Bhutan Food Prices: Market Rates for Staples from the WFP

Bhutan food price records sourced from the World Food Programme (WFP) Price Database, covering essential commodities like rice, maize, and sugar. The data is primarily monthly and originates from the WFP's global monitoring of 3,000 markets across 98 countries. Records are updated weekly to reflect current market conditions and food security indicators.

Use Cases

• Analyzing price volatility for commodities like rice and maize in Bhutanese markets
• Developing food security indicators based on historical price trends of staples
• Correlating local market price fluctuations with economic indicators for food security

Strengths

• Sourced from the World Food Programme (WFP) Price Database
• Covers essential commodities including maize, rice, beans, fish, and sugar
• Longitudinal data potentially extending back to 2003

Limitations

• Unknown record count and specific column schema in the provided metadata
• Monthly data granularity may obscure daily or weekly price volatility
• Temporal coverage for Bhutan specifically is not explicitly defined within the 1992-2003 range

Provenance

Source

World Food Programme (WFP) Price Database

Collection Method

Surveyed market price monitoring

Time Range

2003-2026

Freshness

Updated weekly with monthly granularity.

Geography

Bhutan