Palm oil 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 palm oil was 1,139.94 USD per metric tonne in May 2026, compared to 1,146.20 in April 2026. This marks a reduction of 0.55 percent.
Sample. The monthly time series shown in the figure has 797 records. The series covers the period extending from January 1960 to May 2026.
History. Here's a peek at a few simple statistics we computed on the full sample: the price peaked at 1,776.96 USD per metric tonne in March 2022; it hit a trough of 141.73 in September 1968; it had a mean of 547.46.
Latest values
| Date | Value - USD / metric tonne |
|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | 1108.61 |
| 2026-04-30 | 1146.2 |
| 2026-05-31 | 1139.94 |
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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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