| Fig.&Table2. Real world prices of rice, wheat, corn and soybean (Annual since 1961, $/t) | ||||||
| Year | Rice | Wheat | Corn | Soybeans | U.S. CPI | |
| 1961 | 1,402.7 | 603.8 | 489.9 | 1,047.5 | 9.74 | |
| 1962 | 1,553.3 | 653.9 | 494.7 | 935.5 | 9.83 | |
| 1963 | 1,442.2 | 651.1 | 541.4 | 1,016.8 | 9.93 | |
| 1964 | 1,369.5 | 671.8 | 543.7 | 1,003.6 | 10.06 | |
| 1965 | 1,336.3 | 583.8 | 541.9 | 1,052.7 | 10.20 | |
| 1966 | 1,599.1 | 606.5 | 559.9 | 1,118.9 | 10.36 | |
| 1967 | 2,073.9 | 617.2 | 508.3 | 968.9 | 10.66 | |
| 1968 | 1,863.1 | 572.0 | 432.5 | 884.5 | 10.99 | |
| 1969 | 1,617.1 | 510.4 | 454.0 | 824.9 | 11.45 | |
| 1970 | 1,184.7 | 453.6 | 482.7 | 889.2 | 12.07 | |
| 1971 | 1,021.3 | 483.7 | 456.8 | 904.4 | 12.76 | |
| 1972 | 1,125.5 | 524.1 | 418.4 | 965.9 | 13.32 | |
| 1973 | 2,157.3 | 1,018.3 | 709.0 | 1,938.5 | 13.75 | |
| 1974 | 3,708.1 | 1,230.4 | 906.5 | 1,740.5 | 14.60 | |
| 1975 | 2,239.8 | 920.0 | 737.3 | 1,240.1 | 16.21 | |
| 1976 | 1,435.9 | 751.7 | 634.5 | 1,223.5 | 17.69 | |
| 1977 | 1,455.7 | 551.7 | 509.6 | 1,395.6 | 18.71 | |
| 1978 | 1,848.9 | 641.5 | 505.5 | 1,217.1 | 19.93 | |
| 1979 | 1,559.1 | 747.1 | 539.0 | 1,232.7 | 21.44 | |
| 1980 | 1,720.2 | 704.8 | 524.6 | 1,240.6 | 23.88 | |
| 1981 | 1,693.6 | 570.4 | 482.6 | 1,064.2 | 27.10 | |
| 1982 | 911.4 | 443.4 | 365.5 | 818.2 | 29.90 | |
| 1983 | 809.1 | 432.6 | 428.6 | 887.2 | 31.74 | |
| 1984 | 709.7 | 428.1 | 415.0 | 861.1 | 32.76 | |
| 1985 | 576.3 | 376.5 | 328.4 | 656.7 | 34.17 | |
| 1986 | 526.3 | 334.5 | 247.4 | 588.9 | 35.39 | |
| 1987 | 595.4 | 311.0 | 210.0 | 598.5 | 36.05 | |
| 1988 | 742.6 | 376.6 | 286.1 | 812.3 | 37.36 | |
| 1989 | 768.9 | 414.5 | 286.6 | 706.8 | 38.91 | |
| 1990 | 664.1 | 316.5 | 267.9 | 605.0 | 40.78 | |
| 1991 | 682.3 | 293.4 | 249.9 | 557.3 | 42.99 | |
| 1992 | 598.8 | 324.0 | 232.7 | 525.7 | 44.80 | |
| 1993 | 510.2 | 292.1 | 221.2 | 552.8 | 46.14 | |
| 1994 | 563.0 | 291.5 | 226.3 | 529.9 | 47.53 | |
| 1995 | 658.5 | 343.4 | 253.3 | 531.9 | 48.74 | |
| 1996 | 676.1 | 373.9 | 330.8 | 608.2 | 50.12 | |
| 1997 | 588.2 | 278.4 | 226.9 | 572.5 | 51.60 | |
| 1998 | 576.2 | 211.3 | 193.2 | 460.8 | 52.79 | |
| 1999 | 463.4 | 179.6 | 168.3 | 376.2 | 53.61 | |
| 2000 | 369.4 | 180.5 | 161.6 | 386.6 | 54.79 | |
| 2001 | 305.2 | 190.2 | 158.3 | 345.8 | 56.64 | |
| 2002 | 329.4 | 223.1 | 170.4 | 365.1 | 58.25 | |
| 2003 | 334.0 | 234.2 | 178.1 | 446.2 | 59.17 | |
| 2004 | 392.7 | 238.7 | 184.7 | 506.5 | 60.52 | |
| 2005 | 460.8 | 218.5 | 158.8 | 442.1 | 62.13 | |
| 2006 | 474.6 | 247.5 | 189.7 | 418.2 | 64.23 | |
| 2007 | 492.3 | 359.8 | 246.8 | 577.8 | 66.31 | |
| 2008 | 953.4 | 398.2 | 327.2 | 765.3 | 68.19 | |
| 2009 | 783.8 | 262.6 | 233.7 | 598.2 | 70.81 | |
| 2010 | 692.9 | 325.5 | 263.5 | 633.6 | 70.56 | |
| 2011 | 753.6 | 396.8 | 404.8 | 746.0 | 72.05 | |
| 2012 | 765.1 | 401.4 | 405.6 | 809.3 | 73.58 | |
| 2013 | 673.3 | 368.3 | 345.2 | 733.8 | 75.14 | |
| 2014 | 551.1 | 319.6 | 251.4 | 631.9 | 76.73 | |
| 2015 | 492.7 | 263.4 | 216.7 | 500.5 | 78.35 | |
| 2016 | 495.2 | 220.4 | 198.9 | 506.7 | 80.01 | |
| 2017 | 488.3 | 218.1 | 189.1 | 481.5 | 81.70 | |
| 2018 | 504.2 | 244.4 | 197.1 | 472.7 | 83.43 | |
| 2019 | 490.6 | 248.0 | 199.6 | 433.0 | 85.20 | |
| 2020 | 571.0 | 261.8 | 190.2 | 467.4 | 87.00 | |
| 2021 | 515.8 | 317.0 | 292.1 | 656.2 | 88.84 | |
| 2022 | 481.4 | 421.0 | 351.4 | 744.5 | 90.72 | |
| 2023 | 602.7 | 280.5 | 275.0 | 650.8 | 91.87 | |
| 2024 | 503.9 | 340.5 | 255.8 | 621.8 | 94.53 | |
| 2025 | 417.3 | 250.0 | 208.5 | 423.1 | 97.37 | |
| 2026 | 100.00 | |||||
| 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. | ||||||