Mongolia Food Prices: Historical Market Data from WFP since 1992

Mongolia food price monitoring data from the World Food Programme, covering essential commodities like rice and sugar. The dataset provides longitudinal price observations across various markets, with some records dating back to 1992.

Use Cases

• Analyzing inflation trends for staples like maize and rice in Mongolian markets
• Correlating food price spikes with food security indicators
• Forecasting future commodity prices using historical WFP price trends

Strengths

• Sourced from the World Food Programme Price Database
• Covers 3,000 markets globally including Mongolia
• Historical data spanning over 30 years for select regions

Limitations

• Specific column names and row counts are not provided in the source metadata
• Temporal gaps may exist as many countries only started reporting after 2003

Provenance

Source

World Food Programme (WFP)

Collection Method

Market monitoring and surveys

Time Range

1992-2026

Freshness

Updated weekly with primarily monthly granularity.

Geography

Mongolia