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 provided by the World Bank, the price of soybean oil was 1,775.26 USD per metric tonne in May 2026, compared to 1,643.42 in April. This marks a rise of 8.02 percent.
Sample. In the monthly series plotted above, there are 797 data points in total. The series covers the span of time going from January 1960 to May 2026.
History. Here's a glimpse of some simple statistics computed on the entire sample: the price recorded a minimum of 157.00 USD per metric tonne in August 1968; it attained a maximum of 1,962.88 in May 2022; it averaged 619.59.
Latest values
| Date | Value - USD / metric tonne |
|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | 1493.09 |
| 2026-04-30 | 1643.42 |
| 2026-05-31 | 1775.26 |
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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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