Coffee Statistics Updated November 2026

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100 Coffee Price Statistics for 2026

Which coffee price are you comparing? A raw-bean indicator, an export unit value, a farm price and a supermarket average describe different points in the supply chain. This page keeps those measures separate while showing how they vary across time, products and countries.

Use the country inflation figures to compare annual rates of change, not to identify the cheapest place to buy coffee. Use the retail series for a defined packaged product, and keep export and agricultural units attached when discussing upstream markets.

Headline figures

  • The ICO's Composite Indicator Price averaged 262.18 US cents per pound in September 2026. (International Coffee Organization, Sep 2026)
  • US ground-roast coffee retail average, January 2025: US$7.019 per pound. (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Oct 2026)
  • US ground-roast coffee retail average, September 2026: US$9.332 per pound. (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Oct 2026)
  • Czechia: annual coffee-and-substitutes HICP change of -8.0% in September 2026. (Eurostat, Nov 2026)
  • Germany: annual coffee-and-substitutes HICP change of -4.2% in September 2026. (Eurostat, Nov 2026)
  • Cyprus: annual coffee-and-substitutes HICP change of 5.1% in September 2026. (Eurostat, Nov 2026)
  • Romania: annual coffee-and-substitutes HICP change of 13.8% in September 2026. (Eurostat, Nov 2026)
  • Sweden: annual coffee-and-substitutes HICP change of -13.8% in September 2026. (Eurostat, Nov 2026)
  • Türkiye: annual coffee-and-substitutes HICP change of 19.8% in September 2026. (Eurostat, Nov 2026)
  • Brazil overall export average: US$329.15 per bag, September 2026. (Cecafé, Oct 2026)
  • ABIC reported a -16.8% change in average Brazilian retail coffee prices for capsules between January and December 2025. (ABIC, Jan 2026)
  • Hawaii's reported coffee price on a green basis was US$19.60 per pound in 2025/26. (USDA NASS, May 2026)

What do international coffee indicators show?

The ICO publishes separate indicators for coffee groups instead of a single price that every buyer pays. The composite is a market reference, not a quotation for a retail product.

How do the coffee-group indicators compare?

The group indicators refer to different coffee categories within the same reporting month. Their levels can be compared as published, but they do not establish a premium for every physical consignment. Quality, contract terms and delivery conditions can vary within each group. These observations are expressed in US cents per pound, which differs from the dollars-per-bag unit used in exporter reports. Keep the unit and indicator name attached when quoting a level or comparing it with another market series.

What do movement, volatility and differentials measure?

The month-to-month change describes movement in the composite average. Volatility describes variability, while the differentials measure the gap between named group indicators. These are separate dimensions of the same market, not alternative expressions of one price. A wider differential does not automatically translate into an equivalent increase in a retail premium. Nor does a volatility measure identify the direction in which prices will move next. The reported month remains the common reference point for the comparisons below.

How have US retail coffee prices changed?

The BLS series follows packaged ground-roast coffee per pound. It provides a retail benchmark without claiming to measure every brand or a prepared café drink.

What did retail averages show early in the series?

The monthly values refer to the same BLS product definition and geographic aggregate. They are nominal price averages, not a quality-adjusted inflation index. Changes can reflect the products and outlets represented in the sample as well as price movement. The observations are useful for tracing this retail benchmark, but cannot reveal what every household paid after discounts or loyalty offers. They also should not be compared directly with a raw-bean indicator as though the products were identical.

How did the later months of the earlier year compare?

The series continues with the same dollar-per-pound unit. BLS did not publish a usable observation for the missing autumn month because of the lapse in appropriations, so no interpolation appears here. That gap counts when constructing a continuous chart or calculating an annual average. The available months show the recorded retail benchmark, without identifying whether any particular movement came from supplier costs, product mix or retailer pricing decisions.

What does the latest year's sequence show?

Monthly averages moved in both directions. These observations describe the latest sequence in the retrieved vintage, not the next shelf price. Check the original series for new months and revisions before refreshing.

How does coffee inflation differ between countries?

Eurostat's harmonised category includes coffee and coffee substitutes. Annual rates compare each country with itself a year earlier; they do not rank absolute prices between countries.

What annual changes did the first group of EU members report?

  • Belgium: annual coffee-and-substitutes HICP change of 1.2% in September 2026. (Eurostat, Nov 2026)
  • Bulgaria: annual coffee-and-substitutes HICP change of -0.1% in September 2026. (Eurostat, Nov 2026)
  • Denmark: annual coffee-and-substitutes HICP change of -4.4% in September 2026. (Eurostat, Nov 2026)
  • Estonia: annual coffee-and-substitutes HICP change of -6.9% in September 2026. (Eurostat, Nov 2026)
  • Ireland: annual coffee-and-substitutes HICP change of 2.0% in September 2026. (Eurostat, Nov 2026)
  • Greece: annual coffee-and-substitutes HICP change of -3.0% in September 2026. (Eurostat, Nov 2026)
  • Spain: annual coffee-and-substitutes HICP change of -4.3% in September 2026. (Eurostat, Nov 2026)
  • France: annual coffee-and-substitutes HICP change of 1.1% in September 2026. (Eurostat, Nov 2026)
  • Croatia: annual coffee-and-substitutes HICP change of -0.3% in September 2026. (Eurostat, Nov 2026)
  • Italy: annual coffee-and-substitutes HICP change of 0.2% in September 2026. (Eurostat, Nov 2026)

All rates use the same category and reference month. A negative value means the category index fell from the corresponding month a year earlier, not that coffee became cheap in absolute terms.

How did the remaining EU members compare?

  • Latvia: annual coffee-and-substitutes HICP change of -7.3% in September 2026. (Eurostat, Nov 2026)
  • Lithuania: annual coffee-and-substitutes HICP change of -2.2% in September 2026. (Eurostat, Nov 2026)
  • Luxembourg: annual coffee-and-substitutes HICP change of 2.1% in September 2026. (Eurostat, Nov 2026)
  • Hungary: annual coffee-and-substitutes HICP change of -6.1% in September 2026. (Eurostat, Nov 2026)
  • Malta: annual coffee-and-substitutes HICP change of 3.2% in September 2026. (Eurostat, Nov 2026)
  • Netherlands: annual coffee-and-substitutes HICP change of -3.3% in September 2026. (Eurostat, Nov 2026)
  • Austria: annual coffee-and-substitutes HICP change of -1.3% in September 2026. (Eurostat, Nov 2026)
  • Poland: annual coffee-and-substitutes HICP change of 1.6% in September 2026. (Eurostat, Nov 2026)
  • Portugal: annual coffee-and-substitutes HICP change of -1.7% in September 2026. (Eurostat, Nov 2026)
  • Slovenia: annual coffee-and-substitutes HICP change of -0.5% in September 2026. (Eurostat, Nov 2026)
  • Slovakia: annual coffee-and-substitutes HICP change of -3.1% in September 2026. (Eurostat, Nov 2026)
  • Finland: annual coffee-and-substitutes HICP change of 3.3% in September 2026. (Eurostat, Nov 2026)

These complete the EU comparison of annual changes, not absolute price levels.

What do other reporting European jurisdictions show?

  • Iceland: annual coffee-and-substitutes HICP change of 1.8% in September 2026. (Eurostat, Nov 2026)
  • Switzerland: annual coffee-and-substitutes HICP change of -1.9% in September 2026. (Eurostat, Nov 2026)
  • Montenegro: annual coffee-and-substitutes HICP change of 5.9% in September 2026. (Eurostat, Nov 2026)
  • North Macedonia: annual coffee-and-substitutes HICP change of -0.6% in September 2026. (Eurostat, Nov 2026)
  • Georgia: annual coffee-and-substitutes HICP change of 5.0% in September 2026. (Eurostat, Nov 2026)
  • Albania: annual coffee-and-substitutes HICP change of 2.7% in September 2026. (Eurostat, Nov 2026)
  • Serbia: annual coffee-and-substitutes HICP change of 0.5% in September 2026. (Eurostat, Nov 2026)

The same harmonised category is available for these additional jurisdictions. Geographic coverage follows Eurostat's reporting set, including transcontinental countries. These rates should not be pooled into an invented regional average or compared with a differently defined national coffee index.

How do Brazilian coffee export unit values compare?

Export unit values divide recorded receipts by shipped quantities. Product mix can change the result, so a movement is not necessarily the price change for an identical coffee.

How did monthly average export values evolve?

  • Brazil overall export average: US$422.33 per bag, January 2026. (Cecafé, Oct 2026)
  • Brazil overall export average: US$404.98 per bag, February 2026. (Cecafé, Oct 2026)
  • Brazil overall export average: US$369.85 per bag, March 2026. (Cecafé, Oct 2026)
  • Brazil overall export average: US$354.58 per bag, April 2026. (Cecafé, Oct 2026)
  • Brazil overall export average: US$340.36 per bag, May 2026. (Cecafé, Oct 2026)
  • Brazil overall export average: US$317.92 per bag, June 2026. (Cecafé, Oct 2026)
  • Brazil overall export average: US$298.73 per bag, July 2026. (Cecafé, Oct 2026)
  • Brazil overall export average: US$320.62 per bag, August 2026. (Cecafé, Oct 2026)

The elapsed-year sequence uses the overall export average for each month. This is a shipment-weighted measure within each reporting month, not a retail quote. The sequence helps distinguish a monthly reversal from the direction across the broader period. It does not establish the price received by every grower or exporter, and differences in coffee quality and processed form can affect the average.

How do September product categories differ?

  • Brazil canephora export average: US$217.95 per bag, September 2026. (Cecafé, Oct 2026)
  • Brazil Arabica export average: US$368.89 per bag, September 2026. (Cecafé, Oct 2026)
  • Brazil green coffee export average: US$334.58 per bag, September 2026. (Cecafé, Oct 2026)
  • Brazil roasted-and-ground coffee export average: US$768.97 per bag, September 2026. (Cecafé, Oct 2026)
  • Brazil soluble coffee export average: US$252.94 per bag, September 2026. (Cecafé, Oct 2026)
  • Brazil processed coffee export average: US$267.19 per bag, September 2026. (Cecafé, Oct 2026)

The source separates canephora, Arabica, green coffee and processed categories. Some categories are components of broader groups, so they are not mutually exclusive supplies to add together. The bag-equivalent unit preserves the exporter's reporting convention for processed coffee. Differences between category averages therefore need to be interpreted alongside their product definitions. They cannot be read as profit margins or as a precise premium for converting a particular bag from one processing stage to another.

What do period-weighted and destination values add?

  • Brazil all coffee export average: US$347.60 per bag, January–September 2026. (Cecafé, Oct 2026)
  • Brazil processed coffee export average: US$270.35 per bag, January–September 2026. (Cecafé, Oct 2026)
  • Brazil green coffee export average: US$357.13 per bag, January–September 2026. (Cecafé, Oct 2026)
  • Brazil differentiated coffee export average: US$408.07 per bag, January–September 2026. (Cecafé, Oct 2026)
  • Brazil natural and medium-grade coffee export average: US$345.09 per bag, January–September 2026. (Cecafé, Oct 2026)
  • Brazil Arabica export average: US$391.36 per bag, January–September 2026. (Cecafé, Oct 2026)
  • Brazil exports to Antwerp average: US$328.93 FOB per bag, January–September 2026. (Cecafé, Oct 2026)
  • Brazil exports to Hamburg average: US$371.04 FOB per bag, January–September 2026. (Cecafé, Oct 2026)
  • Brazil exports to Genoa average: US$380.24 FOB per bag, January–September 2026. (Cecafé, Oct 2026)

Period-weighted averages differ from a simple arithmetic mean of monthly averages. Destination-port values also reflect the mix shipped to each port, not freight costs alone. The differentiated category retains Cecafé's quality and sustainability definition instead of being relabelled as all specialty coffee.

How did Brazilian retail categories change in price?

ABIC monitors retail categories using its own industry definitions. The comparison runs between the stated calendar months and should not be presented as annual average inflation.

How did premium and superior categories compare?

  • ABIC reported a 4.3% change in average Brazilian retail coffee prices for Especial between January and December 2025. (ABIC, Jan 2026)
  • ABIC reported a 20.1% change in average Brazilian retail coffee prices for Gourmet between January and December 2025. (ABIC, Jan 2026)
  • ABIC reported a -3.5% change in average Brazilian retail coffee prices for Superior between January and December 2025. (ABIC, Jan 2026)

The monitored categories did not all move in the same direction. Their labels are ABIC's classifications and should remain visible when the results are quoted. A category average is not the price change for every brand within it, nor does it show how many consumers switched products. The findings describe a specific retail comparison instead of the cost of coffee at every point in the supply chain. They also do not demonstrate whether the change was driven by bean costs, packaging, product composition or retailer strategy. Those explanations would require additional evidence beyond the reported category movements.

How did traditional coffee and capsules differ?

  • ABIC reported a 5.8% change in average Brazilian retail coffee prices for Tradicional and Extraforte between January and December 2025. (ABIC, Jan 2026)

Traditional and extraforte coffee are grouped together in this retail comparison, while capsules form a separate monitored category. Those definitions matter because a packaged single-serve product is not directly comparable with an unpackaged commodity indicator. The source records the category movements between the stated months instead of an average across every month of the year. It does not identify how much any individual household saved or spent. The contrast should therefore be used to describe variation in monitored retail pricing, without assuming that all products share a common cost structure or that one category's movement explains the other.

What do Hawaiian farm prices reveal about measurement basis?

The same physical coffee changes form as it is processed. Cherry and green-coffee prices are expressed per pound of different products, so they cannot be treated as like-for-like retail comparisons.

How did reported cherry-basis prices change?

  • Hawaii's reported coffee price on a cherry basis was US$2.51 per pound in 2023/24. (USDA NASS, May 2026)
  • Hawaii's reported coffee price on a cherry basis was US$2.37 per pound in 2024/25. (USDA NASS, May 2026)
  • Hawaii's reported coffee price on a cherry basis was US$2.30 per pound in 2025/26. (USDA NASS, May 2026)

NASS reports the agricultural-season price on a cherry basis alongside production estimates. This is the farm product before conversion into the green beans used in most international trade comparisons. The annual observations come from the same final summary and are nominal dollar values. They do not measure the price of a roasted product, the margin retained by a processor or the amount charged for a prepared drink. Keeping the agricultural-season labels visible also avoids mixing these figures with calendar-year retail averages. The comparison describes the reported farm-price sequence, without attributing its movement to a single cause.

How do green-basis prices differ from cherry prices?

  • Hawaii's reported coffee price on a green basis was US$19.50 per pound in 2023/24. (USDA NASS, May 2026)
  • Hawaii's reported coffee price on a green basis was US$25.40 per pound in 2024/25. (USDA NASS, May 2026)

The equivalent-basis table reports a separate price for green coffee. A pound of green coffee is not the same quantity of harvested fruit as a pound of cherries, so the levels should not be interpreted as a straightforward processing markup. Quality, product form and the source's reporting framework matter. These historical observations remain tied to their agricultural seasons and the final May summary. They provide a reference for the measured Hawaiian market, not a national supermarket price or a quotation for every origin. Comparing them with international indicators requires matching the product and unit before drawing conclusions.

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