The annual FAO Food Price Index* (FFPI) averaged 124.7 points in 2023, down 20 points from 2022. The highest value for the index in the past ten years was reached in 2022.
Annual food price index worldwide from 2000 to 2024, by category
Characteristic
All food
Meat
Dairy
Cereals
Vegetable oils
Sugars
2024*
118
109.8
118.9
120.1
122.5
135.3
2023
124.7
114.7
123.7
130.9
126.3
145
2022
144.7
118.8
149.5
154.7
187.8
114.5
2021
125.8
107.7
119.6
131.2
164.9
109.3
2020
98.1
95.5
101.8
103.1
99.4
79.5
2019
95.1
100
102.8
96.6
83.2
78.6
2018
95.9
94.9
107.3
100.8
87.8
77.4
2017
98
97.7
108
91
101.9
99.1
2016
91.9
91
82.6
88.3
99.4
111.6
2015
93
96.7
87.1
95.9
89.9
83.2
2014
115
112.2
130.2
115.8
110.6
105.2
2013
120.1
106.2
140.9
129.1
119.5
109.5
2012
122.8
105
111.7
137.4
138.3
133.3
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Nominal data (including: meat, dairy, cereals, vegetable oils, and sugar)
Supplementary notes
The source notes: "Food Price Index: Consists of the average of 5 commodity group price indices (meat, dairy, cereals, vegetable oil, and sugar price indices), weighted with the average export shares of each of the groups for 2014-2016: in total 95 price quotations considered by FAO commodity specialists as representing the international prices of the food commodities are included in the overall index. Each sub-index is a weighted average of the price relatives of the commodities included in the group, with the base period price consisting of the averages for the years 2014-2016. "
"Meat Price Index: Based on 35 average export unit values/market prices of four meat types (bovine, pig, poultry, and ovine)".
"Dairy Price Index: Computed using 8 price quotations of four dairy products (butter, cheese, SMP, and WMP)".
"Vegetable Oil Price Index: Consists of an average of 10 different oils".
"Cereals Price Index: Compiled using the International Grains Council (ICG) wheat price index".
"Sugar price index from the International Sugar Agreement"
*Forecast.
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FAO. (February 2, 2024). Annual food price index worldwide from 2000 to 2024, by category [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 01, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1453888/annual-food-price-index-worldwide-by-category/
FAO. "Annual food price index worldwide from 2000 to 2024, by category." Chart. February 2, 2024. Statista. Accessed March 01, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1453888/annual-food-price-index-worldwide-by-category/
FAO. (2024). Annual food price index worldwide from 2000 to 2024, by category. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 01, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1453888/annual-food-price-index-worldwide-by-category/
FAO. "Annual Food Price Index Worldwide from 2000 to 2024, by Category." Statista, Statista Inc., 2 Feb 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1453888/annual-food-price-index-worldwide-by-category/
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