Sorghum 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 sorghum stood at 189.49 USD per metric tonne in August 2020, compared to 174.94 in July 2020. This represents a rise of 8.32 percent.
Sample. There are 728 observations in the monthly series displayed in the chart above. The series covers the period going from January 1960 to August 2020.
History. Here's a glimpse of a few descriptive statistics calculated on the full sample: the price hit a peak of 302.53 USD per metric tonne in August 2011; it recorded a bottom of 35.00 in March 1960; it had a mean of 113.32.
Latest values
| Date | Value - USD / metric tonne |
|---|---|
| 2020-06-30 | 170.85805 |
| 2020-07-31 | 174.936597 |
| 2020-08-31 | 189.487089 |
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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 |