Primary Commodity Price System (PCPS) [PCPS]

Indices in terms of dollars or sdrs, indices of market prices for non-fuel commodities and petroleum, actual market prices for non-fuel commodities and petroleum, and average weekly prices for non-fuel commodities and petroleum.

Notes

Temporal Coverage: The data are annual, quarterly and monthly and go back to 1992.

Timeliness: Monthly data are updated in the first full week of each month, typically by Wednesday.

Geographic Coverage: Benchmark prices which are representative of the global market. They are determined by the largest import markets of a given commodity.

Methodology:

Prices are period averages in nominal U.S. dollars.

The current and the previous weights are provided in the comparison table on the website. The weights are calculated about every 5 years. The weights in the commodity basket reflect the structure of trade in 2014-2016. The choice of years reflects the desire of getting the most updated weights possible but still having sufficient data to improve accuracy. As part of the update, a thorough research into the basket of commodities was conducted to see whether the items included earlier are still representative in global commodities trade. The rule of thumb is that their share in total commodities trade has to be 1 percent or more of total commodities trade, in value terms.

Also, commodity descriptions, sources and weights are available as part of the dataset.

Price indices are based in 2016 (average of 2016 = 100). First individual commodity price indices are calculate in U.S. dollar and SDR terms, basing the price series in those currencies in 2016. Group indices are weighted averages of individual commodity price indices, with respective commodity weights derived from their relative trade values compared to the total world trade as reported in the UN Comtrade database.

Price indices are based in 2005 (average of 2005 = 100). First individual commodity price indices are calculate in U.S. dollar and SDR terms, basing the price series in those currencies in 2005. Group indices are weighted averages of individual commodity price indices, with respective commodity weights derived from their relative trade values compared to the total world trade as reported in the UN Comtrade database.

Code: PCPS

Updated by provider on April 3, 2024 (12:00 AM)

Frequency [FREQ]
Reference Area [REF_AREA]
Commodity [COMMODITY]
Unit of Measure [UNIT_MEASURE]

Dataset has 1,236 series. Add search filters to narrow them.

Series code 19992000200120022003200420052006200720082009201020112012201320142015201620172018201920202021202220231992199319941995199619971998
A.W00.LMICS.IX 42.6064086741597 41.9194874646385 38.1144748397673 40.1173247363806 49.9963740198385 64.175057550848 71.8444896240714 92.7230869905828 108.513603880641 131.412333873195 104.182273215037 130.029374471268 154.503719942757 137.988559171896 127.634090554065 121.554349735082 102.851374310821 100 105.502217549333 107.370395633554 102.769975961845 105.999371835145 141.237555612873 153.899030588559 138.905062230047
A.W00.LMICS.PC_CP_A_PT -1.61224855813253 -9.07695407316442 5.25482747704971 24.625394012126 28.3594236761719 11.9507989021227 29.0608193833088 17.029757531328 21.102174449704 -20.7210844336983 24.8095001756027 18.8221665842876 -10.6891670808835 -7.50386023303017 -4.76341453336653 -15.3865126710998 -2.77232494940104 5.50221754933294 1.77074769385576 -4.28462579891202 3.14235343841932 33.2437666069679 8.96466589268331 -9.7427308678755
A.W00.LMICS.PC_PP_PT -1.61224855813253 -9.07695407316442 5.25482747704971 24.625394012126 28.3594236761719 11.9507989021227 29.0608193833088 17.029757531328 21.102174449704 -20.7210844336983 24.8095001756027 18.8221665842876 -10.6891670808835 -7.50386023303017 -4.76341453336653 -15.3865126710998 -2.77232494940104 5.50221754933294 1.77074769385576 -4.28462579891202 3.14235343841932 33.2437666069679 8.96466589268331 -9.7427308678755
A.W00.LMICS.USD 88.2825 86.8591666666667 78.975 83.125 103.59485877258 132.973763678628 148.865190768444 192.12663498228 224.845335072862 272.292589921958 215.870612457526 269.42703243425 320.139037302127 285.918840713771 264.463890526709 251.866379129854 213.112926790798 207.204743950978 218.605599735699 222.476553351659 212.944265550223 219.635727000658 292.650915470273 318.886092274062 287.817878528715
A.W00.PAGRI.IX 60.5381132576089 60.0160039610229 58.8748715804008 62.0725095773371 68.2555705920245 74.629376602142 76.5384405218621 83.4978532839685 94.1546321100475 109.387874515362 93.0925226601457 108.372324204358 130.018410088953 120.81654139029 118.79962755903 117.365605236277 99.0552144976604 100 103.484795663151 102.115644412182 98.5089941105329 99.58544147505 124.724003751669 141.855467090377 131.775668550959 58.3112116825021 60.8392314254235 66.294211133261 69.6410488270759 71.8208128365257 67.0887076729156 68.3552683478682
A.W00.PAGRI.PC_CP_A_PT -11.4360681761599 -0.862447255936551 -1.90138014080913 5.43124411332176 9.96102953914549 9.3381477216194 2.55805958275324 9.09270258794802 12.7629374971309 16.1789622708205 -14.8968539039743 16.4135648144313 19.9738134653064 -7.0773582697771 -1.66940206038933 -1.20709328153391 -15.6011556381913 0.953796836573361 3.48479566315088 -1.32304580802894 -3.53192727951789 1.09274018503253 25.2432101562931 13.7354982388294 -7.10568210458617 4.33539223414909 8.96622061132416 5.04846145176578 3.12999882420253 -6.58876581413957 1.88788951059783
A.W00.PAGRI.PC_PP_PT -11.4360681761599 -0.862447255936551 -1.90138014080913 5.43124411332176 9.96102953914549 9.3381477216194 2.55805958275324 9.09270258794802 12.7629374971309 16.1789622708205 -14.8968539039743 16.4135648144313 19.9738134653064 -7.0773582697771 -1.66940206038933 -1.20709328153391 -15.6011556381913 0.953796836573361 3.48479566315088 -1.32304580802894 -3.53192727951789 1.09274018503253 25.2432101562931 13.7354982388294 -7.10568210458617 4.33539223414909 8.96622061132416 5.04846145176578 3.12999882420253 -6.58876581413957 1.88788951059783
A.W00.PALLFNF.IX 65.6783562599161 79.2013036346248 97.6756405214043 114.075602772484 129.12013272933 162.561295590376 115.996835112039 145.392222043631 181.57315323723 173.385541561466 168.169749576797 158.255414846126 107.920935436829 100 113.33463752163 127.727305218269 117.023301085652 105.867064152715 161.499724404585 215.916996700378 165.653276423943
A.W00.PALLFNF.PC_CP_A_PT 20.5896556259613 23.3257989944284 16.7902274953451 13.1882099162358 25.8992630770812 -28.6442478876829 25.3415422094917 24.8850527800182 -4.50926336288641 -3.00820468517575 -5.89543289183731 -31.8058497134128 -7.33957262765363 13.33463752163 12.699266536139 -8.38035697560908 -9.5333466321986 52.5495447494593 33.694962945861 -23.2791864672814
A.W00.PALLFNF.PC_PP_PT 20.5896556259613 23.3257989944284 16.7902274953451 13.1882099162358 25.8992630770812 -28.6442478876829 25.3415422094917 24.8850527800182 -4.50926336288641 -3.00820468517575 -5.89543289183731 -31.8058497134128 -7.33957262765363 13.33463752163 12.699266536139 -8.38035697560908 -9.5333466321986 52.5495447494593 33.694962945861 -23.2791864672814
Dimension codes and labels
[FREQ] Frequency
  • [A] Annual
  • [M] Monthly
  • [Q] Quarterly
[REF_AREA] Reference Area
  • [W00] All Countries, excluding the IO
[COMMODITY] Commodity
  • [LMICS] Primary Commodity Prices, Low and Middle Income Commodity Index (World Bank)
  • [PAGRI] Primary Commodity Prices, Agriculture
  • [PALLFNF] Primary Commodity Prices, All index
  • [PALLMETA] Primary Commodity Prices, All Metals Index
  • [PALUM] Primary Commodity Prices, Aluminum
  • [PAPPLE] Primary Commodity Prices, Non-Citrus Fruit, Apple
  • [PBANSOP] Primary Commodity Prices, Bananas
  • [PBARL] Primary Commodity Prices, Barley
  • [PBEEF] Primary Commodity Prices, Beef
  • [PBEVE] Primary Commodity Prices, Beverages index
  • [PCERE] Primary Commodity Prices, Cereal index
  • [PCHANA] Primary Commodity Prices, Legumes, Chickpea
  • [PCHROM] Primary Commodity Prices, Chromium
  • [PCOAL] Primary Commodity Prices, Coal index
  • [PCOALAU] Primary Commodity Prices, Coal, Australia
  • [PCOALSA] Primary Commodity Prices, Coal, South Africa
  • [PCOBA] Primary Commodity Prices, Cobalt
  • [PCOCO] Primary Commodity Prices, Cocoa
  • [PCOFF] Primary Commodity Prices, Coffee index
  • [PCOFFOTM] Primary Commodity Prices, Coffee, Other Mild Arabica
  • [PCOFFROB] Primary Commodity Prices, Coffee, Robustas
  • [PCOIL] Primary Commodity Prices, Coconut Oil
  • [PCOPP] Primary Commodity Prices, Copper
  • [PCOTTIND] Primary Commodity Prices, Cotton
  • [PDAP] Primary Commodity Prices, Diammonium phosphate
  • [PENTM] Primary Commodity Prices, Energy Transition Metal Index
  • [PEXGALL] Primary Commodity Prices, Commodities for Index: All, excluding Gold
  • [PEXGMETA] Primary Commodity Prices, All Metals EX GOLD Index
  • [PFANDB] Primary Commodity Prices, Food and beverage index
  • [PFERT] Primary Commodity Prices, Fertilizer
  • [PFOOD] Primary Commodity Prices, Food index
  • [PFSHMEAL] Primary Commodity Prices, Fish Meal
  • [PGASO] Primary Commodity Prices, Gasoline
  • [PGNUTS] Primary Commodity Prices, Groundnuts
  • [PGOLD] Primary Commodity Prices, Gold
  • [PHARD] Primary Commodity Prices, Hardwood index
  • [PHEATOIL] Primary Commodity Prices, Heating Oil
  • [PHIDE] Primary Commodity Prices, Hides
  • [PINDU] Primary Commodity Prices, Industrial Materials index
  • [PIORECR] Primary Commodity Prices, Iron Ore
  • [PLAMB] Primary Commodity Prices, Lamb
  • [PLEAD] Primary Commodity Prices, Lead
  • [PLITH] Primary Commodity Prices, Lithium
  • [PLMMODY] Primary Commodity Prices, Molybdenum
  • [PLOGORE] Primary Commodity Prices, Soft Logs
  • [PLOGSK] Primary Commodity Prices, Hard Logs, Import Price Japan
  • [PMAIZMT] Primary Commodity Prices, Corn
  • [PMANGELE] Primary Commodity Prices, Manganese
  • [PMEAT] Primary Commodity Prices, Meat Index
  • [PMETA] Primary Commodity Prices, Metal index
  • [PMILK] Primary Commodity Prices, Dairy Products, Milk
  • [PNFUEL] Primary Commodity Prices, Non-Fuel index
  • [PNGAS] Primary Commodity Prices, Natural gas index
  • [PNGASEU] Primary Commodity Prices, Natural gas, EU
  • [PNGASJP] Primary Commodity Prices, LNG, Asia
  • [PNGASUS] Primary Commodity Prices, Natural Gas, US Henry Hub Gas
  • [PNICK] Primary Commodity Prices, Nickel
  • [PNRG] Primary Commodity Prices, Energy index
  • [POATS] Primary Commodity Prices, Oats
  • [POILAPSP] Primary Commodity Prices, APSP crude oil($/bbl)
  • [POILBRE] Primary Commodity Prices, Brent Crude
  • [POILDUB] Primary Commodity Prices, Dubai Crude
  • [POILWTI] Primary Commodity Prices, WTI Crude
  • [POLVOIL] Primary Commodity Prices, Olive Oil
  • [PORANG] Primary Commodity Prices, Orange
  • [PPALLA] Primary Commodity Prices, Palladium
  • [PPLAT] Primary Commodity Prices, Platinum
  • [PPMETA] Primary Commodity Prices, Precious Metals Price Index
  • [PPOIL] Primary Commodity Prices, Palm Oil
  • [PPORK] Primary Commodity Prices, Swine
  • [PPOTASH] Primary Commodity Prices, Potassium Fertilizer
  • [PPOULT] Primary Commodity Prices, Poultry
  • [PPROPANE] Primary Commodity Prices, Propane
  • [PRAWM] Primary Commodity Prices, Agr. Raw Material Index
  • [PREODOM] Primary Commodity Prices, Rare Earth Elements
  • [PRICENPQ] Primary Commodity Prices, Rice, Thailand
  • [PROIL] Primary Commodity Prices, Rapeseed Oil
  • [PRUBB] Primary Commodity Prices, Rubber
  • [PSALM] Primary Commodity Prices, Fish
  • [PSAWMAL] Primary Commodity Prices, Hard Sawnwood, Dark Red Meranti
  • [PSAWORE] Primary Commodity Prices, Soft Sawnwood, Average of Softwoods,
  • [PSEAF] Primary Commodity Prices, Seafood index
  • [PSHRI] Primary Commodity Prices, Shrimp
  • [PSILLUMP] Primary Commodity Prices, Silicon
  • [PSILVER] Primary Commodity Prices, Silver
  • [PSMEA] Primary Commodity Prices, Soybean Meal
  • [PSOFT] Primary Commodity Prices, Softwood index
  • [PSOIL] Primary Commodity Prices, Soybeans Oil
  • [PSORG] Primary Commodity Prices, Sorghum
  • [PSOYB] Primary Commodity Prices, Soybeans
  • [PSUGA] Primary Commodity Prices, Sugar index
  • [PSUGAISA] Primary Commodity Prices, Sugar, No. 11, World
  • [PSUGAUSA] Primary Commodity Prices, Sugar, No. 16, US
  • [PSUNO] Primary Commodity Prices, Sunflower Oil
  • [PTEA] Primary Commodity Prices, Tea, Kenyan
  • [PTEAINDIA] Primary Commodity Prices, Tea, Kolkata
  • [PTEAMOM] Primary Commodity Prices, Tea, Mombasa
  • [PTEASL] Primary Commodity Prices, Tea, Colombo
  • [PTIMB] Primary Commodity Prices, Timber index
  • [PTIN] Primary Commodity Prices, Tin
  • [PTOMATO] Primary Commodity Prices, Vegetables, Tomato
  • [PURAN] Primary Commodity Prices, Uranium
  • [PUREA] Primary Commodity Prices, Urea
  • [PVANPENT] Primary Commodity Prices, Vanadium
  • [PVOIL] Primary Commodity Prices, Vegetable oil index
  • [PWHEAMT] Primary Commodity Prices, Wheat
  • [PWOOL] Primary Commodity Prices, Wool index
  • [PWOOLC] Primary Commodity Prices, Wool, Coarse
  • [PWOOLF] Primary Commodity Prices, Wool, Fine
  • [PZINC] Primary Commodity Prices, Zinc
[UNIT_MEASURE] Unit of Measure
  • [IX] Index
  • [PC_CP_A_PT] Percent Change, Corresponding Period, Previous Year, Percent
  • [PC_PP_PT] Percent Change, Previous Period, Percent
  • [USD] US Dollars
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