| Fig.&Table2. Real world prices of rice, wheat, corn and soybean (Annual since 1961, $/t) | ||||||
| Year | Rice | Wheat | Corn | Soybeans | U.S. CPI | |
| 1961 | 1,364.5 | 587.3 | 476.5 | 1,019.0 | 10.0 | |
| 1962 | 1,511.0 | 636.0 | 481.3 | 910.1 | 10.1 | |
| 1963 | 1,402.9 | 633.4 | 526.6 | 989.2 | 10.2 | |
| 1964 | 1,332.2 | 653.5 | 528.9 | 976.2 | 10.3 | |
| 1965 | 1,299.9 | 567.9 | 527.1 | 1,024.0 | 10.5 | |
| 1966 | 1,555.5 | 589.9 | 544.6 | 1,088.4 | 10.7 | |
| 1967 | 2,017.4 | 600.4 | 494.4 | 942.5 | 11.0 | |
| 1968 | 1,812.4 | 556.4 | 420.7 | 860.4 | 11.3 | |
| 1969 | 1,573.0 | 496.5 | 441.7 | 802.5 | 11.8 | |
| 1970 | 1,152.4 | 441.2 | 469.6 | 865.0 | 12.4 | |
| 1971 | 993.5 | 470.5 | 444.4 | 879.8 | 13.1 | |
| 1972 | 1,094.8 | 509.8 | 407.0 | 939.6 | 13.7 | |
| 1973 | 2,098.5 | 990.5 | 689.7 | 1,885.7 | 14.1 | |
| 1974 | 3,607.1 | 1,196.9 | 881.8 | 1,693.1 | 15.0 | |
| 1975 | 2,178.8 | 895.0 | 717.2 | 1,206.4 | 16.7 | |
| 1976 | 1,396.8 | 731.2 | 617.2 | 1,190.2 | 18.2 | |
| 1977 | 1,416.0 | 536.7 | 495.7 | 1,357.5 | 19.2 | |
| 1978 | 1,798.5 | 624.1 | 491.7 | 1,184.0 | 20.5 | |
| 1979 | 1,516.6 | 726.7 | 524.3 | 1,199.1 | 22.0 | |
| 1980 | 1,673.3 | 685.6 | 510.3 | 1,206.8 | 24.5 | |
| 1981 | 1,647.5 | 554.9 | 469.4 | 1,035.2 | 27.9 | |
| 1982 | 886.6 | 431.3 | 355.5 | 795.9 | 30.7 | |
| 1983 | 787.1 | 420.8 | 416.9 | 863.0 | 32.6 | |
| 1984 | 690.4 | 416.4 | 403.7 | 837.7 | 33.7 | |
| 1985 | 560.6 | 366.2 | 319.5 | 638.8 | 35.1 | |
| 1986 | 511.9 | 325.4 | 240.7 | 572.9 | 36.4 | |
| 1987 | 579.1 | 302.5 | 204.3 | 582.2 | 37.1 | |
| 1988 | 722.4 | 366.4 | 278.3 | 790.2 | 38.4 | |
| 1989 | 747.9 | 403.2 | 278.8 | 687.5 | 40.0 | |
| 1990 | 646.0 | 307.9 | 260.6 | 588.6 | 41.9 | |
| 1991 | 663.7 | 285.4 | 243.1 | 542.2 | 44.2 | |
| 1992 | 582.5 | 315.2 | 226.4 | 511.4 | 46.0 | |
| 1993 | 496.3 | 284.1 | 215.2 | 537.7 | 47.4 | |
| 1994 | 547.7 | 283.6 | 220.1 | 515.5 | 48.9 | |
| 1995 | 640.5 | 334.0 | 246.4 | 517.4 | 50.1 | |
| 1996 | 657.7 | 363.7 | 321.8 | 591.6 | 51.5 | |
| 1997 | 572.1 | 270.8 | 220.7 | 556.9 | 53.0 | |
| 1998 | 560.5 | 205.5 | 187.9 | 448.3 | 54.3 | |
| 1999 | 450.8 | 174.7 | 163.7 | 365.9 | 55.1 | |
| 2000 | 359.3 | 175.6 | 157.2 | 376.1 | 56.3 | |
| 2001 | 296.9 | 185.0 | 154.0 | 336.4 | 58.2 | |
| 2002 | 320.4 | 217.0 | 165.8 | 355.2 | 59.9 | |
| 2003 | 324.9 | 227.8 | 173.2 | 434.0 | 60.8 | |
| 2004 | 382.0 | 232.2 | 179.7 | 492.7 | 62.2 | |
| 2005 | 448.2 | 212.5 | 154.5 | 430.1 | 63.9 | |
| 2006 | 461.7 | 240.7 | 184.5 | 406.8 | 66.0 | |
| 2007 | 478.9 | 350.0 | 240.1 | 562.0 | 68.2 | |
| 2008 | 927.5 | 387.3 | 318.3 | 744.4 | 70.1 | |
| 2009 | 762.4 | 255.4 | 227.4 | 581.9 | 72.8 | |
| 2010 | 674.0 | 316.6 | 256.3 | 616.4 | 72.5 | |
| 2011 | 733.1 | 386.0 | 393.8 | 725.7 | 74.1 | |
| 2012 | 744.3 | 390.5 | 394.5 | 787.3 | 75.6 | |
| 2013 | 655.0 | 358.3 | 335.8 | 713.9 | 77.2 | |
| 2014 | 536.1 | 310.9 | 244.5 | 614.7 | 78.9 | |
| 2015 | 479.2 | 256.2 | 210.8 | 486.8 | 80.5 | |
| 2016 | 481.7 | 214.4 | 193.5 | 492.9 | 82.2 | |
| 2017 | 475.0 | 212.1 | 184.0 | 468.4 | 84.0 | |
| 2018 | 490.5 | 237.7 | 191.7 | 459.9 | 85.8 | |
| 2019 | 477.3 | 241.2 | 194.2 | 421.3 | 87.6 | |
| 2020 | 555.4 | 254.6 | 185.0 | 454.7 | 89.4 | |
| 2021 | 501.7 | 308.4 | 284.2 | 638.3 | 91.3 | |
| 2022 | 468.3 | 409.5 | 341.8 | 724.2 | 93.3 | |
| 2023 | 586.2 | 272.9 | 267.5 | 633.1 | 94.4 | |
| 2024 | 591.6 | 331.3 | 248.9 | 604.8 | 97.2 | |
| 2025 | 588.4 | 268.7 | 190.6 | 462.5 | 100.0 | |
| Year | Rice | Wheat | Corn | Soybeans | U.S. CPI | |
| Source: | http://www.worldbank.org/en/research/commodity-markets | |||||
| Note: The annual price data are simple averages based on the monthly data for each year. | ||||||