70 Years of Global Commodity Price Data

A comprehensive dataset spanning 1960-2030 tracking 15+ commodities across 6 indices covering agriculture, energy, metals and other sectors with approximately 80% data completeness.

GOGopal Ojha

Apr 29, 2026

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The World's Commodity Price Bible: 70 Years of Markets in One Dataset

Buckle up. This dataset is a time machine — a front-row seat to every major economic shock from the Cold War era to the post-pandemic world. Let me walk you through what's hiding in here.

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What Are We Looking At?

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This is the World Bank Global Commodity Prices dataset — tracking the nominal USD price of 15+ raw commodities plus 6 aggregated price indices, annually from 1960 to 2030 (with projections for the later years).

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What's in the Dataset?

Commodity Coverage & Historical Range

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Gold: The Ultimate Safe Haven

Here's a staggering fact — gold was pegged at ~$35/oz for the entire 1960s under Bretton Woods. Then the dollar was untethered, and gold went absolutely berserk.

Gold Price: The Bretton Woods Effect

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Gold Price 1960–2020 (USD/troy oz)

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The Nixon Shock (1971) Changed Everything

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The Indices: Reading the Macro Story

The dataset includes 6 commodity indices — think of them as scorecards for entire sectors. Here's how they looked in the early data:

Commodity Price Indices 1960–1979

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A Few Caveats Worth Knowing

Years of Available Data by Commodity

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Watch Out: Brent Crude Starts in 1979

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What This Dataset Is Good For

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What's your next move? Want me to dive into:

📈 The full gold or oil price trajectory?

🌾 How food prices correlate with energy shocks?

📊 A commodity supercycle analysis?

🔁 Cross-commodity correlations?

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  "title": "Global Commodity Prices: 70-Year Overview",
  "description": "Comprehensive exploration of the World Bank Global Commodity Prices dataset covering 15+ commodities and 6 sector indices from 1960–2030, highlighting key data coverage, historical ranges, and the 1973–74 commodity supercycle shock."
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