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FAO indices
World Prices

98.7 pts

The FAO Food Price Index of the month of May 2018 reached the 98.7 points, which meant an increase of 0.1% in relation to previous mensual index of April, that was 98.6 points (+0.1 pts), and was placed a 2.9% above the annual average of 95.92 points recorded (+2.78 pts).

The highest monthly value achieved throughout the year of 99 points was 0.3% higgher than the selected month (+0.3 pts), while the lowest value during the period was 92.2, that is 7.05% lower than the 98.7 points of May 2018 (-6.5 pts).

In relation to the values of the previous year, in May 2018 there was a year-on-year increase of 1.33%, 1.3 points above the 97.4 pts reached in the same month of 2017.

Evolutions of May 2018
Annual average

95.92 pts

  2.78 pts (+2.82%)
Previous month

98.6 pts

  0.1 pts (+0.1%)
June

97 pts

  1.7 pts (+1.72%)
May 2017

97.4 pts

  1.3 pts (+1.32%)
May 2019

94.3 pts

  4.4 pts (+4.46%)
  • Monthly and year-on-year values of recorded prices in May 2018
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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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