If you had invested $1,000 in sugar
Latest monthly average price of sugar: $0.41 (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 | $0.35 | $1,171 | +17.1% | +17.2% | -11.4% |
| 3 years ago September 2023 | $0.58 | $707 | -29.3% | -10.9% | -46.6% |
| 5 years ago September 2021 | $0.43 | $953 | -4.7% | -0.9% | -46.6% |
| 10 years ago September 2016 | $0.47 | $872 | -12.8% | -1.4% | -53.1% |
| 20 years ago September 2006 | $0.27 | $1,519 | +51.9% | +2.1% | -64.6% |
| 30 years ago September 1996 | $0.26 | $1,577 | +57.7% | +1.5% | -64.6% |
| Since January 1960 January 1960 | $0.07 | $5,857 | +485.7% | +2.7% | -95.2% |
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: 2009 (+100%). Worst: 2025 (-27.3%).
| Year | Start of year | End of year | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (to September 2026) | $0.32 | $0.41 | +28.1% |
| 2025 | $0.44 | $0.32 | -27.3% |
| 2024 | $0.48 | $0.44 | -8.3% |
| 2023 | $0.42 | $0.48 | +14.3% |
| 2022 | $0.42 | $0.42 | 0% |
| 2021 | $0.31 | $0.42 | +35.5% |
| 2020 | $0.30 | $0.31 | +3.3% |
| 2019 | $0.28 | $0.30 | +7.1% |
| 2018 | $0.32 | $0.28 | -12.5% |
| 2017 | $0.41 | $0.32 | -22% |
| 2016 | $0.32 | $0.41 | +28.1% |
| 2015 | $0.34 | $0.32 | -5.9% |
| 2014 | $0.36 | $0.34 | -5.6% |
| 2013 | $0.43 | $0.36 | -16.3% |
| 2012 | $0.51 | $0.43 | -15.7% |
| 2011 | $0.62 | $0.51 | -17.7% |
| 2010 | $0.52 | $0.62 | +19.2% |
| 2009 | $0.26 | $0.52 | +100% |
| 2008 | $0.24 | $0.26 | +8.3% |
| 2007 | $0.26 | $0.24 | -7.7% |
Sugar (world) 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.