{
  "query": {
    "country": "IN",
    "item": "Rice, retail, per KG"
  },
  "status": "ok",
  "price": {
    "currency": "USD",
    "unit": "per KG",
    "value": 0.43,
    "measure": "median",
    "median": 0.43,
    "typical_low": 0.42,
    "typical_high": 0.528,
    "min": 0.42,
    "max": 0.58
  },
  "sample_size": 5,
  "period": {
    "from": "2026-06-14",
    "to": "2026-08-15"
  },
  "confidence": "low",
  "price_type": "posted_price",
  "as_of": "2026-10-18T21:48:07.290Z",
  "source": {
    "id": "un-wfp-food-prices",
    "name": "WFP Price Database via the Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX)",
    "publisher": "World Food Programme (WFP), published on HDX by OCHA",
    "licence": "CC BY-IGO 3.0 (Creative Commons Attribution for Intergovernmental Organisations)",
    "licence_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/",
    "attribution": "World Food Programme, Price Database, via the Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX), CC BY-IGO 3.0. Changed by ProofPrice: we take each market's newest price and report the median and 10th to 90th percentile across markets.",
    "url": "https://data.humdata.org/dataset/global-wfp-food-prices"
  },
  "method": "Median and 10th–90th percentile, across markets, of the newest price each market recorded for the food in the WFP Price Database (market surveys, converted to US dollars by WFP), counting markets whose newest price is within two months of the country's latest survey. Posted market-survey prices, not receipts; n is the number of markets.",
  "method_url": "https://proofprice.com/method",
  "summary": "WFP market surveys in India put Rice (retail, per KG) at a median of US$0.43; 10th–90th percentile US$0.42–US$0.528 across the markets surveyed, in US dollars at WFP's conversion. These are market-survey prices, not receipts, and the newest survey in India is from 2026-08-15. Based on 5 records from World Food Programme (WFP), published on HDX by OCHA (2026-06-14 to 2026-08-15). Confidence: low.",
  "notice": "Information, not a valuation or offer. Ranges describe past recorded prices.",
  "extra": {
    "markets": 5,
    "latest_survey": "2026-08-15",
    "currency_note": "US dollars at the conversion WFP publishes, not local currency."
  },
  "answer_id": "ans_e4a52812ad5630f48cac",
  "method_version": "1",
  "retrieved_at": "2026-10-18T21:48:07.290Z",
  "evidence": {
    "type": "posted_price",
    "label": "Posted shelf or pump price",
    "meaning": "The price a seller displays (for example at a pump or on a shelf): it is what is asked at the time, not a record of what each customer paid."
  },
  "reliability": "thin",
  "data_as_of": "2026-08-15",
  "data_age_days": 64,
  "suggestions": [
    "Few records stand behind this range: widen the period or the area for a steadier figure.",
    "Treat it as a rough guide and ask for an itemised quote before deciding.",
    "This is a posted price, not what each customer paid."
  ]
}