Global rice price tracker
USD per kg-0.7% vs previous week
The world's rice price, week by week
Median retail price across every country with a value that week, with the band from the cheapest tenth to the most expensive tenth. Click a week to show it on the map.
Rice price ranking
Retail price of a kilogram of ordinary rice in each country's main market series, converted to US dollars at the exchange rate of the day. Latest week per country, with its trend over the last 32 weeks. Where a country publishes only a monthly average, that average stands for every week of its month. Open a row to see every reading and every source behind it.
| # | Country | USD / kg | Local price | Week of | 32-week change | Trend | Confidence | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Israel› | $3.96 | ₪12.1 / kg | Aug 31 | +1.2% | Single model | 1 | |
| 2 | Iran› | $3.22 | IRR 4,500,000 / kg | Aug 31 | +2.2% | Single model | 1 | |
| 3 | Angola› | $3.04 | AOA 2,783 / kg | Aug 31 | -3.5% | Single model | 1 | |
| 4 | Turkmenistan› | $2.84 | TMT 9.73 / kg | Aug 31 | +16.3% | Single model | 1 | |
| 5 | South Sudan› | $2.65 | SSP 14,000 / kg | Aug 31 | +0.4% | Single model | 1 | |
| 6 | United States› | $2.45 | $1.11 / lb | Aug 31 | +3.4% | Single model | 1 | |
| 7 | Chile› | $2.25 | CLP 2,099 / kg | Aug 31 | -7.3% | Single model | 1 | |
| 8 | Belize› | $2.19 | BZD 2.00 / lb | Aug 24 | -0.1% | Single model | 1 | |
| 9 | Jordan› | $2.02 | JOD 1.43 / kg | Aug 31 | +1.4% | Single model | 1 | |
| 10 | Namibia› | $1.98 | NAD 32.1 / kg | Aug 31 | -1.2% | Single model | 1 | |
| 11 | Malawi› | $1.91 | MWK 3,300 / kg | Aug 31 | -25.2% | Single model | 1 | |
| 12 | Türkiye› | $1.72 | TRY 81.8 / kg | Aug 31 | -5.5% | Single model | 1 | |
| 13 | Timor-Leste› | $1.69 | $1.69 / kg | Aug 31 | +9.7% | Single model | 1 | |
| 14 | Cameroon› | $1.69 | FCFA 961 / kg | Aug 31 | +1.2% | Single model | 1 | |
| 15 | South Africa› | $1.68 | ZAR 27.9 / kg | Aug 31 | -3.2% | Single model | 1 | |
| 16 | Moldova› | $1.68 | MDL 29.2 / kg | Aug 31 | -4.8% | Single model | 1 | |
| 17 | Iraq› | $1.67 | IQD 2,179 / kg | Aug 31 | +6.0% | Single model | 1 | |
| 18 | Kyrgyzstan› | $1.65 | KGS 144 / kg | Aug 31 | -2.1% | Single model | 1 | |
| 19 | Central African Republic› | $1.65 | FCFA 936 / kg | Aug 31 | -14.6% | Single model | 1 | |
| 20 | Mauritius› | $1.60 | MUR 75.4 / kg | Aug 31 | -3.3% | Single model | 1 | |
| 21 | Afghanistan› | $1.52 | AFN 100 / kg | Aug 31 | -5.2% | Single model | 1 | |
| 22 | Russia› | $1.44 | RUB 124 / kg | Aug 31 | -12.6% | Single model | 1 | |
| 23 | Costa Rica› | $1.42 | CRC 642 / kg | Aug 31 | +2.3% | Single model | 1 | |
| 24 | Samoa› | $1.40 | WST 1.74 / lb | Jul 27 | -6.7% | Single model | 1 | |
| 25 | Mongolia› | $1.39 | MNT 5,000 / kg | Aug 31 | -0.2% | Single model | 1 | |
| 26 | Nigeria› | $1.39 | NGN 1,905 / kg | May 25 | +3.2% | Single model | 1 | |
| 27 | Nicaragua› | $1.33 | NIO 22.2 / lb | Jul 27 | -0.4% | Single model | 1 | |
| 28 | Mauritania› | $1.31 | MRU 52.6 / kg | Aug 31 | +4.9% | Single model | 1 | |
| 29 | Uzbekistan› | $1.27 | UZS 15,178 / kg | Aug 31 | +3.4% | Single model | 1 | |
| 30 | Mozambique› | $1.25 | MZN 80.0 / kg | Jul 27 | -6.1% | Single model | 1 | |
| 31 | Argentina› | $1.25 | ARS 1,858 / kg | Aug 31 | +4.1% | Single model | 1 | |
| 32 | Dominican Republic› | $1.25 | DOP 33.3 / lb | Aug 31 | +3.1% | Single model | 1 | |
| 33 | Congo - Brazzaville› | $1.23 | FCFA 700 / kg | Apr 27 | +30.3% | Single model | 1 | |
| 34 | Kazakhstan› | $1.14 | KZT 538 / kg | Aug 31 | +4.3% | Single model | 1 | |
| 35 | Cape Verde› | $1.12 | CVE 108 / kg | Jul 27 | -12.5% | Single model | 1 | |
| 36 | El Salvador› | $1.10 | $0.50 / lb | Aug 31 | +11.1% | Single model | 1 | |
| 37 | Congo - Kinshasa› | $1.00 | CDF 2,302 / kg | Jun 22 | -14.3% | Single model | 1 | |
| 38 | Colombia› | $1.00 | COP 3,177 / kg | Aug 31 | +16.5% | Single model | 1 | |
| 39 | Benin› | $0.95 | F CFA 546 / kg | Jul 27 | -3.8% | Single model | 1 | |
| 40 | Myanmar (Burma)› | $0.94 | MMK 1,974 / kg | Aug 31 | +16.6% | Single model | 1 | |
| 41 | Indonesia› | $0.93 | IDR 16,550 / kg | Aug 31 | -1.5% | Single model | 1 | |
| 42 | Côte d’Ivoire› | $0.91 | F CFA 515 / kg | Aug 31 | -8.9% | Single model | 1 | |
| 43 | Laos› | $0.90 | LAK 19,737 / kg | Jun 29 | +2.0% | Single model | 1 | |
| 44 | Libya› | $0.90 | LYD 5.70 / kg | May 25 | -0.5% | Single model | 1 | |
| 45 | Burkina Faso› | $0.89 | F CFA 500 / kg | May 25 | -0.7% | Single model | 1 | |
| 46 | Brazil› | $0.88 | R$4.47 / kg | Aug 31 | +12.5% | Single model | 1 | |
| 47 | Guinea› | $0.82 | GNF 7,181 / kg | Aug 31 | -8.1% | Single model | 1 | |
| 48 | Rwanda› | $0.80 | RWF 1,178 / kg | Aug 31 | -5.8% | Single model | 1 | |
| 49 | Togo› | $0.80 | F CFA 453 / kg | Aug 31 | -14.0% | Single model | 1 | |
| 50 | Philippines› | $0.78 | ₱48.6 / kg | Aug 31 | -2.2% | Single model | 32 | |
| 51 | Bolivia› | $0.77 | BOB 9.35 / kg | Aug 31 | -47.9% | Single model | 1 | |
| 52 | Egypt› | $0.76 | EGP 38.9 / kg | Aug 31 | -5.5% | Single model | 1 | |
| 53 | Guinea-Bissau› | $0.73 | F CFA 412 / kg | Jun 29 | +0.3% | Single model | 1 | |
| 54 | Senegal› | $0.72 | F CFA 410 / kg | Aug 31 | -2.7% | Single model | 1 | |
| 55 | Nepal› | $0.72 | NPR 110 / kg | Aug 31 | +0.6% | Single model | 1 | |
| 56 | Djibouti› | $0.68 | DJF 121 / kg | Jul 27 | -2.5% | Single model | 1 | |
| 57 | Pakistan› | $0.63 | PKR 175 / kg | Aug 31 | +3.4% | Single model | 1 | |
| 58 | Sri Lanka› | $0.63 | LKR 205 / kg | Aug 31 | -11.2% | Single model | 1 | |
| 59 | Madagascar› | $0.56 | MGA 2,379 / kg | Jul 27 | +1.0% | Single model | 1 | |
| 60 | Tunisia› | $0.49 | TND 1.45 / kg | Jul 27 | -3.5% | Single model | 1 | |
| 61 | India› | $0.48 | ₹46.2 / kg | Aug 31 | +2.7% | Single model | 1 | |
| 62 | Bangladesh› | $0.43 | BDT 50.0 / kg | Aug 31 | -5.3% | Single model | 203 |
Collected, not yet published
Countries where a price was found but is not published yet: a reading outside the tracked weeks, or a value outside the plausible range for a kilogram of rice (a price read per sack or per tonne, a wrong exchange rate). Shown exactly as collected, never on the map.
Everything the brain collected
Every number on this page comes from these readings and pages. Nothing is estimated or interpolated.
How this tracker is made
AI agents read each country's official retail price series: national statistics offices and market information systems, most of them compiled by FAO's Food Price Monitoring and Analysis tool (GIEWS FPMA).
A value is kept only with the quote that carries it, checked word for word against the source page. Nothing is estimated or carried forward; a missing week stays empty.
Every value is converted to US dollars and checked against the plausible range for a kilogram of rice. A value outside it is held for review instead of published.
Local prices are converted to US dollars per kilogram at the exchange rate of the observation day; prices per pound are converted to kilograms. Official exchange rates are used, so where the parallel market rate is much weaker the dollar value reads high.
What is the average price of rice in the world?
In the week of August 31, 2026, the median retail rice price across the 46 countries tracked was $1.35 per kilogram.
Where is rice the most expensive?
Among the countries tracked, Israel has the most expensive rice: $3.96 per kilogram (week of August 31, 2026).
Where is rice the cheapest?
Among the countries tracked, Bangladesh has the cheapest rice: $0.43 per kilogram (week of August 31, 2026).
How often are rice prices updated?
As often as each country publishes: daily or weekly where such a series exists, monthly elsewhere. Monthly averages arrive a few weeks after their month ends. A price is published only with its source quote.