{
  "id": "fao-food-price-index",
  "title": "FAO Food Price Index",
  "unit": "index (2014-2016 = 100, nominal)",
  "domain": "commodities",
  "metricId": "fao-food-price-index-series",
  "metricName": "FAO Food Price Index",
  "subjectType": "commodity",
  "subjectId": "food-prices",
  "summaryFinding": "The FAO Food Price Index hit an all-time high near 160 in March 2022 as the invasion of Ukraine disrupted grain and vegetable-oil exports, then fell back toward the mid-120s through 2023-2024 as supply chains adjusted, firming again toward ~131 by spring 2026. A nowcast extends the most recent readings.",
  "geographicCoverage": "Global",
  "coveredThrough": "2026-05-31",
  "lastReviewed": "2026-07-22",
  "page": "https://warconomy.com/data-series/fao-food-price-index",
  "points": [
    {
      "period": "2020 (avg)",
      "date": "2020-12-31",
      "epistemicClass": "observed",
      "evidenceStatus": "reported",
      "value": 98,
      "interval": null,
      "sourceIds": [
        "fao-fpi"
      ],
      "recordRef": null,
      "note": "Annual average."
    },
    {
      "period": "2021 (avg)",
      "date": "2021-12-31",
      "epistemicClass": "observed",
      "evidenceStatus": "reported",
      "value": 125,
      "interval": null,
      "sourceIds": [
        "fao-fpi"
      ],
      "recordRef": null,
      "note": "Annual average."
    },
    {
      "period": "Mar 2022 (record)",
      "date": "2022-03-31",
      "epistemicClass": "observed",
      "evidenceStatus": "reported",
      "value": 159.7,
      "interval": null,
      "sourceIds": [
        "fao-fpi"
      ],
      "recordRef": null,
      "note": "All-time monthly record after the invasion of Ukraine."
    },
    {
      "period": "2023 (avg)",
      "date": "2023-12-31",
      "epistemicClass": "observed",
      "evidenceStatus": "reported",
      "value": 124,
      "interval": null,
      "sourceIds": [
        "fao-fpi"
      ],
      "recordRef": null,
      "note": "Annual average."
    },
    {
      "period": "2024 (avg)",
      "date": "2024-12-31",
      "epistemicClass": "observed",
      "evidenceStatus": "reported",
      "value": 122,
      "interval": null,
      "sourceIds": [
        "fao-fpi"
      ],
      "recordRef": null,
      "note": "Annual average."
    },
    {
      "period": "Apr 2026",
      "date": "2026-04-30",
      "epistemicClass": "observed",
      "evidenceStatus": "reported",
      "value": 131,
      "interval": null,
      "sourceIds": [
        "fao-fpi"
      ],
      "recordRef": null,
      "note": "Revised April 2026 level."
    },
    {
      "period": "May 2026",
      "date": "2026-05-31",
      "epistemicClass": "observed",
      "evidenceStatus": "reported",
      "value": 130.8,
      "interval": null,
      "sourceIds": [
        "fao-fpi"
      ],
      "recordRef": null,
      "note": "Down 0.2 from revised April."
    },
    {
      "period": "Mid-2026",
      "date": "2026-07-31",
      "epistemicClass": "nowcast",
      "evidenceStatus": "provisional",
      "value": null,
      "interval": {
        "low": 128,
        "high": 134,
        "intervalMeaning": "plausible-range"
      },
      "sourceIds": [
        "fao-fpi"
      ],
      "recordRef": {
        "kind": "nowcast",
        "id": "nc-fao-fpi-2026-mid"
      },
      "note": "Nowcast pending FAO's next release."
    }
  ],
  "competingSeries": [],
  "sourceTransitions": [],
  "definitionChanges": [],
  "missingPeriods": [],
  "methodologyIds": [
    "anchor-interpolation-v1",
    "proxy-nowcast-v1"
  ]
}