Kyrgyzstan Food Prices: Historical WFP Market Data from 1992

This dataset tracks market prices for essential food commodities like maize, rice, beans, fish, and sugar across the Kyrgyz Republic, sourced from the World Food Programme (WFP). It provides historical price trends dating back as far as 1992, though most reporting began after 2003, with updates occurring on a weekly or monthly basis.

Use Cases

• Analyzing inflation trends for staple foods like maize and rice in Kyrgyz markets
• Modeling food security indicators based on historical price volatility of beans and fish
• Comparing regional price disparities for sugar across different market locations

Strengths

• Sourced from the official World Food Programme Price Database
• Historical depth reaching back to 1992 for specific commodities
• Standardized reporting across diverse food categories including maize, rice, and fish

Limitations

• Significant temporal gaps in reporting for many commodities prior to 2003
• Inconsistent reporting frequency between weekly and monthly intervals
• Lack of specific market-level metadata in the high-level description

Provenance

Source

World Food Programme (WFP) Price Database

Collection Method

Market monitoring and surveys

Time Range

1992 - 2026

Freshness

Updated weekly, though the majority of records are reported at a monthly granularity.

Geography

Kyrgyzstan