Phosphate rock price history, 1960 to 2026

Morocco, 70% BPL, FOB Casablanca averaged $170/t in September 2026, +11% over twelve months and +56% over ten years. The nominal all-time high was $450/t in October 2008; in 2024 dollars the real peak was $753.8/t in February 1977. Monthly averages, World Bank Pink Sheet.

Show latest price in Converted from USD at the latest available monthly average rate (Federal Reserve via FRED); the chart and tables below stay in USD.

Morocco, 70% BPL, FOB Casablanca

Dashed lines: OPEC oil embargo (Oct 1973); Iranian Revolution (Jan 1979); Iraq invades Kuwait (Aug 1990); Asian financial crisis begins (Jul 1997); September 11 attacks (Sep 2001); Lehman Brothers collapse (Sep 2008); Fukushima Daiichi nuclear accident (Mar 2011); OPEC holds output steady amid oversupply (Nov 2014); COVID-19 declared a pandemic (Mar 2020); Russia invades Ukraine (Feb 2022); Israel-Hamas war begins (Oct 2023). Hover a line for the source of its date.

Derived price statistics per series
Series	Latest	1 month	12 months	5 years	10 years	20 years	All-time high (nominal)	All-time high (real, 2024 US$)
Morocco, 70% BPL, FOB Casablanca $/t, since 1960	170 September 2026	0%	+11%	+15%	+56%	+286%	450 October 2008	753.8 February 1977

Percentage changes compare the latest monthly average with the monthly average 1, 12, 60, 120 and 240 months earlier. Real prices deflate by the US consumer price index (BLS via FRED) to 2024 dollars.

Source: World Bank Pink Sheet, 2026-10-02, fetched 6 October 2026 (CC BY 4.0).

Prices are monthly benchmark averages that may lag the market; informational only, not investment, legal or trade advice. For what these benchmarks mean and how they are set, see how phosphate rock is priced.

Monthly phosphate rock prices by decade

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Morocco, 70% BPL, FOB Casablanca ($/t)

Morocco, 70% BPL, FOB Casablanca monthly prices, 1960s, $/t
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
1960	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
1961	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
1962	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5
1963	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5
1964	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5	12.5
1965	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	14
1966	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13	13
1967	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12	12
1968	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5
1969	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3

Morocco, 70% BPL, FOB Casablanca monthly prices, 1970s, $/t
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
1970	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11	11
1971	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3	11.3
1972	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5	11.5
1973	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8	13.8
1974	42	42	42	42	42	63	63	63	63	63	65	64.3	54.53
1975	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	68	58	67.17
1976	40	40	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35	35.83
1977	140	142.5	123.5	44	44	40.8	37.5	31.2	34.5	34.5	34.5	34.5	61.79
1978	28	28	28	31.4	32.5	32.5	32.5	32.5	32.5	32.5	32.5	32.5	31.28
1979	32.5	32.5	32.5	32.5	32.5	32.5	35.8	39	39	39	39	39	35.48

Morocco, 70% BPL, FOB Casablanca monthly prices, 1980s, $/t
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
1980	39	39	42	54	54	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44.67
1981	44	44	44	47.5	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	51	48.96
1982	51	51	51	51	48.4	44.5	37.4	35	35	35	35	41.3	42.97
1983	47.5	47.5	47.5	47.5	43	41.1	37.3	34	34	34	32.8	31.5	39.81
1984	31.5	31.5	31.5	31.5	31.5	31.5	33.8	33.5	33.5	35	36	36	33.07
1985	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36
1986	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36	36
1987	36	36	36	34.5	34.5	34.5	34.5	34.5	33.3	32	32	32	34.15
1988	32	32	32	32	32	32	32	31.2	31	31	31	31	31.6
1989	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31	31

Morocco, 70% BPL, FOB Casablanca monthly prices, 1990s, $/t
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
1990	31	31	31	31	31	31.5	31.5	31.5	31.5	31.5	31.5	31.5	31.29
1991	31.5	31.5	31.5	31.5	31.5	31.5	31.5	31.5	31.5	31.5	31.5	31.5	31.5
1992	31.5	31.5	31.5	31.5	31.5	31.5	31.5	31.5	31.5	31.5	31.5	31.5	31.5
1993	31.5	31.5	31.5	31.5	31.5	31.5	31.5	31.5	31.5	31.5	31.5	31.5	31.5
1994	31.5	31.5	31.5	31.5	31.5	31.5	31.5	31.5	31.5	31.5	33.5	33.5	31.83
1995	33.5	31.5	31.5	31.5	31.5	31.5	33.5	33.5	33.5	33.5	33.5	33.5	32.67
1996	33.5	33.5	33.5	33.5	33.5	33.5	32.9	32.5	32.5	32.5	32.5	32.5	33.03
1997	32.5	32.5	32.5	32.5	32.5	32.5	32.5	32.5	32.5	32.5	32.5	32.5	32.5
1998	32.5	32.5	32.5	32.5	32.5	32.5	32.5	32.5	32.5	32.5	32.5	32.5	32.5
1999	32.5	41.1	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	42.8

Morocco, 70% BPL, FOB Casablanca monthly prices, 2000s, $/t
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
2000	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44
2001	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44
2002	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44
2003	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44
2004	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44
2005	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44
2006	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44
2007	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	57.8	71.5	71.5	71.5	52.03
2008	71.5	71.5	71.5	160.4	190	190	240	290	278	450	450	450	242.7
2009	450	450	450	315	270	198	90	90	90	90	90	90	222.8

Morocco, 70% BPL, FOB Casablanca monthly prices, 2010s, $/t
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
2010	90	90	90	90	90	90	98.8	125	125	125	125	125	105.3
2011	125	140	145	145	147	155	161.9	182.5	182.5	188.8	195	195	163.6
2012	195	190	160	185	195	193.1	188.5	182.5	182.5	182.5	182.5	182.5	184.9
2013	182.5	182.5	160	111.5	157.5	125.6	115	115	97.5	84.4	87.5	96.9	126.3
2014	97.5	97.5	106.6	111.5	112.6	111.4	111	111	111.4	116	119.5	119.5	110.5
2015	119.5	121.3	123	114.1	110.5	118.9	121	121	124	123.5	123.5	123.5	120.3
2016	122.6	114.5	114.5	114.1	110.5	110.5	110.5	109.8	109	109	103	97.5	110.5
2017	96.9	95	97.5	95.6	92.5	92.5	92.5	88.8	85	80	80	80	89.69
2018	80	82.5	84.7	88	88	86.8	86.9	87.5	87.5	91.3	92.5	99.2	87.91
2019	102.5	102.5	98.5	97.5	97.5	97.5	80	78	77.5	77.5	74	72.5	87.96

Morocco, 70% BPL, FOB Casablanca monthly prices, 2020s, $/t
Year	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec	Average
2020	72.5	72.5	71.9	70.8	72.9	75	75	76.9	79.4	80	82.5	83.3	76.06
2021	85	88.1	96.3	95	102.5	125	125	136.9	147.5	147.5	153.1	176.7	123.2
2022	173.1	172.5	178.8	249.5	255	287.5	320	320	320	317.5	300	300	266.2
2023	300	322.5	345	345	345	344.5	342.5	346.3	347.5	347.5	347.5	152.5	323.8
2024	152.5	152.5	152.5	152.5	152.5	152.5	152.5	152.5	152.5	152.5	152.5	152.5	152.5
2025	152.5	152.5	152.5	152.5	152.5	152.5	152.5	152.5	152.5	152.5	152.5	152.5	152.5
2026	152.5	152.5	152.5	152.5	152.5	156.9	170	170	170				158.8

Method

Nominal prices are the source's monthly averages in US dollars, stored in the source's unit and never mixed on one chart. Real prices divide each month by the US consumer price index for all urban consumers (BLS series CPIAUCSL, via FRED) and multiply by the 2024 average, so they read as "2024 dollars". Changes are ratios of monthly averages. The all-time high is the highest monthly average, not an intraday peak.

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Cite as: Commodity Origins, "Phosphate rock price history (1960–2026)", https://commodityorigins.com/prices/phosphate-rock/, data 2026-10-02. Data updated 22 October 2026.