This data represents the best available monthly price information for each country expressed in U.S. dollars per Kg. The price data comes from a combination of FAO Global Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS) and USAID Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWS) sources.

The FAO data comes from GIEWS and is the retail price of rice given in U.S. dollars per Kg. Countries are national averages, taken as the average of several rural and urban markets.

The FEWS USAID data comes from their monthly price watch publication. Price information is for urban areas and are based on available weekly price data. Note that seasonal patterns such as harvest periods may account for some of the variations in prices. Notes about variations in each commodity and location are given below, with source information following each country:

Bangladesh; Wholesale; National Average (FAO)
Brazil; Retail; Sao Paulo (FAO)
Cambodia: Phnom Penh, Rice (mix)
Chad; Retail; Rice (local); N'Djamena; Main urban area where in addition to domestically produced foods the bulk of imported cereals are consumed. Ndjamena is a regional market for livestock, salt, dates and grains.
China; Wholesale; Hunan: Rice; It is located in the South and is a rice surplus area. Major area (with Hubei Province) for Indica rice production and consumption in the country. Main food consumed in Hunan is rice followed by wheat. (FAO)
Colombia; Wholesale; Bogota: Rice; Main market for wheat and soybeans in a densely populated urban area
(FAO)
DR Congo; Retail; Kisangani: Local Rice; Major market in the Province Orientale in the north-east in the main cassava and rice growing area. (FAO)
El Salvador: San Salvador, Rice (wholesale)
Guatemala: Guatemala City, Rice (first quality)
Haiti: Rice (imported); Port-au-Prince; Retail
Honduras: Tegucigalpa, Rice (second quality), wholesale
India; Retail; Mumbai: Rice; Main urban food deficit area in the country. Largest market for all major foods in the South-West. (FAO)
Indonesia; Retail; National Average (FAO)
Laos PDR: National Average, Rice (ordinary)
Madagascar; Retail; National average. (FAO)
Malawi; Retail, Lilongwe: Rice; Main urban deficit market situated in major producing central region. (FAO, USAID)
Mozambique; Retail; Maputo: Rice; Main urban deficit area in the south. (FAO)
Nicaragua; Retail; National average. (FAO)
Niger: Niamey, Rice (imported), wholesale
Pakistan; Retail; Karachi: Basmati Rice; Second largest rice producing region and main urban area. (FAO, USAID)
Peru; Wholesale, National average. (FAO)
Tanzania; Wholesale; Dar es Salaam: Rice; Main commercial centre and port. (FAO)
Uganda: Kampala, Rice
Vietnam; Retail; Hanoi: Rice; Main trading center in the country and main regional rice market. (FAO)