Sugar world price (USD / kg) - 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 sugar (worldwide average) was 0.34 USD / kg in May 2026, compared to 0.32 in April 2026. This represents an increase of 6.25 percent.
Sample. There are 797 observations overall in the monthly time series shown in the plot above. The series covers the period extending from January 1960 to May 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at some summary statistics we computed on the full sample: the price reached a minimum of 0.03 USD / kg in September 1966; it peaked at 1.24 in November 1974; it averaged 0.25.
Latest values
| Date | Value - USD / kg |
|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | 0.33 |
| 2026-04-30 | 0.32 |
| 2026-05-31 | 0.34 |
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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 / kg |
| Sources | World Bank |
| Source type | International organization |
| Data licence | Creative Commons Attribution Licence |
| Measure type | Level |
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