Food Prices for Niger. The dataset contains data from the FAOSTAT bulk data service covering categories such as Consumer Price Indices, Deflators, Exchange rates, and Producer Prices. It was last updated on 2026-03-16 and is provided by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations under a CC-BY-3.0-IGO license.
Use Cases
- Modeling consumer price inflation for food based on the Consumer Price Indices category.
- Analyzing exchange rate impacts on food markets based on the Exchange rates category.
- Comparing producer and consumer price trends based on the Producer Prices and Consumer Price Indices categories.
- Calculating real price changes using the Deflators category mentioned in the description.
Strengths
- Data originates from the authoritative FAOSTAT service of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
- Covers multiple relevant price categories including Consumer Price Indices, Deflators, Exchange rates, and Producer Prices.
- License is clearly specified as CC-BY-3.0-IGO.
Limitations
- Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
Provenance
- Source
- Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations
- Collection Method
- Aggregated from the FAOSTAT bulk data service.
- Time Range
- null
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-03-16 12:25:00.359416; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Niger