The FAO Cereal Price Index rose 1.7% to 107.3 points in December 2025, a second month of gains, as renewed concerns over Black Sea export flows lent support to international wheat prices. However, markets remained pressured down by ample supplies, with confirmation of large crops in Argentina and Australia reinforcing the downward trend. By contrast, world maize markets were boosted by robust export demand and strong domestic ethanol production in both Brazil and the US. source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Cereals Price Index in World averaged 89.63 Index Points from 1990 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 173.50 Index Points in May of 2022 and a record low of 48.60 Index Points in August of 2000. This page includes a chart with historical data for World Cereals Price Index. World Cereals Price Index - values, historical data and charts - was last updated on February of 2026.

Related	Last	Previous	Unit	Reference
Cereals Price Index	107.30	105.50	Index Points	Dec 2025
Dairy Price Index	130.30	136.30	Index Points	Dec 2025
FAO Food Price Index	124.30	125.10	Index Points	Dec 2025
Meat Price Index	123.60	125.30	Index Points	Dec 2025
Oils Price Index	164.60	165.00	Index Points	Dec 2025
Sugar Price Index	90.70	88.60	Index Points	Dec 2025

World Cereals Price Index

The Cereals Price Index is compiled using the International Grains Council (IGC) Wheat Price Index of 10 quotations, 1 US maize quotation and 16 rice quotations. The rice quotations are combined into groups consisting of higher quality Indica, lower quality Indica, Japonica and Aromatic rice. Within each group, a simple average of the relative prices of appropriate quotations is calculated; then the average relative prices of each of the three varieties are combined by weighting them with their trade shares. Indices for wheat, coarse grains and rice are combined using export value weights of the base period 2002–2004.