Primary Commodity Prices
Data on Primary Commodity Prices are updated monthly based on the IMF’s Primary Commodity Price System.
Updated: December 8, 2020
Indices and Market Prices
Commodity Data Portal
Use the Commodity Data Portal to visualize and chart the prices of 68 commodities from four commodity asset classes: energy, agriculture, fertilizers, and metals.
Share, export, and download data using the interactive portal.
Commodity Terms of Trade
The database includes a set of country-specific commodity-price based indices for 182 economies from 1962.
For each country, the change in the international price of up to 45 individual commodities is weighted using commodity-level trade data.
Special Feature
The Commodity Special Feature is part of the World Economic Outlook publication and covers commodity market developments and outlook, and analyzes a special issue.
Recent Issues
- October 2020: Coal Phaseout
- April 2020: Commodity Market Developments and Forecasts
- October 2019: Precious Metals
- April 2019: Commodity Market Developments and Economic Activity
- October 2018: Recent Trends in Energy Demand
Related Links
Find the latest blogs by the Commodities Unit and other useful links related to commodities.
- Presentation (video): Trends in Global Energy: When Will Consumption Peak?
- Presentation (video):The Future of Oil and Welfare in Oil-Exporting Countries
- Article: Our Common Energy Future: What do 167 Years of Data Say?
- Blog: Falling Costs Make Wind, Solar More Affordable
- Blog: A Bumpy Road Ahead for Electric Cars
- Blog: Oil Prices & Energy Subsidies
- IMF Research on Commodities
- IMF Work on the Environment
Contact Us
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