Food Price Index, month-over-month change

RecordSTO-1SMM42N7FB-7X6FY0M8EV-3MFXGS

2.5points

Global · August 2026

Food Price Index, month-over-month change worldwide was 2.5 points in August 2026 (FAO).

Original source
Publisher
FAO
Authority tier
T1 Official
Locator
FAO Food Price Index rises in August amid broad-based increases, led by sugar
Retrieved
18 Sep 2026
Status
Verified

What the source says

The FAO Food Price Index* (FFPI) averaged 133.3 points in August 2026, up 2.5 points (1.9 percent) from its revised July level.

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO Food Price Index, FAO Food Price Index rises in August amid broad-based increases, led by sugar

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APA

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. (2026). FAO Food Price Index. Retrieved September 18, 2026, from https://www.fao.org/worldfoodsituation/foodpricesindex/en/. Via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_1SMM42N7FB7X6FY0M8EV3MFXGS

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MLA
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. "FAO Food Price Index." 2026, https://www.fao.org/worldfoodsituation/foodpricesindex/en/. Accessed 18 Sept. 2026 via StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_1SMM42N7FB7X6FY0M8EV3MFXGS.
Chicago
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. "FAO Food Price Index." 2026. https://www.fao.org/worldfoodsituation/foodpricesindex/en/. Accessed September 18, 2026. Cited from StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_1SMM42N7FB7X6FY0M8EV3MFXGS.
BibTeX
@misc{fao2026food3mfxgs, author = {{Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations}}, title = {FAO Food Price Index}, year = {2026}, howpublished = {StatOrigin, https://statorigin.org}, url = {https://statorigin.org/stat/stat_1SMM42N7FB7X6FY0M8EV3MFXGS}, note = {Original source: https://www.fao.org/worldfoodsituation/foodpricesindex/en/. Accessed September 18, 2026.} }

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Primary source

Publisher
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations · homepage ↗
Authority tier
Tier 1 · Multilateral Official
Report
FAO Food Price Index
Type
Press release
Published
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Locator
FAO Food Price Index rises in August amid broad-based increases, led by sugar
Retrieved
18 September 2026
Link status
Reachable (HTTP 200)
Report licence
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Verification

Status
Verified
Review protocol
pipeline:quote-verified-v2
Checked on
27 September 2026
Last revision
27 September 2026
Permanent URL
/stat/stat_1SMM42N7FB7X6FY0M8EV3MFXGS