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 published by the World Bank, the price of maize stood at 185.49 USD per metric tonne in August 2025, versus 191.99 in July 2025. This represents a decrease of 3.39 percent.
Sample. In this monthly series, there are a total of 788 observations. The time period covered by the series goes from January 1960 to August 2025.
History. Here are a few descriptive statistics we computed on the full sample: the price recorded its maximum of 348.17 USD per metric tonne in April 2022; it hit a trough of 38.00 in November 1960; it averaged 127.27.
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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