The FAO Vegetable Oil Price Index jumped 5.9% to 193.9 points in April 2026, a fresh high since June 2022, driven by higher prices of palm, soy, sunflower and rapeseed oils. International palm oil prices rose for the fifth consecutive month in April, largely underpinned by prospective higher demand from the biofuel sector, supported by policy incentives in several producing countries and higher crude oil prices. source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Oils Price Index in World averaged 94.51 Index Points from 1990 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 251.80 Index Points in March of 2022 and a record low of 35.80 Index Points in February of 2001. This page includes a chart with historical data for World Oils Price Index. World Vegetable Oil Price Index - values, historical data and charts - was last updated on May of 2026.

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Cereals Price Index	111.30	110.40	Index Points	Apr 2026
Dairy Price Index	119.60	120.90	Index Points	Apr 2026
FAO Food Price Index	130.70	128.60	Index Points	Apr 2026
Meat Price Index	129.40	127.90	Index Points	Apr 2026
Oils Price Index	193.90	183.10	Index Points	Apr 2026
Sugar Price Index	88.50	92.80	Index Points	Apr 2026

World Vegetable Oil Price Index

The vegetable oil price index is based on 10 quotations for soybean, sunflower, rapeseed, groundnut, cottonseed, copra, palm kernel, palm, linseed and castor oil. Prices are weighted by trade shares of the base period 2002–04.