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What is the price of rice in the shops in India?

Grocery prices in India, from World Food Programme. Figures as of 15 August 2026.

Posted prices, as published by the official source. They are not individual receipts.

US$0.43 per KG, median

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.

Period
2026-06-14 to 2026-08-15
Kind of figure
The median of recorded prices, with the typical range from the 10th to the 90th percentile.
Typical range (10th to 90th percentile)
US$0.42 to US$0.528
Records behind it
5
Confidence
low

Source: World Food Programme. Licence: CC BY-IGO 3.0. Live answer: /api/v1/groceries?country=IN&item=rice

Where this comes from

Source
WFP Price Database via the Humanitarian Data Exchange (HDX), published by World Food Programme (WFP), published on HDX by OCHA
Licence
CC BY-IGO 3.0 (Creative Commons Attribution for Intergovernmental Organisations)
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.
Figures as of
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How fresh the source is
WFP files are updated about monthly (HDX file last modified 2026-10-12); the newest observation in a country is often 1 to 5 months old; our copy is refreshed daily
Limits
Prices WFP's surveys recorded in markets (retail or wholesale as labelled), not receipts and not what one buyer paid. Figures are in US dollars at the conversion WFP publishes, so local currency is not given. Only observations flagged 'actual' count (not aggregates or forecasts); non-food rows (wages, fuel, exchange rates) are left out. A range needs the newest survey of 5 or more markets inside two months of the country's latest survey; markets are not weighted by population, so it is a spread of market prices, not a national average. Countries whose latest survey is more than nine months older than the newest in the file are left out.
Rule
A figure built from records is shown only when at least 5 records sit behind it; official statistics are shown as such, with their reference period. See how we earn trust and the method.

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