Cabo Verde Food Prices: Market-Level Commodity Trends from WFP

This dataset tracks market prices for essential food commodities including maize, rice, beans, fish, and sugar across Cabo Verde. Produced by the World Food Programme (WFP), the data provides longitudinal price observations updated through March 2026. The records primarily reflect monthly price points with some weekly updates for specific markets.

Use Cases

• Analyzing price volatility for staples like rice and beans to assess food security
• Comparing cost-of-living differences between various markets in Cabo Verde
• Correlating fish price fluctuations with seasonal supply or economic shifts

Strengths

• Sourced from the World Food Programme's primary market monitoring network
• Includes specific local staples such as fish and maize
• Provides market-level granularity rather than national aggregates
• Licensed under CC-BY-IGO for open humanitarian and research use

Limitations

• Temporal depth for Cabo Verde specifically is unconfirmed
• Data is largely monthly, which may mask short-term daily price spikes
• Potential for reporting gaps in smaller or remote markets

Provenance

Source

World Food Programme (WFP) Price Database

Collection Method

Market monitoring and field surveys

Freshness

Updated weekly with the most recent record dated March 2026.

Geography

Cabo Verde