| Fig.&Table2. Real world prices of rice, wheat, corn and soybean (Annual since 1961, $/t) | ||||||
| Year | Rice | Wheat | Corn | Soybeans | U.S. CPI | |
| 1961 | 1,423.2 | 612.6 | 497.0 | 1,062.8 | 9.60 | |
| 1962 | 1,576.0 | 663.4 | 502.0 | 949.2 | 9.69 | |
| 1963 | 1,463.3 | 660.6 | 549.3 | 1,031.7 | 9.79 | |
| 1964 | 1,389.5 | 681.6 | 551.7 | 1,018.2 | 9.92 | |
| 1965 | 1,355.9 | 592.3 | 549.8 | 1,068.1 | 10.05 | |
| 1966 | 1,622.4 | 615.3 | 568.0 | 1,135.2 | 10.21 | |
| 1967 | 2,104.2 | 626.2 | 515.7 | 983.1 | 10.50 | |
| 1968 | 1,890.3 | 580.3 | 438.8 | 897.4 | 10.83 | |
| 1969 | 1,640.7 | 517.9 | 460.7 | 837.0 | 11.28 | |
| 1970 | 1,202.0 | 460.2 | 489.7 | 902.2 | 11.90 | |
| 1971 | 1,036.2 | 490.8 | 463.5 | 917.6 | 12.58 | |
| 1972 | 1,141.9 | 531.8 | 424.6 | 980.1 | 13.13 | |
| 1973 | 2,188.8 | 1,033.1 | 719.3 | 1,966.8 | 13.55 | |
| 1974 | 3,762.3 | 1,248.4 | 919.7 | 1,765.9 | 14.39 | |
| 1975 | 2,272.5 | 933.5 | 748.1 | 1,258.2 | 15.98 | |
| 1976 | 1,456.9 | 762.7 | 643.7 | 1,241.4 | 17.44 | |
| 1977 | 1,476.9 | 559.8 | 517.1 | 1,415.9 | 18.44 | |
| 1978 | 1,875.9 | 650.9 | 512.9 | 1,234.9 | 19.64 | |
| 1979 | 1,581.9 | 758.0 | 546.8 | 1,250.7 | 21.14 | |
| 1980 | 1,745.3 | 715.1 | 532.3 | 1,258.7 | 23.53 | |
| 1981 | 1,718.4 | 578.7 | 489.6 | 1,079.8 | 26.71 | |
| 1982 | 924.7 | 449.8 | 370.8 | 830.1 | 29.47 | |
| 1983 | 820.9 | 438.9 | 434.8 | 900.2 | 31.28 | |
| 1984 | 720.1 | 434.3 | 421.1 | 873.7 | 32.29 | |
| 1985 | 584.7 | 382.0 | 333.2 | 666.3 | 33.68 | |
| 1986 | 534.0 | 339.4 | 251.0 | 597.5 | 34.88 | |
| 1987 | 604.1 | 315.5 | 213.1 | 607.3 | 35.53 | |
| 1988 | 753.5 | 382.1 | 290.3 | 824.2 | 36.82 | |
| 1989 | 780.1 | 420.5 | 290.8 | 717.1 | 38.35 | |
| 1990 | 673.8 | 321.1 | 271.9 | 613.9 | 40.20 | |
| 1991 | 692.2 | 297.7 | 253.5 | 565.5 | 42.37 | |
| 1992 | 607.5 | 328.7 | 236.1 | 533.4 | 44.15 | |
| 1993 | 517.6 | 296.3 | 224.5 | 560.9 | 45.48 | |
| 1994 | 571.3 | 295.8 | 229.6 | 537.6 | 46.84 | |
| 1995 | 668.1 | 348.4 | 257.0 | 539.6 | 48.04 | |
| 1996 | 686.0 | 379.4 | 335.6 | 617.0 | 49.40 | |
| 1997 | 596.7 | 282.4 | 230.2 | 580.8 | 50.86 | |
| 1998 | 584.6 | 214.3 | 196.0 | 467.5 | 52.03 | |
| 1999 | 470.1 | 182.2 | 170.7 | 381.7 | 52.84 | |
| 2000 | 374.8 | 183.2 | 163.9 | 392.2 | 54.01 | |
| 2001 | 309.6 | 193.0 | 160.6 | 350.8 | 55.82 | |
| 2002 | 334.2 | 226.4 | 172.9 | 370.4 | 57.41 | |
| 2003 | 338.9 | 237.6 | 180.7 | 452.7 | 58.32 | |
| 2004 | 398.5 | 242.2 | 187.4 | 513.9 | 59.65 | |
| 2005 | 467.5 | 221.6 | 161.1 | 448.6 | 61.23 | |
| 2006 | 481.6 | 251.1 | 192.5 | 424.3 | 63.31 | |
| 2007 | 499.5 | 365.1 | 250.4 | 586.2 | 65.35 | |
| 2008 | 967.4 | 404.0 | 332.0 | 776.4 | 67.21 | |
| 2009 | 795.2 | 266.4 | 237.1 | 607.0 | 69.79 | |
| 2010 | 703.0 | 330.3 | 267.3 | 642.9 | 69.54 | |
| 2011 | 764.6 | 402.6 | 410.7 | 756.9 | 71.02 | |
| 2012 | 776.3 | 407.3 | 411.5 | 821.2 | 72.52 | |
| 2013 | 683.1 | 373.7 | 350.3 | 744.6 | 74.05 | |
| 2014 | 559.1 | 324.3 | 255.1 | 641.2 | 75.62 | |
| 2015 | 499.9 | 267.2 | 219.8 | 507.8 | 77.22 | |
| 2016 | 502.4 | 223.6 | 201.8 | 514.2 | 78.86 | |
| 2017 | 495.4 | 221.3 | 191.9 | 488.5 | 80.53 | |
| 2018 | 511.6 | 247.9 | 199.9 | 479.7 | 82.23 | |
| 2019 | 497.8 | 251.6 | 202.5 | 439.4 | 83.97 | |
| 2020 | 579.3 | 265.6 | 193.0 | 474.2 | 85.75 | |
| 2021 | 523.3 | 321.7 | 296.4 | 665.8 | 87.56 | |
| 2022 | 488.4 | 427.1 | 356.5 | 755.3 | 89.42 | |
| 2023 | 611.5 | 284.6 | 279.0 | 660.3 | 90.55 | |
| 2024 | 617.1 | 345.5 | 259.6 | 630.9 | 93.17 | |
| 2025 | 423.4 | 253.6 | 211.5 | 429.3 | 95.97 | |
| 2026 | 422.5 | 275.7 | 209.0 | 460.2 | 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. | ||||||