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FAO indices
World Prices

128.1 pts

The FAO Food Price Index of the month of May 2021 reached the 128.1 points, which meant an increase of 4.91% in relation to previous mensual index of April, that was 122.1 points (+6 pts), and was placed a 1.88% above the annual average of 125.73 points recorded (+2.37 pts).

The highest monthly value achieved throughout the year of 135.3 points was 5.62% higgher than the selected month (+7.2 pts), while the lowest value during the period was 113.5, that is 12.86% lower than the 128.1 points of May 2021 (-14.6 pts).

In relation to the values of the previous year, in May 2021 there was a year-on-year increase of 40.61%, 37 points above the 91.1 pts reached in the same month of 2020.

Evolutions of May 2021
Annual average

125.73 pts

  2.37 pts (+1.85%)
Previous month

122.1 pts

  6 pts (+4.68%)
June

125.3 pts

  2.8 pts (+2.19%)
May 2020

91.1 pts

  37 pts (+28.88%)
May 2022

158.1 pts

  -30 pts (-23.42%)
  • Monthly and year-on-year values of recorded prices in May 2021
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About this data

This is an application developed and maintained by Boletín Agrario, so it should be considered as such for review and intellectual property purposes. The data used corresponds to that published by::

Global Food Price Indexes ➡️ Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Prices of the Agri-food chain in Spain ➡️ Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food of the Government of Spain

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