Maize price (USD / metric tonne) - World Bank Pink Sheets - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: Food prices (World Bank Pink Sheets)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. According to statistics compiled by the World Bank, the price of maize was 185.49 USD per metric tonne in August 2025, compared to 191.99 in July. This constitutes a decrease of 3.39 percent.
Sample. In this monthly series, there are 788 data points. The period covered by the series stretches from January 1960 to August 2025.
History. Here's a snapshot of a few summary statistics computed on the full sample: the price had an average value of 127.27 USD per metric tonne; it peaked at 348.17 in April 2022; it reached its minimum of 38.00 in November 1960.
Latest values
| Date | Value - USD / metric tonne |
|---|---|
| 2025-06-30 | 196.07200262857 |
| 2025-07-31 | 191.9943395451 |
| 2025-08-31 | 185.48677677419 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Commodity price |
| Country or region | World |
| Economic concept | Price |
| Data type | Price estimates |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | USD / metric tonne |
| Sources | World Bank |
| Source type | International organization |
| Data licence | Creative Commons Attribution Licence |
| Measure type | Level |
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