Democratic Republic of the Congo Real-Time Prices for Food, Energy, and Exchange Rates

Real Time Prices (RTP) is a live dataset compiled and updated weekly by the World Bank Development Economics Data Group. It includes three sub-series: Real Time Food Prices (RTFP) for staple foods, Real Time Energy Prices (RTEP) for fuel, and Real Time Exchange Rates (RTFX). The data is updated weekly, with the last recorded update on 2026-03-15.

Use Cases

• Modeling food price inflation based on staple food price data.
• Analyzing fuel price volatility based on the Real Time Energy Prices sub-series.
• Tracking unofficial exchange rate fluctuations based on the Real Time Exchange Rates sub-series.
• Assessing market conditions by combining weekly-updated price data from multiple sources.

Strengths

• Updated weekly, with a last recorded update on 2026-03-15.
• Combines direct price measurement with machine learning estimation for missing data.
• Integrates data from multiple authoritative sources including WFP, FAO, and National Statistical Offices.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

World Bank Development Economics Data Group (DECDG).

Collection Method

Compiled using a combination of direct price measurement and machine learning estimation, with data from WFP, FAO, and select National Statistical Offices.

Time Range

Historical and current estimates; temporal coverage is not explicitly stated.

Freshness

Updated weekly.

Geography

Democratic Republic of the Congo.