Commodity Intelligence

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Period: July 2026
Updated: 2026-09-01
Unit: index (2014–2016 = 100)
Currency: Index points — not a currency
Cadence: Monthly publication · read from the World Bank at build time

Latest value: 195.7index; July 2026
Period change: +1.9%; Against the previous published period
Year to date: +18.5%; Measured from the last observation of 2025 (December 2025).
Frequency: Monthly; Collection: automated fetch
Base period: 2014–2016 = 100; An index level means nothing without it
Observations recorded: 439; On this platform

+106.22% over ten years

Monthly averages published by the World Bank. One point is one calendar month, not a daily close. 121 observations plotted.

Observations

FAO Vegetable Oil Price Index — every monthly, nominal observation on record

January 1990	44.59
February 1990	44.50
March 1990	45.75
April 1990	44.02
May 1990	45.50
June 1990	43.80
July 1990	43.72
August 1990	45.37
September 1990	44.79
October 1990	45.72
November 1990	48.30
December 1990	49.60
January 1991	49.47
February 1991	48.42
March 1991	48.75
April 1991	47.00
May 1991	46.56
June 1991	46.73
July 1991	48.22
August 1991	48.81
September 1991	48.58
October 1991	51.13
November 1991	51.79
December 1991	52.63
January 1992	52.84
February 1992	51.96
March 1992	54.08
April 1992	53.95
May 1992	54.02
June 1992	54.82
July 1992	51.93
August 1992	51.02
September 1992	52.20
October 1992	52.22
November 1992	53.88
December 1992	53.00
January 1993	53.98
February 1993	54.24
March 1993	53.05
April 1993	52.83
May 1993	51.90
June 1993	51.24
July 1993	53.28
August 1993	52.61
September 1993	52.54
October 1993	52.12
November 1993	56.22
December 1993	63.58
January 1994	63.88
February 1994	60.40
March 1994	61.31
April 1994	63.66
May 1994	67.78
June 1994	68.47
July 1994	67.15
August 1994	73.33
September 1994	80.50
October 1994	79.00
November 1994	88.31
December 1994	88.62
January 1995	82.66
February 1995	82.67
March 1995	84.42
April 1995	77.94
May 1995	76.79
June 1995	80.33
July 1995	83.96
August 1995	79.95
September 1995	76.28
October 1995	79.95
November 1995	78.99
December 1995	75.58
January 1996	70.75
February 1996	68.63
March 1996	68.17
April 1996	73.56
May 1996	73.37
June 1996	68.85
July 1996	66.07
August 1996	69.10
September 1996	71.47
October 1996	69.08
November 1996	70.01
December 1996	70.17
January 1997	70.76
February 1997	71.49
March 1997	70.32
April 1997	71.11
May 1997	71.65
June 1997	68.96
July 1997	65.53
August 1997	65.40
September 1997	67.96
October 1997	72.78
November 1997	76.71
December 1997	75.55
January 1998	79.26
February 1998	81.88
March 1998	84.68
April 1998	86.01
May 1998	89.97
June 1998	82.76
July 1998	83.56
August 1998	83.17
September 1998	84.56
October 1998	84.44
November 1998	84.31
December 1998	82.04
January 1999	77.31
February 1999	68.40
March 1999	62.31
April 1999	64.88
May 1999	62.26
June 1999	54.79
July 1999	48.63
August 1999	52.29
September 1999	54.07
October 1999	52.96
November 1999	51.32
December 1999	49.49
January 2000	48.58
February 2000	46.37
March 2000	47.82
April 2000	49.50
May 2000	44.49
June 2000	42.93
July 2000	42.67
August 2000	41.70
September 2000	38.47
October 2000	36.38
November 2000	37.67
December 2000	38.14
January 2001	37.27
February 2001	35.83
March 2001	38.20
April 2001	38.03
May 2001	36.57
June 2001	38.85
July 2001	47.44
August 2001	50.02
September 2001	45.40
October 2001	43.30
November 2001	48.27
December 2001	50.61
January 2002	49.26
February 2002	47.79
March 2002	47.62
April 2002	48.97
May 2002	51.64
June 2002	55.80
July 2002	56.15
August 2002	59.65
September 2002	56.68
October 2002	58.76
November 2002	63.91
December 2002	65.51
January 2003	64.32
February 2003	62.35
March 2003	59.23
April 2003	59.57
May 2003	61.09
June 2003	61.96
July 2003	58.84
August 2003	57.09
September 2003	59.33
October 2003	67.39
November 2003	68.83
December 2003	71.56
January 2004	71.22
February 2004	76.06
March 2004	76.73
April 2004	76.45
May 2004	73.52
June 2004	66.06
July 2004	64.82
August 2004	65.44
September 2004	66.27
October 2004	65.80
November 2004	66.94
December 2004	66.02
January 2005	63.15
February 2005	62.27
March 2005	66.74
April 2005	65.07
May 2005	64.23
June 2005	64.64
July 2005	64.44
August 2005	62.51
September 2005	64.00
October 2005	66.81
November 2005	65.44
December 2005	63.49
January 2006	63.67
February 2006	64.99
March 2006	65.16
April 2006	66.76
May 2006	68.28
June 2006	67.94
July 2006	70.45
August 2006	73.55
September 2006	71.70
October 2006	72.70
November 2006	78.35
December 2006	83.01
January 2007	82.27
February 2007	82.87
March 2007	84.42
April 2007	92.76
May 2007	100.3
June 2007	104.9
July 2007	108.6
August 2007	112.8
September 2007	118.3
October 2007	125.9
November 2007	136.3
December 2007	138.6
January 2008	154.1
February 2008	168.6
March 2008	176.6
April 2008	169.4
May 2008	172.0
June 2008	178.3
July 2008	164.8
August 2008	135.6
September 2008	120.6
October 2008	92.21
November 2008	82.03
December 2008	78.55
January 2009	82.78
February 2009	82.24
March 2009	81.49
April 2009	93.80
May 2009	106.6
June 2009	100.7
July 2009	89.90
August 2009	97.85
September 2009	93.25
October 2009	95.17
November 2009	101.8
December 2009	107.6
January 2010	107.1
February 2010	107.3
March 2010	110.3
April 2010	109.4
May 2010	107.2
June 2010	106.0
July 2010	110.1
August 2010	121.8
September 2010	124.9
October 2010	139.2
November 2010	153.9
December 2010	166.3
January 2011	174.5
February 2011	175.4
March 2011	163.1
April 2011	162.8
May 2011	162.4
June 2011	160.8
July 2011	156.1
August 2011	151.5
September 2011	147.8
October 2011	138.0
November 2011	145.0
December 2011	140.5
January 2012	144.3
February 2012	148.3
March 2012	152.5
April 2012	156.3
May 2012	144.4
June 2012	135.3
July 2012	138.6
August 2012	138.3
September 2012	136.9
October 2012	124.9
November 2012	121.5
December 2012	118.4
January 2013	124.3
February 2013	125.6
March 2013	122.4
April 2013	120.6
May 2013	121.1
June 2013	120.7
July 2013	116.2
August 2013	111.9
September 2013	112.9
October 2013	116.0
November 2013	122.0
December 2013	120.4
January 2014	115.6
February 2014	120.8
March 2014	125.4
April 2014	121.5
May 2014	119.2
June 2014	115.2
July 2014	110.6
August 2014	101.7
September 2014	98.55
October 2014	100.1
November 2014	100.9
December 2014	97.89
January 2015	95.00
February 2015	95.18
March 2015	92.62
April 2015	91.87
May 2015	94.49
June 2015	95.89
July 2015	90.43
August 2015	82.29
September 2015	81.96
October 2015	87.76
November 2015	85.13
December 2015	86.68
January 2016	85.29
February 2016	92.15
March 2016	97.34
April 2016	101.2
May 2016	99.56
June 2016	97.93
July 2016	94.90
August 2016	102.4
September 2016	104.3
October 2016	101.9
November 2016	106.2
December 2016	110.3
January 2017	112.2
February 2017	108.0
March 2017	101.6
April 2017	97.58
May 2017	102.0
June 2017	97.47
July 2017	96.66
August 2017	99.16
September 2017	103.8
October 2017	102.7
November 2017	103.9
December 2017	97.96
January 2018	98.25
February 2018	95.60
March 2018	95.36
April 2018	94.02
May 2018	92.15
June 2018	89.33
July 2018	86.90
August 2018	84.43
September 2018	82.33
October 2018	81.33
November 2018	76.59
December 2018	76.84
January 2019	80.26
February 2019	81.78
March 2019	78.41
April 2019	79.11
May 2019	78.50
June 2019	77.46
July 2019	78.09
August 2019	82.59
September 2019	83.89
October 2019	84.11
November 2019	93.16
December 2019	101.5
January 2020	108.7
February 2020	97.55
March 2020	85.42
April 2020	81.18
May 2020	77.77
June 2020	86.61
July 2020	93.20
August 2020	98.70
September 2020	104.6
October 2020	106.5
November 2020	121.9
December 2020	131.2
January 2021	138.9
February 2021	147.5
March 2021	159.3
April 2021	162.2
May 2021	174.9
June 2021	157.7
July 2021	155.5
August 2021	165.9
September 2021	168.6
October 2021	184.8
November 2021	184.6
December 2021	178.5
January 2022	185.9
February 2022	201.7
March 2022	251.8
April 2022	237.5
May 2022	229.2
June 2022	211.8
July 2022	168.8
August 2022	163.3
September 2022	152.6
October 2022	151.3
November 2022	154.7
December 2022	144.6
January 2023	140.4
February 2023	135.9
March 2023	131.8
April 2023	130.0
May 2023	118.7
June 2023	115.8
July 2023	129.8
August 2023	125.8
September 2023	120.9
October 2023	120.0
November 2023	124.1
December 2023	122.3
January 2024	122.5
February 2024	120.9
March 2024	130.6
April 2024	130.9
May 2024	127.8
June 2024	131.8
July 2024	135.0
August 2024	136.1
September 2024	142.4
October 2024	152.7
November 2024	164.1
December 2024	162.1
January 2025	153.0
February 2025	156.0
March 2025	161.8
April 2025	158.0
May 2025	152.2
June 2025	155.7
July 2025	166.8
August 2025	169.1
September 2025	167.9
October 2025	169.4
November 2025	165.0
December 2025	165.2
January 2026	168.6
February 2026	174.2
March 2026	183.1
April 2026	193.9
May 2026	185.0
June 2026	192.0
July 2026	195.7

What this index represents

Full name: FAO Vegetable Oil Price Index
Short name: Veg oils
Category: Food
Publisher: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Base period: 2014–2016 = 100
Frequency: Monthly
Basis: Nominal
Collection method: Automated fetch
Description: The vegetable-oil sub-index of the FAO Food Price Index, covering palm, soy, rapeseed and sunflower oils.
Methodology: https://www.fao.org/worldfoodsituation/foodpricesindex/en/
Source: https://www.fao.org/worldfoodsituation/foodpricesindex/en/

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Observations

FAO Vegetable Oil Price Index — every monthly, nominal observation on record

January 1990	44.59
February 1990	44.50
March 1990	45.75
April 1990	44.02
May 1990	45.50
June 1990	43.80
July 1990	43.72
August 1990	45.37
September 1990	44.79
October 1990	45.72
November 1990	48.30
December 1990	49.60
January 1991	49.47
February 1991	48.42
March 1991	48.75
April 1991	47.00
May 1991	46.56
June 1991	46.73
July 1991	48.22
August 1991	48.81
September 1991	48.58
October 1991	51.13
November 1991	51.79
December 1991	52.63
January 1992	52.84
February 1992	51.96
March 1992	54.08
April 1992	53.95
May 1992	54.02
June 1992	54.82
July 1992	51.93
August 1992	51.02
September 1992	52.20
October 1992	52.22
November 1992	53.88
December 1992	53.00
January 1993	53.98
February 1993	54.24
March 1993	53.05
April 1993	52.83
May 1993	51.90
June 1993	51.24
July 1993	53.28
August 1993	52.61
September 1993	52.54
October 1993	52.12
November 1993	56.22
December 1993	63.58
January 1994	63.88
February 1994	60.40
March 1994	61.31
April 1994	63.66
May 1994	67.78
June 1994	68.47
July 1994	67.15
August 1994	73.33
September 1994	80.50
October 1994	79.00
November 1994	88.31
December 1994	88.62
January 1995	82.66
February 1995	82.67
March 1995	84.42
April 1995	77.94
May 1995	76.79
June 1995	80.33
July 1995	83.96
August 1995	79.95
September 1995	76.28
October 1995	79.95
November 1995	78.99
December 1995	75.58
January 1996	70.75
February 1996	68.63
March 1996	68.17
April 1996	73.56
May 1996	73.37
June 1996	68.85
July 1996	66.07
August 1996	69.10
September 1996	71.47
October 1996	69.08
November 1996	70.01
December 1996	70.17
January 1997	70.76
February 1997	71.49
March 1997	70.32
April 1997	71.11
May 1997	71.65
June 1997	68.96
July 1997	65.53
August 1997	65.40
September 1997	67.96
October 1997	72.78
November 1997	76.71
December 1997	75.55
January 1998	79.26
February 1998	81.88
March 1998	84.68
April 1998	86.01
May 1998	89.97
June 1998	82.76
July 1998	83.56
August 1998	83.17
September 1998	84.56
October 1998	84.44
November 1998	84.31
December 1998	82.04
January 1999	77.31
February 1999	68.40
March 1999	62.31
April 1999	64.88
May 1999	62.26
June 1999	54.79
July 1999	48.63
August 1999	52.29
September 1999	54.07
October 1999	52.96
November 1999	51.32
December 1999	49.49
January 2000	48.58
February 2000	46.37
March 2000	47.82
April 2000	49.50
May 2000	44.49
June 2000	42.93
July 2000	42.67
August 2000	41.70
September 2000	38.47
October 2000	36.38
November 2000	37.67
December 2000	38.14
January 2001	37.27
February 2001	35.83
March 2001	38.20
April 2001	38.03
May 2001	36.57
June 2001	38.85
July 2001	47.44
August 2001	50.02
September 2001	45.40
October 2001	43.30
November 2001	48.27
December 2001	50.61
January 2002	49.26
February 2002	47.79
March 2002	47.62
April 2002	48.97
May 2002	51.64
June 2002	55.80
July 2002	56.15
August 2002	59.65
September 2002	56.68
October 2002	58.76
November 2002	63.91
December 2002	65.51
January 2003	64.32
February 2003	62.35
March 2003	59.23
April 2003	59.57
May 2003	61.09
June 2003	61.96
July 2003	58.84
August 2003	57.09
September 2003	59.33
October 2003	67.39
November 2003	68.83
December 2003	71.56
January 2004	71.22
February 2004	76.06
March 2004	76.73
April 2004	76.45
May 2004	73.52
June 2004	66.06
July 2004	64.82
August 2004	65.44
September 2004	66.27
October 2004	65.80
November 2004	66.94
December 2004	66.02
January 2005	63.15
February 2005	62.27
March 2005	66.74
April 2005	65.07
May 2005	64.23
June 2005	64.64
July 2005	64.44
August 2005	62.51
September 2005	64.00
October 2005	66.81
November 2005	65.44
December 2005	63.49
January 2006	63.67
February 2006	64.99
March 2006	65.16
April 2006	66.76
May 2006	68.28
June 2006	67.94
July 2006	70.45
August 2006	73.55
September 2006	71.70
October 2006	72.70
November 2006	78.35
December 2006	83.01
January 2007	82.27
February 2007	82.87
March 2007	84.42
April 2007	92.76
May 2007	100.3
June 2007	104.9
July 2007	108.6
August 2007	112.8
September 2007	118.3
October 2007	125.9
November 2007	136.3
December 2007	138.6
January 2008	154.1
February 2008	168.6
March 2008	176.6
April 2008	169.4
May 2008	172.0
June 2008	178.3
July 2008	164.8
August 2008	135.6
September 2008	120.6
October 2008	92.21
November 2008	82.03
December 2008	78.55
January 2009	82.78
February 2009	82.24
March 2009	81.49
April 2009	93.80
May 2009	106.6
June 2009	100.7
July 2009	89.90
August 2009	97.85
September 2009	93.25
October 2009	95.17
November 2009	101.8
December 2009	107.6
January 2010	107.1
February 2010	107.3
March 2010	110.3
April 2010	109.4
May 2010	107.2
June 2010	106.0
July 2010	110.1
August 2010	121.8
September 2010	124.9
October 2010	139.2
November 2010	153.9
December 2010	166.3
January 2011	174.5
February 2011	175.4
March 2011	163.1
April 2011	162.8
May 2011	162.4
June 2011	160.8
July 2011	156.1
August 2011	151.5
September 2011	147.8
October 2011	138.0
November 2011	145.0
December 2011	140.5
January 2012	144.3
February 2012	148.3
March 2012	152.5
April 2012	156.3
May 2012	144.4
June 2012	135.3
July 2012	138.6
August 2012	138.3
September 2012	136.9
October 2012	124.9
November 2012	121.5
December 2012	118.4
January 2013	124.3
February 2013	125.6
March 2013	122.4
April 2013	120.6
May 2013	121.1
June 2013	120.7
July 2013	116.2
August 2013	111.9
September 2013	112.9
October 2013	116.0
November 2013	122.0
December 2013	120.4
January 2014	115.6
February 2014	120.8
March 2014	125.4
April 2014	121.5
May 2014	119.2
June 2014	115.2
July 2014	110.6
August 2014	101.7
September 2014	98.55
October 2014	100.1
November 2014	100.9
December 2014	97.89
January 2015	95.00
February 2015	95.18
March 2015	92.62
April 2015	91.87
May 2015	94.49
June 2015	95.89
July 2015	90.43
August 2015	82.29
September 2015	81.96
October 2015	87.76
November 2015	85.13
December 2015	86.68
January 2016	85.29
February 2016	92.15
March 2016	97.34
April 2016	101.2
May 2016	99.56
June 2016	97.93
July 2016	94.90
August 2016	102.4
September 2016	104.3
October 2016	101.9
November 2016	106.2
December 2016	110.3
January 2017	112.2
February 2017	108.0
March 2017	101.6
April 2017	97.58
May 2017	102.0
June 2017	97.47
July 2017	96.66
August 2017	99.16
September 2017	103.8
October 2017	102.7
November 2017	103.9
December 2017	97.96
January 2018	98.25
February 2018	95.60
March 2018	95.36
April 2018	94.02
May 2018	92.15
June 2018	89.33
July 2018	86.90
August 2018	84.43
September 2018	82.33
October 2018	81.33
November 2018	76.59
December 2018	76.84
January 2019	80.26
February 2019	81.78
March 2019	78.41
April 2019	79.11
May 2019	78.50
June 2019	77.46
July 2019	78.09
August 2019	82.59
September 2019	83.89
October 2019	84.11
November 2019	93.16
December 2019	101.5
January 2020	108.7
February 2020	97.55
March 2020	85.42
April 2020	81.18
May 2020	77.77
June 2020	86.61
July 2020	93.20
August 2020	98.70
September 2020	104.6
October 2020	106.5
November 2020	121.9
December 2020	131.2
January 2021	138.9
February 2021	147.5
March 2021	159.3
April 2021	162.2
May 2021	174.9
June 2021	157.7
July 2021	155.5
August 2021	165.9
September 2021	168.6
October 2021	184.8
November 2021	184.6
December 2021	178.5
January 2022	185.9
February 2022	201.7
March 2022	251.8
April 2022	237.5
May 2022	229.2
June 2022	211.8
July 2022	168.8
August 2022	163.3
September 2022	152.6
October 2022	151.3
November 2022	154.7
December 2022	144.6
January 2023	140.4
February 2023	135.9
March 2023	131.8
April 2023	130.0
May 2023	118.7
June 2023	115.8
July 2023	129.8
August 2023	125.8
September 2023	120.9
October 2023	120.0
November 2023	124.1
December 2023	122.3
January 2024	122.5
February 2024	120.9
March 2024	130.6
April 2024	130.9
May 2024	127.8
June 2024	131.8
July 2024	135.0
August 2024	136.1
September 2024	142.4
October 2024	152.7
November 2024	164.1
December 2024	162.1
January 2025	153.0
February 2025	156.0
March 2025	161.8
April 2025	158.0
May 2025	152.2
June 2025	155.7
July 2025	166.8
August 2025	169.1
September 2025	167.9
October 2025	169.4
November 2025	165.0
December 2025	165.2
January 2026	168.6
February 2026	174.2
March 2026	183.1
April 2026	193.9
May 2026	185.0
June 2026	192.0
July 2026	195.7

What this index represents

Full name

FAO Vegetable Oil Price Index

Short name

Veg oils