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Average retail price of a kilogram of rice (white, 1 kg) in the largest city (US$)

Name: Average retail price of a kilogram of rice (white, 1 kg) in the largest city (US$)
Creator: Numbeo
Keywords: statistic-of-the-day, ai-generated, food prices, cost of living, rice, staples, urban affordability, retail prices, inflation proxy

Average retail price of 1 kg of white rice in the largest city, converted to US$. Comparable cost-of-living snapshot across countries (2024).

Source: Numbeo•170 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

$1.5

Median: $1.4

Countries Covered

170

with available data

Highest

Iceland

$3.8

Lowest

Vietnam

$0.8

Top 5 Countries

1Iceland$3.8

2Switzerland$3.5

3Canada$3.2

4Norway$3.2

5South Korea$3.1

By Region

Oceania$2.6(2 countries)

North America$2.1(4 countries)

Europe$2.0(32 countries)

South America$1.6(7 countries)

Asia$1.5(24 countries)

Key Findings

•Staple food prices vary widely across countries even for a globally traded commodity like rice.
•Small island and high-cost economies often show higher urban staple prices due to logistics and import dependence.
•Currency depreciation can make USD-denominated retail prices appear to drop even when local affordability worsens.
•Comparing rice price with wage levels can reveal large differences in real food affordability across countries.

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low ($0.6)High ($6.5)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: $1.5)

Oceania (2)

North America (4)

Europe (32)

South America (7)

Asia (24)

Other (92)

Africa (9)

About This Statistic

This statistic tracks the average consumer retail price of 1 kilogram of white rice in each country’s largest city, expressed in US dollars. Because rice is a globally traded staple (and in many countries a daily dietary base), the metric offers an intuitive, comparable snapshot of everyday food affordability across countries.

Values come from crowdsourced cost-of-living price observations that are aggregated into country-level city-market prices, then converted to USD using contemporaneous exchange rates. It is best interpreted as an indicative urban retail price (not a national average), and it can move quickly with exchange rates, import costs, local harvest conditions, and policy changes (tariffs, subsidies, price controls).

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Iceland	$3.8
2	Switzerland	$3.5
3	Canada	$3.2
4	Norway	$3.2
5	South Korea	$3.1
6	Barbados	$3.1
7	New Zealand	$2.8
8	Sweden	$2.8
9	Denmark	$2.7
10	Finland	$2.7
11	Israel	$2.6
12	Japan	$2.6
13	Belgium	$2.6
14	France	$2.4
15	Netherlands	$2.4
16	Aruba	$2.4
17	Germany	$2.3
18	Ireland	$2.3
19	United Arab Emirates	$2.3
20	Australia	$2.3
21	Cyprus	$2.2
22	Kuwait	$2.2
23	Luxembourg	$2.2
24	Qatar	$2.2
25	Trinidad and Tobago	$2.2
26	Uruguay	$2.2
27	Andorra	$2.2
28	Bosnia and Herzegovina	$2.2
29	Greece	$2.1
30	Italy	$2.1
31	United States of America	$2.1
32	Armenia	$2.1
33	Cape Verde	$2.0
34	Chile	$2.0
35	Malta	$2.0
36	Oman	$2.0
37	Saudi Arabia	$2.0
38	Mauritius	$1.9
39	Singapore	$1.9
40	Cayman Islands	$1.8
41	United Kingdom	$1.8
42	Argentina	$1.8
43	Croatia	$1.7
44	Hungary	$1.7
45	Latvia	$1.7
46	Lithuania	$1.7
47	New Caledonia	$1.7
48	Bahamas	$1.7
49	Cameroon	$1.6
50	Costa Rica	$1.6
51	Czech Republic	$1.6
52	Benin	$1.6
53	El Salvador	$1.6
54	Estonia	$1.6
55	Gabon	$1.6
56	Guyana	$1.6
57	Jordan	$1.6
58	Lebanon	$1.6
59	Maldives	$1.6
60	Mexico	$1.6
61	Poland	$1.6
62	Portugal	$1.6
63	Seychelles	$1.6
64	Spain	$1.6
65	Solomon Islands	$1.6
66	Chad	$1.5
67	Fiji	$1.5
68	Republic of The Gambia	$1.5
69	Guatemala	$1.5
70	Honduras	$1.5
71	Namibia	$1.5
72	Slovenia	$1.5
73	Algeria	$1.5
74	Belize	$1.5
75	Burundi	$1.4
76	Democratic Republic of the Congo	$1.4
77	Ecuador	$1.4
78	Georgia	$1.4
79	Cote d'Ivoire	$1.4
80	Libya	$1.4
81	Montenegro	$1.4
82	Nicaragua	$1.4
83	Panama	$1.4
84	Papua New Guinea	$1.4
85	Romania	$1.4
86	Serbia	$1.4
87	South Africa	$1.4
88	Eswatini	$1.4
89	Togo	$1.4
90	Yemen	$1.4
91	Bahrain	$1.4
92	Botswana	$1.4
93	Belarus	$1.3
94	Ghana	$1.3
95	Jamaica	$1.3
96	Slovakia	$1.3
97	Zimbabwe	$1.3
98	South Sudan	$1.3
99	Venezuela	$1.3
100	Angola	$1.3
101	Bangladesh	$1.3
102	Bulgaria	$1.2
103	Colombia	$1.2
104	Djibouti	$1.2
105	Guinea	$1.2
106	Iraq	$1.2
107	Mauritania	$1.2
108	Moldova, Republic of	$1.2
109	Morocco	$1.2
110	Niger	$1.2
111	Peru	$1.2
112	Guinea-Bissau	$1.2
113	Russian Federation	$1.2
114	Sierra Leone	$1.2
115	Somalia	$1.2
116	Sudan	$1.2
117	Suriname	$1.2
118	Syrian Arab Republic	$1.2
119	Türkiye	$1.2
120	Ukraine	$1.2
121	Burkina Faso	$1.2
122	Albania	$1.2
123	Bhutan	$1.2
124	Brazil	$1.2
125	Cambodia	$1.1
126	Central African Republic	$1.1
127	Cuba	$1.1
128	Eritrea	$1.1
129	Indonesia	$1.1
130	Islamic Republic of Iran	$1.1
131	Kazakhstan	$1.1
132	Malawi	$1.1
133	Malaysia	$1.1
134	Vanuatu	$1.1
135	Nigeria	$1.1
136	Philippines	$1.1
137	Rwanda	$1.1
138	Senegal	$1.1
139	Tunisia	$1.1
140	The Republic of North Macedonia	$1.1
141	Egypt	$1.1
142	Zambia	$1.1
143	Austria	$1.1
144	Bermuda	$1.1
145	Sri Lanka	$1.0
146	People's Republic of China	$1.0
147	Comoros	$1.0
148	Dominican Republic	$1.0
149	Ethiopia	$1.0
150	Haiti	$1.0
151	Kenya	$1.0
152	Kyrgyzstan	$1.0
153	Mongolia	$1.0
154	Mozambique	$1.0
155	Paraguay	$1.0
156	Timor-Leste	$1.0
157	Tajikistan	$1.0
158	Uganda	$1.0
159	United Republic of Tanzania	$1.0
160	Uzbekistan	$1.0
161	Bolivia	$1.0
162	India	$0.9
163	Lao People's Democratic Republic	$0.9
164	Madagascar	$0.9
165	Pakistan	$0.9
166	Thailand	$0.9
167	Brunei Darussalam	$0.9
168	Myanmar	$0.8
169	Nepal	$0.8
170	Vietnam	$0.8

Showing 170 of 170 countries

Topics

#statistic-of-the-day #ai-generated #food prices #cost of living #rice #staples #urban affordability #retail prices #inflation proxy

Data Source

This data comes from Numbeo (2024).

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