Rice Thai 5% 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 Thai rice (5% broken) stood at 440.00 USD per metric tonne in May 2026, compared to 403.00 in April 2026. This represents a rise of 9.18 percent.
Sample. There are 797 records overall in the monthly time series presented in the figure above. The period covered by the series stretches from January 1960 to May 2026.
History. Here's a snapshot of a few descriptive statistics calculated on the full sample: the price was equal on average to 308.81 USD per metric tonne; it reached its lowest level of 95.67 in April 1971; it hit a maximum of 907.00 in April 2008.
Latest values
| Date | Value - USD / metric tonne |
|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | 381.0 |
| 2026-04-30 | 403.0 |
| 2026-05-31 | 440.0 |
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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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