Soybean 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 prepared by the World Bank, the price of soybean oil was 1,244.55 USD per metric tonne in August 2025, compared to 1,306.60 in July. This constitutes a decrease of 4.75 percent.
Sample. This monthly series has 788 data points. The series covers the time span going from January 1960 to August 2025.
History. Here's a snapshot of some statistics we computed on the whole sample: the price reached a trough of 157.00 USD per metric tonne in August 1968; it recorded a maximum of 1,962.88 in May 2022; it was equal on average to 611.59.
Latest values
| Date | Value - USD / metric tonne |
|---|---|
| 2025-06-30 | 1177.97 |
| 2025-07-31 | 1306.6 |
| 2025-08-31 | 1244.55 |
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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 |