20
May 2015	95.70
June 2015	96.70
July 2015	98.90
August 2015	91.90
September 2015	90.50
October 2015	91.70
November 2015	90.50
December 2015	89.40
January 2016	87.60
February 2016	87.30
March 2016	86.50
April 2016	88.40
May 2016	91.10
June 2016	94.10
July 2016	90.40
August 2016	89.30
September 2016	86.30
October 2016	86.70
November 2016	86.00
December 2016	86.10
January 2017	88.70
February 2017	90.00
March 2017	87.90
April 2017	86.90
May 2017	88.30
June 2017	92.40
July 2017	96.90
August 2017	92.30
September 2017	92.10
October 2017	91.80
November 2017	92.10
December 2017	92.40
January 2018	95.20
February 2018	98.40
March 2018	101.8
April 2018	104.0
May 2018	105.5
June 2018	100.8
July 2018	98.70
August 2018	103.5
September 2018	100.3
October 2018	100.9
November 2018	99.60
December 2018	101.1
January 2019	101.8
February 2019	100.7
March 2019	97.50
April 2019	94.60
May 2019	94.40
June 2019	99.20
July 2019	97.60
August 2019	92.60
September 2019	91.80
October 2019	96.00
November 2019	95.60
December 2019	97.40
January 2020	100.7
February 2020	99.60
March 2020	98.00
April 2020	99.60
May 2020	98.00
June 2020	97.30
July 2020	97.30
August 2020	99.20
September 2020	104.3
October 2020	112.1
November 2020	114.8
December 2020	116.4
January 2021	125.0
February 2021	126.1
March 2021	123.9
April 2021	126.2
May 2021	133.7
June 2021	130.3
July 2021	126.3
August 2021	130.4
September 2021	132.8
October 2021	137.1
November 2021	141.4
December 2021	140.5
January 2022	140.6
February 2022	145.3
March 2022	170.1
April 2022	169.7
May 2022	173.5
June 2022	166.3
July 2022	147.3
August 2022	145.6
September 2022	147.9
October 2022	152.3
November 2022	150.1
December 2022	147.3
January 2023	147.5
February 2023	146.7
March 2023	138.6
April 2023	136.1
May 2023	129.3
June 2023	126.6
July 2023	125.9
August 2023	125.0
September 2023	126.3
October 2023	124.8
November 2023	121.0
December 2023	122.8
January 2024	119.9
February 2024	113.8
March 2024	110.9
April 2024	111.6
May 2024	118.7
June 2024	115.2
July 2024	110.7
August 2024	110.2
September 2024	113.6
October 2024	114.4
November 2024	111.4
December 2024	111.4
January 2025	111.8
February 2025	112.6
March 2025	109.7
April 2025	110.9
May 2025	109.0
June 2025	107.3
July 2025	106.5
August 2025	105.6
September 2025	104.8
October 2025	103.8
November 2025	105.6
December 2025	107.2
January 2026	107.5
February 2026	108.7
March 2026	110.4
April 2026	111.3
May 2026	114.2
June 2026	110.0
July 2026	113.8

What this index represents

Full name

FAO Cereal Price Index

Short name

Cereals