Grains & softs · World Bank monthly average
What is the Rice (Thai 5% broken) price and how has it changed?
Rice (Thai 5% broken) averaged 482.0 US dollars per metric ton in September 2026, according to the World Bank Pink Sheet. That is 2.3% above Aug 2026 and 28.9% above Sept 2025, and in the middle half of all monthly averages since January 2000.
- Sept 2026 average
- 482.0$/mt · US dollars per metric ton
- Month on month
- ▲ +2.3%from 471.0 in Aug 2026
- Year on year
- ▲ +28.9%from 374.0 in Sept 2025
- 12-month range
- 356.0–494.0low Oct 2025 · high Jun 2026
The last five years
What the record shows
- Over five years the price ranged from 356.0 (Oct 2025) to 660.0 (Jan 2024). Sept 2026 sits 41% of the way from that low to the high.
- Since January 2000 the record high is 907.0 (Apr 2008) and the low 163.8 (Apr 2001). The latest month is higher than 70% of the 321 monthly averages in that span, in nominal dollars (not adjusted for inflation).
- The highest full-year average since 2000 was 2008 (650.2); the lowest was 2001 (172.8).
- Annualised volatility of monthly changes over the past five years was 19.5%, close to the 18.9% for the whole record since 2000. Monthly averages smooth out intra-month swings, so daily markets move more than this.
- Five years earlier, in Sept 2021, the average was 400.0: the price is 20.5% above that level.
Yearly averages
| Year | Average | vs prior year | Highest month | Lowest month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 9 mo. | 439.4 | ▲ +7.8% | 494.0 Jun | 381.0 Mar |
| 2025 | 407.8 | ▼ −30.7% | 478.0 Jan | 356.0 Oct |
| 2024 | 588.4 | ▲ +6.3% | 660.0 Jan | 511.0 Nov |
| 2023 | 553.7 | ▲ +26.8% | 644.0 Dec | 476.0 Mar |
| 2022 | 436.8 | ▼ −4.7% | 467.0 Dec | 418.0 Jul |
| 2021 | 458.3 | ▼ −7.8% | 557.0 Feb | 400.0 Sep |
| 2020 | 496.8 | ▲ +18.8% | 564.0 Apr | 450.0 Feb |
| 2019 | 418.0 | ▼ −0.6% | 432.0 Dec | 406.0 Mar |
| 2018 | 420.7 | ▲ +5.5% | 451.0 Apr | 398.0 Jul |
| 2017 | 398.9 | ▲ +0.7% | 458.0 Jun | 367.0 Feb |
| 2016 | 396.2 | ▲ +2.6% | 442.0 Jul | 365.0 Nov |
| 2015 | 386.0 | ▼ −8.7% | 420.0 Jan | 357.0 Sep |
| 2014 | 422.8 | ▼ −16.4% | 459.0 Feb | 388.0 May |
| 2013 | 505.9 | ▼ −10.1% | 564.2 Jan | 438.0 Nov |
| 2012 | 563.0 | ▲ +3.7% | 600.5 May | 537.5 Feb |
| 2011 | 543.1 | ▲ +11.1% | 615.3 Nov | 481.4 May |
| 2010 | 488.9 | ▼ −11.9% | 568.8 Jan | 440.0 Jun |
| 2009 | 555.0 | ▼ −14.6% | 591.0 Dec | 493.0 Oct |
| 2008 | 650.2 | ▲ +99.2% | 907.0 Apr | 375.6 Jan |
| 2007 | 326.4 | ▲ +7.1% | 360.7 Dec | 313.0 Jan |
| 2006 | 304.9 | ▲ +6.5% | 315.4 Jul | 291.3 Jan |
Since January 2000
Largest one-month moves since 2000
| Month | From | To | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2008 | 594.0 | 907.0 | ▲ +52.7% |
| Mar 2008 | 464.8 | 594.0 | ▲ +27.8% |
| Feb 2008 | 375.6 | 464.8 | ▲ +23.7% |
| Aug 2023 | 547.0 | 635.0 | ▲ +16.1% |
| Jun 2008 | 901.8 | 757.0 | ▼ −16.1% |
What exactly is being priced?
Rice (Thailand), 5% broken, white rice, milled, export price, f.o.b. Bangkok. The World Bank publishes the series as a monthly average in US dollars per metric ton ($/mt). Benchmark definitions occasionally change, as noted above, so very long comparisons mix slightly different contracts. See commodity price units explained for converting units.
Sources
- World Bank Commodity Price Data (The Pink Sheet), monthly prices workbook (updated October 02, 2026; retrieved 16 Oct 2026). Licensed CC BY 4.0.
- Method for changes, ranges and volatility: methodology.