Grains & softs · World Bank monthly average
What is the Maize (corn) price and how has it changed?
Maize (corn) averaged 239.6 US dollars per metric ton in September 2026, according to the World Bank Pink Sheet. That is 7.0% above Aug 2026 and 21.4% above Sept 2025, and in the top quarter of all monthly averages since January 2000.
- Sept 2026 average
- 239.6$/mt · US dollars per metric ton
- Month on month
- ▲ +7.0%from 224.0 in Aug 2026
- Year on year
- ▲ +21.4%from 197.4 in Sept 2025
- 12-month range
- 197.1–239.6low Jun 2026 · high Sept 2026
The last five years
What the record shows
- Over five years the price ranged from 170.3 (Aug 2024) to 348.2 (Apr 2022). Sept 2026 sits 39% of the way from that low to the high.
- Since January 2000 the record high is 348.2 (Apr 2022) and the low 75.3 (Jul 2000). The latest month is higher than 80% of the 321 monthly averages in that span, in nominal dollars (not adjusted for inflation).
- The highest full-year average since 2000 was 2022 (318.8); the lowest was 2000 (88.6).
- Annualised volatility of monthly changes over the past five years was 19.9%, close to the 21.1% for the whole record since 2000. Monthly averages smooth out intra-month swings, so daily markets move more than this.
- Five years earlier, in Sept 2021, the average was 235.6: the price is 1.7% above that level.
Yearly averages
| Year | Average | vs prior year | Highest month | Lowest month |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 9 mo. | 214.6 | ▲ +5.6% | 239.6 Sep | 197.1 Jun |
| 2025 | 203.2 | ▲ +6.6% | 220.9 Feb | 185.5 Aug |
| 2024 | 190.6 | ▼ −24.6% | 202.6 Dec | 170.3 Aug |
| 2023 | 252.7 | ▼ −20.7% | 302.8 Jan | 206.5 Dec |
| 2022 | 318.8 | ▲ +22.8% | 348.2 Apr | 276.6 Jan |
| 2021 | 259.5 | ▲ +56.8% | 305.3 May | 234.5 Jan |
| 2020 | 165.5 | ▼ −2.7% | 198.8 Dec | 143.9 May |
| 2019 | 170.1 | ▲ +3.4% | 195.1 Jun | 157.3 Sep |
| 2018 | 164.4 | ▲ +6.4% | 179.1 May | 154.8 Sep |
| 2017 | 154.5 | ▼ −2.9% | 162.9 Feb | 147.3 Sep |
| 2016 | 159.2 | ▼ −6.2% | 179.9 Jun | 148.4 Sep |
| 2015 | 169.8 | ▼ −12.0% | 179.6 Jul | 162.6 Aug |
| 2014 | 192.9 | ▼ −25.6% | 222.4 Apr | 163.1 Sep |
| 2013 | 259.4 | ▼ −13.1% | 309.0 Mar | 197.4 Dec |
| 2012 | 298.4 | ▲ +2.3% | 333.1 Jul | 267.3 Jun |
| 2011 | 291.7 | ▲ +56.9% | 319.3 Apr | 258.6 Dec |
| 2010 | 185.9 | ▲ +12.3% | 250.4 Dec | 152.7 Jun |
| 2009 | 165.5 | ▼ −25.8% | 179.9 May | 150.4 Sep |
| 2008 | 223.1 | ▲ +36.3% | 287.1 Jun | 158.3 Dec |
| 2007 | 163.7 | ▲ +34.3% | 180.3 Dec | 146.8 Jul |
| 2006 | 121.9 | ▲ +23.5% | 164.5 Nov | 102.7 Jan |
Since January 2000
Largest one-month moves since 2000
| Month | From | To | Move |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2012 | 267.3 | 333.1 | ▲ +24.6% |
| Oct 2008 | 233.8 | 183.1 | ▼ −21.7% |
| Jan 2021 | 198.8 | 234.5 | ▲ +18.0% |
| Jun 2008 | 243.5 | 287.1 | ▲ +17.9% |
| Sept 2010 | 175.6 | 205.9 | ▲ +17.3% |
What exactly is being priced?
Maize (U.S.), no. 2 yellow, f.o.b. US Gulf ports. The World Bank publishes the series as a monthly average in US dollars per metric ton ($/mt). Benchmark definitions occasionally change, as noted above, so very long comparisons mix slightly different contracts. See commodity price units explained for converting units.
Sources
- World Bank Commodity Price Data (The Pink Sheet), monthly prices workbook (updated October 02, 2026; retrieved 16 Oct 2026). Licensed CC BY 4.0.
- Method for changes, ranges and volatility: methodology.