Lebanon Food Prices: WFP Market Monitoring for Essential Commodities

This dataset tracks market prices for essential food commodities in Lebanon, including staples like rice, beans, maize, and sugar. Produced by the World Food Programme (WFP), the data is updated weekly and forms part of a global monitoring system covering 3,000 markets. While some global records date back to 1992, most country-specific reporting for this series began in 2003.

Use Cases

• Analyzing price volatility for staples like rice and sugar during the Lebanon hostilities crisis
• Econometric modeling of food inflation using historical WFP market data
• Assessing food security indicators by comparing local market prices against regional benchmarks

Strengths

• Sourced from the official World Food Programme Price Database
• Includes specific commodity categories like maize, rice, beans, fish, and sugar
• CC-BY-IGO licensed for intergovernmental and public use

Limitations

• Temporal density is inconsistent, as weekly updates often contain monthly rather than daily figures
• Historical depth for Lebanon specifically may not extend to the 1992 global baseline

Provenance

Source

World Food Programme (WFP)

Collection Method

Market monitoring and price surveys

Time Range

2003-2026

Freshness

Updated weekly; last recorded update 2026-03-08.

Geography

Lebanon