| Fig.&Table2. Real world prices of rice, wheat, corn and soybean (Annual since 1961, $/t) | ||||||
| Year | Rice | Wheat | Corn | Soybeans | U.S. CPI | |
| 1961 | 1,365.2 | 587.6 | 476.8 | 1,019.5 | 10.0 | |
| 1962 | 1,511.7 | 636.4 | 481.5 | 910.5 | 10.1 | |
| 1963 | 1,403.6 | 633.7 | 526.9 | 989.6 | 10.2 | |
| 1964 | 1,332.9 | 653.8 | 529.2 | 976.7 | 10.3 | |
| 1965 | 1,300.6 | 568.1 | 527.4 | 1,024.5 | 10.5 | |
| 1966 | 1,556.3 | 590.2 | 544.9 | 1,088.9 | 10.6 | |
| 1967 | 2,018.4 | 600.7 | 494.7 | 943.0 | 10.9 | |
| 1968 | 1,813.3 | 556.6 | 420.9 | 860.9 | 11.3 | |
| 1969 | 1,573.8 | 496.8 | 441.9 | 802.8 | 11.8 | |
| 1970 | 1,153.0 | 441.4 | 469.8 | 865.4 | 12.4 | |
| 1971 | 994.0 | 470.8 | 444.6 | 880.2 | 13.1 | |
| 1972 | 1,095.4 | 510.1 | 407.2 | 940.1 | 13.7 | |
| 1973 | 2,099.6 | 991.0 | 690.0 | 1,886.6 | 14.1 | |
| 1974 | 3,608.9 | 1,197.5 | 882.2 | 1,693.9 | 15.0 | |
| 1975 | 2,179.8 | 895.4 | 717.6 | 1,206.9 | 16.7 | |
| 1976 | 1,397.5 | 731.6 | 617.5 | 1,190.8 | 18.2 | |
| 1977 | 1,416.7 | 536.9 | 496.0 | 1,358.2 | 19.2 | |
| 1978 | 1,799.4 | 624.4 | 492.0 | 1,184.5 | 20.5 | |
| 1979 | 1,517.4 | 727.1 | 524.5 | 1,199.7 | 22.0 | |
| 1980 | 1,674.1 | 686.0 | 510.6 | 1,207.4 | 24.5 | |
| 1981 | 1,648.3 | 555.1 | 469.7 | 1,035.7 | 27.8 | |
| 1982 | 887.0 | 431.5 | 355.7 | 796.3 | 30.7 | |
| 1983 | 787.5 | 421.0 | 417.1 | 863.5 | 32.6 | |
| 1984 | 690.8 | 416.6 | 403.9 | 838.1 | 33.7 | |
| 1985 | 560.9 | 366.4 | 319.6 | 639.1 | 35.1 | |
| 1986 | 512.2 | 325.6 | 240.8 | 573.2 | 36.4 | |
| 1987 | 579.4 | 302.7 | 204.4 | 582.5 | 37.0 | |
| 1988 | 722.8 | 366.6 | 278.4 | 790.6 | 38.4 | |
| 1989 | 748.3 | 403.4 | 279.0 | 687.9 | 40.0 | |
| 1990 | 646.4 | 308.1 | 260.8 | 588.8 | 41.9 | |
| 1991 | 664.0 | 285.5 | 243.2 | 542.4 | 44.2 | |
| 1992 | 582.7 | 315.3 | 226.5 | 511.7 | 46.0 | |
| 1993 | 496.5 | 284.3 | 215.3 | 538.0 | 47.4 | |
| 1994 | 548.0 | 283.7 | 220.2 | 515.7 | 48.8 | |
| 1995 | 640.9 | 334.2 | 246.6 | 517.6 | 50.1 | |
| 1996 | 658.0 | 363.9 | 321.9 | 591.9 | 51.5 | |
| 1997 | 572.4 | 270.9 | 220.8 | 557.1 | 53.0 | |
| 1998 | 560.8 | 205.6 | 188.0 | 448.5 | 54.2 | |
| 1999 | 451.0 | 174.8 | 163.8 | 366.1 | 55.1 | |
| 2000 | 359.5 | 175.7 | 157.3 | 376.3 | 56.3 | |
| 2001 | 297.0 | 185.1 | 154.0 | 336.5 | 58.2 | |
| 2002 | 320.6 | 217.1 | 165.9 | 355.3 | 59.8 | |
| 2003 | 325.1 | 227.9 | 173.3 | 434.2 | 60.8 | |
| 2004 | 382.2 | 232.3 | 179.8 | 492.9 | 62.2 | |
| 2005 | 448.4 | 212.6 | 154.6 | 430.3 | 63.8 | |
| 2006 | 461.9 | 240.9 | 184.6 | 407.0 | 66.0 | |
| 2007 | 479.1 | 350.2 | 240.2 | 562.3 | 68.1 | |
| 2008 | 927.9 | 387.5 | 318.4 | 744.8 | 70.1 | |
| 2009 | 762.8 | 255.6 | 227.5 | 582.2 | 72.8 | |
| 2010 | 674.3 | 316.8 | 256.4 | 616.7 | 72.5 | |
| 2011 | 733.5 | 386.2 | 394.0 | 726.0 | 74.0 | |
| 2012 | 744.7 | 390.7 | 394.7 | 787.7 | 75.6 | |
| 2013 | 655.3 | 358.5 | 336.0 | 714.2 | 77.2 | |
| 2014 | 536.3 | 311.0 | 244.7 | 615.0 | 78.8 | |
| 2015 | 479.5 | 256.4 | 210.9 | 487.1 | 80.5 | |
| 2016 | 481.9 | 214.5 | 193.6 | 493.2 | 82.2 | |
| 2017 | 475.2 | 212.2 | 184.1 | 468.6 | 83.9 | |
| 2018 | 490.7 | 237.8 | 191.8 | 460.1 | 85.7 | |
| 2019 | 477.5 | 241.3 | 194.3 | 421.5 | 87.5 | |
| 2020 | 555.7 | 254.8 | 185.1 | 454.9 | 89.4 | |
| 2021 | 502.0 | 308.5 | 284.3 | 638.7 | 91.3 | |
| 2022 | 468.5 | 409.7 | 342.0 | 724.5 | 93.2 | |
| 2023 | 586.5 | 273.0 | 267.6 | 633.4 | 94.4 | |
| 2024 | 591.9 | 331.4 | 249.0 | 605.1 | 97.1 | |
| 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. | ||||||