Vegetable oils (real terms)

World market. Reference price, updated monthly.

171.2 points

+0.9% Previous month 169.6 points (August 2026). Latest month: September 2026. Base: 2014–2016 average = 100.

History

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Recent prices

points

Date	Index	Change
1 Sept 2026	171.2	+0.9%
1 Aug 2026	169.6	+0.6%
1 Jul 2026	168.7	+2.0%
1 Jun 2026	165.4	+3.8%
1 May 2026	159.4	-4.6%
1 Apr 2026	167.1	+5.9%
1 Mar 2026	157.8	+5.1%
1 Feb 2026	150.1	+3.3%
1 Jan 2026	145.3	+2.1%
1 Dec 2025	142.4	+0.1%
1 Nov 2025	142.2	-2.6%
1 Oct 2025	146.0	+0.9%
1 Sept 2025	144.7	-0.7%
1 Aug 2025	145.8	+1.4%
1 Jul 2025	143.8	—

Where is the index?

142.2171.2

Near this year’s highs: above 100% of the index values in the last 12 months.

vs last year: +18.3% from 144.7 (1 Sept 2025)

Related indices

Vegetable oils World marketSeptember 198.6 points +0.9%

Source

© FAO, FAO Food Price Index (www.fao.org/worldfoodsituation/foodpricesindex) and dairy, meat and oilcrop price indices

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What does this price show?

In real terms, i.e. without inflation: FAO divides the index by the World Bank’s index of prices of manufactured goods in world trade (MUV). It shows whether food became dearer or cheaper than other goods. The FAO Vegetable Oil Price Index follows international prices of ten oils (palm, soybean, sunflower, rapeseed, groundnut, cottonseed, coconut, palm kernel, linseed and castor oil), weighted by each one’s share of world exports in 2014–2016. Olive oil is not included. Base: the 2014–2016 average = 100; a value of 120 means prices are 20% above their average of those three years. FAO publishes it once a month, usually on the first Friday, for the previous month; the latest months may be revised.

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