Niger Real Time Prices: Weekly Food, Energy, and Exchange Rate Estimates

Real Time Prices (RTP) is a live dataset compiled and updated weekly by the World Bank Development Economics Data Group. It includes three sub-series: Real Time Food Prices (RTFP) for staple foods, Real Time Energy Prices (RTEP) for fuel, and Real Time Exchange Rates (RTFX). The data combines direct price measurement and machine learning estimation, sourced from the World Food Program, FAO, and national statistical offices.

Use Cases

• Modeling food price inflation based on weekly staple food price data.
• Analyzing fuel price volatility based on real-time energy price estimates.
• Forecasting unofficial exchange rates based on the RTFX sub-series.
• Monitoring food security indicators based on the price of country-specific staple foods.

Strengths

• Updated weekly, with the last recorded update on 2026-03-15.
• Combines direct measurement with machine learning to estimate missing data.
• Sourced from authoritative organizations like the World Bank, WFP, and FAO.
• Released under the permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the sources and focus on Niger.

Provenance

Source

World Bank Development Economics Data Group (DECDG).

Collection Method

Combination of direct price measurement and machine learning estimation, using data from WFP, FAO, and national statistical offices.

Time Range

Historical and current estimates, updated weekly.

Freshness

Updated weekly.

Geography

Niger.