Mexico Food Prices: Historical Market Data for Essential Commodities

Market-level pricing for essential commodities like maize and beans in Mexico, sourced from the World Food Programme. This longitudinal dataset provides monthly price observations for food categories including rice, fish, and sugar, with some reporting sequences extending back to 1992.

Use Cases

• Analyzing price volatility of staples like maize and beans over time
• Correlating food price spikes with economic indicators in Mexico
• Forecasting food security trends based on historical market pricing

Strengths

• Sourced from the World Food Programme Price Database
• Includes essential commodities such as maize, rice, beans, fish, and sugar
• Longitudinal coverage dating back to 1992 for specific reporting locations

Limitations

• Temporal gaps exist as many reporting streams only began in 2003
• Data is primarily monthly, which may not capture intra-month price fluctuations

Provenance

Source

World Food Programme (WFP)

Collection Method

Market monitoring and reporting

Time Range

1992-2026

Freshness

Updated weekly with primarily monthly data points.

Geography

Mexico