Djibouti Food Prices: Market-Level Trends for Staples and Commodities
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Description
Market-level price data for Djibouti provided by the World Food Programme, tracking essential commodities such as maize, rice, beans, fish, and sugar. The dataset is updated weekly and primarily consists of monthly price observations across various local markets. While the global WFP database spans back to 1992, this specific subset focuses on Djibouti's economic indicators and food security.
Use Cases
Analyzing price volatility of staples like rice and beans in Djibouti markets
Correlating fish and sugar price trends with national food security indicators
Forecasting future food costs using historical monthly price data
Strengths
Sourced from the official World Food Programme Price Database
Includes specific commodity categories like maize, rice, and fish
Provides market-level granularity rather than national averages
Limitations
Specific column headers and total row counts are not defined in the metadata
Temporal coverage for Djibouti specifically may be shorter than the global 1992 start date
Primarily contains monthly aggregations which may mask intra-month price volatility
Provenance
Source
World Food Programme (WFP) Price Database
Collection Method
Market monitoring and surveys
Freshness
Updated weekly with a focus on monthly data points.
Geography
Djibouti
The data is licensed under CC-BY-IGO. Users should be aware that while updates are weekly, the underlying data is largely monthly in nature.