The FAO Meat Price Index increased 0.8% to 126.2 points in February 2026, the highest in five months, largely driven by rising world bovine and ovine meat prices, while poultry and pig meat quotations registered only marginal upticks. source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Meat Price Index in World averaged 87.63 Index Points from 1990 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 127.90 Index Points in September of 2025 and a record low of 52.30 Index Points in December of 2002. This page includes a chart with historical data for World Meat Price Index. Meat Price Index - values, historical data and charts - was last updated on March of 2026.



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Meat Price Index
The Meat Price Index is computed from average export unit values/market prices of bovine, pig meat, poultry meat and ovine meat, weighted by world average export trade shares for 2002–2004. The calculation includes two poultry, three bovine, three pig, and one ovine meat products, with 27 quotations in total used in the calculation.
Actual Previous Highest Lowest Dates Unit Frequency
126.20 125.20 127.90 52.30 1990 - 2026 Index Points Monthly
2014-2016=100