Djibouti Food Prices: Market-Level Trends for Staples and Commodities

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