Chicken price (USD / kg) - 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 prepared by the World Bank, the price of chicken was 1.86 USD / kg in May 2026, versus 1.75 in April 2026. This constitutes a rise of 6.29 percent.
Sample. There are 797 records in the monthly time series displayed in the graph above. The span of time covered by the series is from January 1960 to May 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of some descriptive statistics we computed on the full sample: the price averaged 1.16 USD / kg; it reached its highest level of 2.72 in June 2018; it reached its minimum of 0.30 in January 1960.
Latest values
| Date | Value - USD / kg |
|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | 1.66 |
| 2026-04-30 | 1.75 |
| 2026-05-31 | 1.86 |
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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 / kg |
| Sources | World Bank |
| Source type | International organization |
| Data licence | Creative Commons Attribution Licence |
| Measure type | Level |
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