If you had invested $1,000 in coffee
Latest monthly average price of coffee: $7.26 (September 2026). Prices back to January 1960.
What $1,000 would be worth today
| Invested | Price then | Worth today | Change | Per year | Largest fall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 year ago September 2025 | $8.83 | $822 | -17.8% | -17.8% | -25% |
| 3 years ago September 2023 | $4.05 | $1,793 | +79.3% | +21.5% | -25% |
| 5 years ago September 2021 | $4.97 | $1,461 | +46.1% | +7.9% | -34.4% |
| 10 years ago September 2016 | $3.89 | $1,866 | +86.6% | +6.4% | -34.5% |
| 20 years ago September 2006 | $2.42 | $3,000 | +200% | +5.6% | -59.8% |
| 30 years ago September 1996 | $2.62 | $2,771 | +177.1% | +3.5% | -79.6% |
| Since January 1960 January 1960 | $0.94 | $7,723 | +672.3% | +3.1% | -83.3% |
World Bank monthly averages: the price of a month is the average of its days, not the price of a single day.
Year by year
Best full year in the table: 2021 (+69.8%). Worst: 2012 (-35.4%).
| Year | Start of year | End of year | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (to September 2026) | $8.40 | $7.26 | -13.6% |
| 2025 | $7.57 | $8.40 | +11% |
| 2024 | $4.65 | $7.57 | +62.8% |
| 2023 | $4.63 | $4.65 | +0.4% |
| 2022 | $5.91 | $4.63 | -21.7% |
| 2021 | $3.48 | $5.91 | +69.8% |
| 2020 | $3.46 | $3.48 | +0.6% |
| 2019 | $2.80 | $3.46 | +23.6% |
| 2018 | $3.03 | $2.80 | -7.6% |
| 2017 | $3.57 | $3.03 | -15.1% |
| 2016 | $3.28 | $3.57 | +8.8% |
| 2015 | $4.34 | $3.28 | -24.4% |
| 2014 | $2.78 | $4.34 | +56.1% |
| 2013 | $3.37 | $2.78 | -17.5% |
| 2012 | $5.22 | $3.37 | -35.4% |
| 2011 | $5.47 | $5.22 | -4.6% |
| 2010 | $3.49 | $5.47 | +56.7% |
| 2009 | $2.62 | $3.49 | +33.2% |
| 2008 | $3.03 | $2.62 | -13.5% |
| 2007 | $2.83 | $3.03 | +7.1% |
Coffee (Arabica) and the others over 10 years
Each row: $1,000 invested ten years before its latest price.
| Investment | Worth today | Change | Per year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver | $3,330 | +233% | +12.8% |
| Gold | $3,255 | +225.5% | +12.5% |
| Copper | $3,065 | +206.5% | +11.9% |
| Brent crude oil | $2,528 | +152.8% | +9.7% |
| Wheat (US HRW) | $2,304 | +130.4% | +8.7% |
| WTI crude oil | $2,144 | +114.4% | +7.9% |
| Cocoa | $2,056 | +105.6% | +7.5% |
| Coffee (Arabica) | $1,866 | +86.6% | +6.4% |
| Platinum | $1,704 | +70.4% | +5.5% |
| GBP/USD | $1,094 | +9.4% | +0.9% |
| EUR/USD | $1,019 | +1.9% | +0.2% |
| Natural gas (US) | $993 | -0.7% | -0.1% |
| AUD/USD | $929 | -7.1% | -0.7% |
| Sugar (world) | $872 | -12.8% | -1.4% |
Commodity prices: World Bank Commodity Price Data (The Pink Sheet), monthly averages in US dollars, CC BY 4.0; returns calculated by Wealth.cat.
Past performance does not guarantee future results. The calculation buys at the published reference or average price and ignores fees, spreads, taxes, storage and inflation — a real trade would have cost more.