Global Commodity Prices Dataset (1960-2023)
Dataset Overview
Annual commodity price data spanning 64 years with 31 commodities, market headlines, and top commodity rankings.
Data Structure
- Format: CSV file
- Rows: 64 (years 1960-2023)
- Columns: 34 total
Data Dictionary
Core Fields
| Column |
Data Type |
Unit |
Description |
| year |
Integer |
- |
Year (1960-2023) |
Energy Commodities
| Column |
Unit |
Description |
| Crude oil, average |
USD/barrel |
Annual average crude oil price |
| Natural gas avg |
USD/mmBtu |
Average natural gas price |
Agricultural Products
| Column |
Unit |
Description |
| Cocoa |
USD/kg |
Cocoa beans price |
| Coffee, Arabica |
USD/kg |
Arabica coffee beans |
| Tea, avg 3 auctions |
USD/kg |
Tea average from 3 major auctions |
| Coconut oil |
USD/mt |
Coconut oil price per metric ton |
| Groundnut oil |
USD/mt |
Peanut oil price |
| Palm oil |
USD/mt |
Palm oil price |
| Soybeans |
USD/mt |
Soybean commodity price |
| Soybean oil |
USD/mt |
Processed soybean oil |
Food Staples
| Column |
Unit |
Description |
| Rice, Thai 5% |
USD/mt |
Thai rice, 5% broken |
| Wheat, US HRW |
USD/mt |
US Hard Red Winter wheat |
| Banana, US |
USD/kg |
US banana import price |
| Orange |
USD/kg |
Orange commodity price |
Livestock & Protein
| Column |
Unit |
Description |
| Beef |
USD/kg |
Beef commodity price |
| Chicken |
USD/kg |
Chicken commodity price |
Industrial Agricultural
| Column |
Unit |
Description |
| Sugar, world |
USD/kg |
World sugar price |
| Cotton, A Index |
USD/kg |
Cotton A Index price |
| Rubber, RSS3 |
USD/kg |
Ribbed Smoked Sheet 3 rubber |
Fertilizers
| Column |
Unit |
Description |
| Phosphate rock |
USD/mt |
Phosphate rock price |
| Potassium chloride |
USD/mt |
Potash fertilizer price |
Metals & Minerals
| Column |
Unit |
Description |
| Aluminum |
USD/mt |
Aluminum commodity price |
| Iron ore, cfr spot |
USD/dmt |
Iron ore, cost & freight spot price |
| Copper |
USD/mt |
Copper commodity price |
| Lead |
USD/mt |
Lead metal price |
| Tin |
USD/mt |
Tin metal price |
| Nickel |
USD/mt |
Nickel commodity price |
| Zinc |
USD/mt |
Zinc metal price |
Precious Metals
| Column |
Unit |
Description |
| Gold |
USD/troy oz |
Gold spot price |
| Platinum |
USD/troy oz |
Platinum spot price |
| Silver |
USD/troy oz |
Silver spot price |
Contextual Data
| Column |
Data Type |
Description |
| Commodity News Headline |
List |
Top 10 commodities for the year |
| [Last Column] |
String |
Major commodity market events/headlines |
Usage Instructions
Data Loading
import pandas as pd
df = pd.read_csv('commodity_prices_1960_2023.csv')