Long-term prices of food commodities
Prices are measured relative to real prices in 1900 (where prices in 1900 are equal to 100).
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Charts
- Annual food expenditure vs. total consumer expenditure
- Average income of large-scale food producers
- Average income of small-scale food producers
- Commodity price index of cereal crops and petroleum
- Cost of a calorie sufficient diet as a share of average food expenditure
- Cost of a healthy diet as a share of average expenditure on food
- Cost of a nutrient adequate diet as a share of average food expenditure
- Daily cost of a calorie sufficient diet
- Daily cost of a healthy diet
- Daily cost of a nutrient adequate diet
- Food expenditure as a share of family disposable income in the United States
- Food expenditure per person
- Food expenditure per person in the United StatesBy place of expenditure
- Indicator of food price anomalies
- Number of people that cannot afford a calorie sufficient diet
- Number of people that cannot afford a healthy diet
- Number of people that cannot afford a nutrient adequate diet
- Real commodity price index, food products
- Share of consumer expenditure spent on alcohol and tobacco
- Share of consumer expenditure spent on food
- Share of countries recording high food prices
- Share of expenditure spent on food vs. food expenditure per person
- Share of expenditure spent on food vs. total consumer expenditure
- Share of population that cannot afford a calorie sufficient diet
- Share of population that cannot afford a healthy diet
- Share of population that cannot afford a nutrient adequate diet