ProofPrice MCP Server

Use this when a user asks what people actually pay for a flight between two cities or airports (for example JFK to LAX, or Chicago to Miami), or what the average airfare out of a city is, in Australia (domestic routes) (country AU) or the United States (domestic flights within the contiguous 48 states) (country US). Returns the official average fare per passenger each way, in the currency the answer states, for the latest quarter published, with (where the source publishes them) the passengers per day behind it, the share of the largest carrier, the change on a year earlier and the last few quarters, plus the official source and licence. This is a published quarterly average of fares paid (price_type official_statistic), not a range built from tickets, so the range fields are null and there is no sample size; how fresh: Australia (domestic routes): monthly; the newest month is usually the one just ended; the United States (domestic flights within the contiguous 48 states): quarterly, published about five to six months after the quarter ends (the first quarter of 2026 was published in September 2026); every answer states its quarter. Do not use for today's fare, a specific date, airline or cabin, a booking or price alert, international flights, routes outside the places named above, hotels, or other countries.

Use this when a user asks what used, surplus or seized goods (vehicles, heavy equipment, electronics, office furniture, tools and similar) went for at public auction in Canada (federal surplus), France (state auctions), Hong Kong (government auctions), Ukraine (Prozorro.Sale public asset sales), the United States (federal surplus) or Seattle (City fleet sales). Returns the median final bid on sold lots, a typical range (10th–90th percentile), the number of lots, the period, and the source and licence. How fresh: Canada (federal surplus): half-yearly files; the newest sale in the latest file can be several months old; France (state auctions): yearly file: calendar 2024 (published 20 Feb 2026); the 2025 file is expected around Feb 2027; Hong Kong (government auctions): a new pair of files after each auction, about every two weeks; Ukraine (Prozorro.Sale public asset sales): daily collection of the newest 60 days of signed sale contracts; the United States (federal surplus): monthly file, covers the last six months of auctions; Seattle (City fleet sales): updated irregularly after each auction batch (newest sale 15 Oct 2026 when checked). These are winning bid levels on lots marked sold (before any buyer premium, not confirmed receipts) for used goods, not retail prices. Nothing is returned for fewer than 5 lots, and no seller or lot is named. Do not use for new goods, shop prices or other countries.

Use this when a user asks what traded goods are worth at the border, per kilogram, as declared to customs: for example what a country pays per kg to import wheat, diesel, cheese or timber, or earns per kg exporting whisky or steel, in the EU member states listed (country FR), the EU member states listed (country DE), the EU member states listed (country ES), the EU member states listed (country IT), the EU member states listed (country NL), the EU member states listed (country BE), the EU member states listed (country IE), the EU member states listed (country PL), the EU member states listed (country PT), the EU member states listed (country DK), the EU member states listed (country SE) or the United Kingdom (country GB), optionally from or to one partner country. Returns the customs value divided by the net weight (a value-weighted average per kg in the reporting country's currency), a range between the 10th and 90th percentile of the individual customs lines weighted by weight, the months it covers, the biggest partner countries and the official source and licence. This is a customs unit value (price_type official_statistic) built from declared trade values and weights, not a shelf price, not a wholesale quote and not a receipt, so there is no sample size. How fresh: the EU member states listed: monthly: Eurostat publishes each month's trade statistics about 2.5 months after the month ends; our figures are read live and each answer states its months; the United Kingdom: monthly: HMRC publishes each month's trade statistics about six weeks after the month ends; our figures are read live and each answer states its months. Do not use for what a shopper pays in a shop, for a single contract or shipment, for futures or spot quotes, for services, or for countries that are not listed.

Use this when a user asks what home internet (fixed broadband at a given speed, with or without phone and TV) or a mobile data plan costs per month in the EU, or how that compares between countries. Returns the official figure for a standard offer in the latest year published, the previous year and the change, and the same country's other offers, with the official source and licence. It is the cheapest posted offer of the largest operators, not what customers actually paid, and not a range built from sales: the range fields are null and there is no sample size. How fresh: annual figures with a lag of about two years (newest year 2024, dataset updated May 2026); each answer states its reference year. Do not use for a quote from one provider, for business lines, or for countries that are not listed.

Use this when a user asks what people actually paid for the right to own or buy a car (an entitlement or quota certificate, a sale or an auction result) in Singapore car ownership rights (COE) (country SG). Returns the median winning price, a typical range (10th–90th percentile), the number of bidding rounds or sales, the period covered, a confidence label, and the official source and licence. Do not use for asking prices, dealer listings, or other countries.

Use this before paying: when a user or agent has a proposed price for something (a rent, a home, a litre of fuel, a medicine, a contract) and wants to know whether it is typical against recorded official evidence. Give the category (border-prices, broadband, cars, childcare, commercial-property, construction, contracts, diet-costs, energy, farm-gate-prices, farm-prices, flights, fuel, groceries, health-insurance, home-sales, home-upgrades, hotels, insurance, land-prices, medical, medicines, price-levels, producer-prices, rent, state-property-rents, supplementary-health-insurance, surplus-auctions, transport-fares, tuition, wholesale-fresh-food, wholesale-markets and wholesale-power), the country, the same parameters that category's own tool takes, and the price. It runs the category's normal answer and returns a verdict: within, above or below the typical range (10th–90th percentile of recorded prices) when the evidence is a set of records; about, above or below the average when the evidence is one official average or median (within 5% counts as about average, and it says plainly this is an average, not a distribution); or cannot_judge, with the reason, when the currency or unit differs (ProofPrice never converts), there are too few records or nothing matched. It also returns where the price sits (for example '27% above the median and above the 90th percentile'), the reasons and cautions (posted prices are not paid prices, old periods), what is missing, one quotable sentence, and the full evidence answer with source, licence and audit-trail fields to keep with the reasoning. Do not use it to value one specific item or address, as financial or legal advice, or to compare prices in different currencies or units. After 20 free calls a day per caller this tool costs USD 0.10 per answered call, paid with x402 (USDC); a 402 reply lists how. Nothing is charged for "not enough records" or errors.

Use this when a user asks what childcare costs parents: the price of a nursery, daycare, childminder or after-school place for a baby, toddler, preschool or school-age child in a county, region, state or city, or how childcare prices compare, in Canada (country CA), Denmark (country DK), England (country GB), Ireland (country IE), Norway (country NO), Singapore childcare centres (country SG) or the United States (country US). These are official surveys and statistics of the fees providers charge parents (or what households report paying), not adverts or listings, and they are before public subsidies or funded hours unless the answer says otherwise. Each answer is an official average or median (price_type official_statistic): the range fields are null, and there is a sample size only where the publisher gives one. Every answer states its unit (for example US dollars per week, or pounds per hour), the year it describes, a confidence label, and the official source and licence. How fresh: Canada: april 2024 survey (published 2025, a single survey year); Denmark: annual; the 2026 rates were published on 8 April 2026. Each answer states its year.; England: calendar year 2025 (survey fieldwork May to July 2025, published 11 December 2025; next release December 2026); Ireland: 2016 only (CSO has not repeated the table); regional, not county; ten years old; Norway: annual (January figures); the 2026 figures were published on 30 April 2026; Singapore childcare centres: rolling: each centre updates its own listing; the newest update is shown with the answer; the United States: county prices for 2022 (the latest year the Department of Labor has published; the database lags by several years). Some of this data is several years old: always read the period in the answer. Do not use for the cost of a specific nursery, advertised fees or waiting-list prices, the value of government subsidies, tuition for schools or universities, babysitting or nanny wages, or other countries.

Use this when a user asks what shops, offices, workshops, warehouses or other commercial premises actually sold for, or what a plot of non-farm land (a building plot) sold for, per square metre, in a town or postcode, in Denmark (country DK), France (country FR), Hong Kong (country HK), Japan (country JP), Poland (shops and offices in the big cities) (country PL), Sweden (country SE), Singapore (country SG), Taiwan (country TW) or New York City (country US). Returns the median price per square metre, a typical range (10th–90th percentile), the number of sales, the period covered, a confidence label, and the official source and licence, from government sale records (prices paid, not asking prices). How fresh: Denmark: quarterly, published about three months after the quarter ends (the latest quarter is marked preliminary; figures become final 13 months after the quarter). Each answer states its quarter.; France: twice a year, with a delay of several months; Hong Kong: yearly, published about 5 months after the year ends (2025 figures published June 2026); Japan: annual: the 1 January valuation published each March (the 2026 edition is out). Every answer states the edition year; Poland (shops and offices in the big cities): the register is filled from notarial deeds with a delay of several months; the answer names the newest sale it holds.; Sweden: yearly; sales during 2025, published 5 June 2026; Singapore: a historic file: awards from 1992 to mid-2016 only, last updated by the publisher on 6 June 2024. Every answer states its period; Taiwan: every 10 days. A sale appears one to two months after the deal; answers cover whole calendar months ending at least 30 days before the newest deal; New York City: monthly, around the 15th, with sales recorded through the end of the prior month. Do not use for homes, farmland, rents, asking prices or listings, the value of one particular building, or other countries.

Use this when a user asks what it costs to build a home or other building per square metre in Brazil (country BR), how much of that is materials and how much is labour, or how states or regions compare. Returns the official average cost per square metre for the latest month published, split into materials and labour, with the previous month, the official source and licence. This is a published survey average of unit costs (price_type official_statistic), not a range built from invoices or sales, so the range fields are null and there is no sample size. How fresh: monthly; the latest month on 16 Oct 2026 was September 2026. Do not use for the price of a finished home, for a builder's quote, for renovation work, or for countries that are not listed.

Use this when a user asks what governments, councils, hospitals or other public buyers actually paid for something (laptops, school meals, road resurfacing, office cleaning, electricity, ambulances, waste collection and similar purchases) in Argentina (public contracts, COMPR.AR), Australia (federal contracts, AusTender), Brazil (furniture bought by public bodies), Brazil (public contracts, PNCP), Alberta (sole-source service contracts), Canada (federal contracts over CA$10,000, proactive disclosure), Canada (federal contracts, CanadaBuys), Quebec (public contracts, SEAO), Colombia (public contracts, SECOP II), Czech Republic (public contracts, Registr smluv), Germany (public contracts, Bekanntmachungsservice), Spain (public contracts, PLACSP), EU and EEA states (TED), France (public contracts, DECP), the United Kingdom (Contracts Finder), Ireland (public contracts, eTenders), Nigeria (federal public contracts, NOCOPO), New Zealand (GETS), Poland (public contracts, e-Zamowienia), Portugal (public contracts, Portal BASE), Singapore (GeBIZ), Thailand (Bangkok city contracts), Ukraine (public contracts, Prozorro), Chicago (city contract awards), the United States (federal labour rates), the United States (federal contracts) or South Africa (public contracts, eTenders). Returns, from official contract award notices, the median awarded value per contract, a typical range (10th–90th percentile), the number of awards, the period covered, a confidence label, and the official source and licence. Important: the figures are TOTAL values per contract (lot), not unit prices, unless the answer states a unit price (only when the notices give a quantity and unit). Nothing is returned for fewer than 5 awards, and individual suppliers are never named. How fresh: Argentina (public contracts, COMPR.AR): twice a year: the publisher refreshes the file about every six months, so the newest awards can be months old; Australia (federal contracts, AusTender) and the United Kingdom (Contracts Finder): continuous: buyers publish award notices after a contract is awarded; Brazil (furniture bought by public bodies): updated by the publisher as purchases are registered; Brazil (public contracts, PNCP): daily: the PNCP publishes contracts as buyers register them and our copy is collected once a day; Alberta (sole-source service contracts): quarterly: the Government of Alberta adds new sole-source contracts each quarter; our copy is collected once a day; Canada (federal contracts over CA$10,000, proactive disclosure): quarterly: departments report each fiscal quarter and the publisher refreshes the file every three months, read by us daily; Canada (federal contracts, CanadaBuys): daily: CanadaBuys refreshes the award notice files every day and our copy is collected once a day; Quebec (public contracts, SEAO): weekly: Données Québec publishes new SEAO files every Monday; our copy is collected once a day; Colombia (public contracts, SECOP II): daily: Colombia Compra Eficiente refreshes the open dataset about daily and our copy is collected once a day; Czech Republic (public contracts, Registr smluv): daily: the register is updated continuously and our copy is collected once a day; Germany (public contracts, Bekanntmachungsservice): daily: the notice service publishes each day's notices and our copy is collected once a day; Spain (public contracts, PLACSP): daily: PLACSP adds awards through the day and our copy is collected once a day, covering the newest one to two days of awards; EU and EEA states (TED): daily on working days: notices appear on TED within days of the buyer sending them; France (public contracts, DECP): daily: the consolidated monthly files are refreshed about daily and our copy is collected once a day; Ireland (public contracts, eTenders): quarterly: the publisher refreshes the file every quarter and our copy is collected once a day; Nigeria (federal public contracts, NOCOPO): monthly refresh of the registry copy, but the portal itself has recorded almost no new awards since November 2024, so the newest figures are about two years old; New Zealand (GETS): quarterly; awards up to the end of the last quarter; Poland (public contracts, e-Zamowienia): daily: notices are published every working day and our copy is collected once a day; Portugal (public contracts, Portal BASE): weekly: IMPIC refreshes the yearly files about weekly and our copy is collected once a day; Singapore (GeBIZ): yearly; Thailand (Bangkok city contracts): the Open Contracting Partnership refreshes the BMA file about every two weeks and our copy is collected once a day; Ukraine (public contracts, Prozorro): daily: Prozorro updates continuously; our copy is collected once a day from the newest contracts; Chicago (city contract awards): updated daily by the City of Chicago; the United States (federal labour rates): rebuilt every night by GSA; the United States (federal contracts): daily: agencies report contract actions within days and USAspending refreshes nightly; South Africa (public contracts, eTenders): monthly: the Open Contracting Partnership refreshes the eTenders bulk file about once a month and our copy is collected once a day. Do not use for what consumers or private companies pay, for tenders that are still open (those carry estimates, not prices paid), for the contracts of one named supplier, for asking prices, or for other countries.

Use this to see which countries and kinds of price the tools cover. It returns a short overview: for each tool the countries it answers for, how many official sources stand behind it and how often they update. Give category and/or country to get the full detail of the matching sources instead (publisher, licence, attribution line, limits, example requests). Every source at once, as JSON: https://proofprice.com/api/v1/coverage

Use this when a user asks how much it costs to eat healthily in a country, for example the cost of the cheapest healthy diet per person per day, how that cost changed on a year earlier, or how much of it goes on fruit, vegetables, animal-source foods, legumes and nuts, oils and fats or starchy staples, in about 68 countries worldwide (World Bank estimates) (country IE), about 68 countries worldwide (World Bank estimates) (country GB), about 68 countries worldwide (World Bank estimates) (country FR), about 68 countries worldwide (World Bank estimates) (country ES), about 68 countries worldwide (World Bank estimates) (country PT), about 68 countries worldwide (World Bank estimates) (country IT), about 68 countries worldwide (World Bank estimates) (country DE), about 68 countries worldwide (World Bank estimates) (country NL), about 68 countries worldwide (World Bank estimates) (country BE), about 68 countries worldwide (World Bank estimates) (country AT), about 68 countries worldwide (World Bank estimates) (country PL), about 68 countries worldwide (World Bank estimates) (country DK), about 68 countries worldwide (World Bank estimates) (country SE), about 68 countries worldwide (World Bank estimates) (country NO), about 68 countries worldwide (World Bank estimates) (country FI), about 68 countries worldwide (World Bank estimates) (country GR), about 68 countries worldwide (World Bank estimates) (country LU), about 68 countries worldwide (World Bank estimates) (country CH), about 68 countries worldwide (World Bank estimates) (country IS), about 68 countries worldwide (World Bank estimates) (country CZ), about 68 countries worldwide (World Bank estimates) (country HU), about 68 countries worldwide (World Bank estimates) (country RO), about 68 countries worldwide (World Bank estimates) (country SK), about 68 countries worldwide (World Bank estimates) (country SI), about 68 countries worldwide (World Bank estimates) (country EE), about 68 countries worldwide (World Bank estimates) (country LV), about 68 countries worldwide (World Bank estimates) (country LT), about 68 countries worldwide (World Bank estimates) (country CY), about 68 countries worldwide (World Bank estimates) (country MT), about 68 countries worldwide (World Bank estimates) (country TR), about 68 countries worldwide (World Bank estimates) (country UA), about 68 countries worldwide (World Bank estimates) (country US), about 68 countries worldwide (World Bank estimates) (country CA), about 68 countries worldwide (World Bank estimates) (country MX), about 68 countries worldwide (World Bank estimates) (country BR), about 68 countries worldwide (World Bank estimates) (country AR), about 68 countries worldwide (World Bank estimates) (country CL), about 68 countries worldwide (World Bank estimates) (country CO), about 68 countries worldwide (World Bank estimates) (country PE), about 68 countries worldwide (World Bank estimates) (country AU), about 68 countries worldwide (World Bank estimates) (country NZ), about 68 countries worldwide (World Bank estimates) (country SG), about 68 countries worldwide (World Bank estimates) (country JP), about 68 countries worldwide (World Bank estimates) (country KR), about 68 countries worldwide (World Bank estimates) (country TW), about 68 countries worldwide (World Bank estimates) (country HK), about 68 countries worldwide (World Bank estimates) (country CN), about 68 countries worldwide (World Bank estimates) (country IN), about 68 countries worldwide (World Bank estimates) (country ID), about 68 countries worldwide (World Bank estimates) (country TH), about 68 countries worldwide (World Bank estimates) (country VN), about 68 countries worldwide (World Bank estimates) (country MY), about 68 countries worldwide (World Bank estimates) (country PH), about 68 countries worldwide (World Bank estimates) (country PK), about 68 countries worldwide (World Bank estimates) (country BD), about 68 countries worldwide (World Bank estimates) (country LK), about 68 countries worldwide (World Bank estimates) (country AE), about 68 countries worldwide (World Bank estimates) (country SA), about 68 countries worldwide (World Bank estimates) (country IL), about 68 countries worldwide (World Bank estimates) (country EG), about 68 countries worldwide (World Bank estimates) (country MA), about 68 countries worldwide (World Bank estimates) (country ZA), about 68 countries worldwide (World Bank estimates) (country NG), about 68 countries worldwide (World Bank estimates) (country KE), about 68 countries worldwide (World Bank estimates) (country GH), about 68 countries worldwide (World Bank estimates) (country TZ), about 68 countries worldwide (World Bank estimates) (country UG) or about 68 countries worldwide (World Bank estimates) (country ET). Returns the World Bank's modelled cost of a least-cost healthy diet, built from the food prices collected for the International Comparison Program: the figure in the country's own currency and in international (PPP) dollars, the year, the change on the previous year, the years since 2017, and the official source and licence. This is a modelled national estimate (price_type official_statistic), not a shop receipt, not what one household paid and not a range, so the range fields are null and there is no sample size. How fresh: roughly yearly: version 5.0 was last updated on 2026-07-21 and holds 2017 to 2025; every answer states its year. Do not use for the price of a particular food or shop, restaurant meals, a family's real food bill, or for countries that are not listed.

Use this when a user asks what households pay for electricity or natural gas per kWh in Flanders, Belgium (supplier offers), Brazil, Switzerland, Colombia (four utility areas), the EU, Norway and Iceland, Finland, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Sweden, Singapore, Taiwan or the United States, how that compares with another country, or how it changed since the previous period. Returns the official average price per kWh for a standard household consumption band, for the latest period published, with the same band excluding VAT and excluding all taxes, every band, the previous period and the change, and the official source and licence. This is a published average (price_type official_statistic), not a range built from sales, so the range fields are null and there is no sample size. How fresh: Flanders, Belgium (supplier offers): monthly (the regulator refreshes the workbook around the middle of each month); each answer states the month it is for; Brazil: updated whenever ANEEL homologates a tariff adjustment (each distributor adjusts once a year); each answer states the validity period of the tariff; Switzerland: yearly: ElCom publishes next year's tariffs in autumn; each answer states the tariff year; Colombia (four utility areas): the dataset on datos.gov.co was last modified 15 July 2026 and its newest month is September 2025; each answer states its month; the EU, Norway and Iceland: updated twice a year (half-yearly figures); each answer states its reference period, and the newest half-year Eurostat holds for the country is returned; Finland: monthly (about three months after the month ends); each answer states its reference month; Great Britain: quarterly (the cap is reset on 1 January, 1 April, 1 July and 1 October); each answer states the quarter it is for; the Netherlands: half-yearly (new figures end of March and end of September; the last two half-years are provisional); each answer states its reference half-year; Norway: quarterly (about six weeks after the quarter ends); each answer states its quarter; New Zealand: monthly file; the newest month is about four to five months behind today. Each answer states its month.; Sweden: half-yearly (new half-year about three months after it ends); each answer states its reference half-year; Singapore: annual: the newest full calendar year (2025 was published in 2025-10); each answer states the year; Taiwan: updated when Taipower changes its tariff; each answer states the date the table took effect; the United States: monthly: EIA adds a month to each table about two months after it ends (electricity in the last week of the month, natural gas at the month's end); our copy is refreshed daily and each answer states its month. BUSINESS prices: set sector=business to get what businesses (non-household consumers: shops, offices, factories) pay instead, for the EU, Norway, Iceland and EU candidate countries (business), the United Kingdom (business) or the United States (business). The answer is the official average price paid by businesses in an annual-consumption band (consumption_band; the country notes list the bands), excluding VAT unless taxes says otherwise, with the other bands, the previous period and the change. It is an official average, not a quote or a tariff, and sector=business needs a country that has business figures. Business freshness: the EU, Norway, Iceland and EU candidate countries (business): updated twice a year (half-yearly figures); each answer states its reference period, and the newest half-year Eurostat holds for the country is returned; the United Kingdom (business): quarterly (DESNZ updates the tables at the end of March, June, September and December, about three months after the quarter ends); each answer states its quarter, and the newest quarter is provisional; the United States (business): monthly: EIA adds a month to each table about two months after it ends (electricity in the last week of the month, natural gas at the month's end); each answer states its month. Where a country offers it, supplier_offers=true returns the median of the supplier offers posted on the regulator's comparison tool (posted offers, not paid prices; the country notes say where). Do not use for one supplier's quote for a particular home or company, for wholesale exchange prices, for petrol and diesel, or for other countries.

Use this when a user asks what farmers received, per month, for a crop or animal product (wheat, barley, oats, canola, soybeans, corn, potatoes, cattle, hogs, lambs, chickens, turkeys, milk, eggs) in a region of Brazil, Canada, the United Kingdom or Japan, or how that price compares with the month before or a year earlier. Returns the newest monthly price the statistics office publishes for the product and region, in the unit the office uses (per tonne, per hundredweight, per dozen, per kilolitre), the month it applies to, the change on the previous month and a year earlier, the last 12 months, the same product in other regions, and the official source and licence. This is a published monthly average price received by farmers (price_type official_statistic), not a range built from sales, so the range fields are null and there is no sample size. How fresh: Brazil: quarterly; the newest quarter on 7 Nov 2026 was Q2 2026 (published about four months after the quarter ends); Canada: monthly, not live: Statistics Canada publishes each month's averages about six weeks after the month ends (August 2026 was released on 9 October 2026), and every answer states its reference month; Canada: annual, not live: DFO publishes the year just ended about ten months later (the file read on 4 November 2026 runs to 2024), and every answer states its year; the United Kingdom: monthly, not live: Defra publishes each month's figure about four weeks after the month ends (September 2026 was published on 29 October 2026), and every answer states its reference month; Japan: monthly, not live: MAFF publishes each month's preliminary (速報) figures in the following weeks; every answer states its month. Early in a crop year (September, October) only part of the varieties have a price yet.. Always read the month in the answer. Do not use for supermarket or shop prices, for wholesale market quotes, for the price of a particular farm, field or animal, for farmland, for fuel or energy, for futures prices, or for EU member states.

Use this when a user asks what farmers or wholesalers get for a food commodity (wheat, barley, maize, beef, pigs, lamb, chicken, eggs, milk, butter and other dairy products, olive oil, fruit and vegetables) in Austria, EU member states or Finland, how that price compares with last week, last month or a year ago, or how high it is against the last 12 months. Returns the latest official price for the country and product, per tonne or per 100 kg and per kg, for the week (milk: month) it applies to, the stage of the supply chain it is quoted at (farm gate, ex-silo, carcass, ex-packaging station), the change from the previous period and from a year earlier, the last 12 months, the other series the portal holds, and the official source and licence. This is a published price (price_type official_statistic), not a range built from trades, so the range fields are null and there is no sample size. How fresh: Austria: monthly; the September 2026 sheet was published on 4 Nov 2026 (about five weeks after the month); EU member states: weekly for most products (raw milk monthly), updated as Member States report, usually within days (raw milk about two weeks after the month ends). Each answer states its week or month and flags quotes that are older than usual (fruit and vegetables are only quoted in season); Finland: monthly; the newest month in the tables on 23 Oct 2026 was August 2026 (published about two months later). Always read the period in the answer: an old quote is flagged and given lower confidence. Do not use for supermarket or shop prices, for the price of a particular farm, field, animal or meal, for farmland, for fuel or energy, for futures or stock-market prices, or for other countries.

Use this when a user asks how pump prices have changed over recent days or weeks in a place, or whether fuel is getting cheaper. Returns the daily median and typical range of pump prices in the area, with the change over the period, from our daily snapshots of official data. Do not use for today's cheapest stations. After 10 free calls a day per caller this tool costs USD 0.02 per answered call, paid with x402 (USDC); a 402 reply lists how. Nothing is charged for "not enough records" or errors.

Use this when a user asks the current price of petrol, diesel, E10, E85, LPG or CNG near a place in Queensland, Western Australia, Brazil, Ontario, Canada, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czechia, Spain, the EU (national averages), Finland, France, the United Kingdom (national averages), Hong Kong, Italy, Luxembourg, Montenegro, Mexico, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Norway, New Zealand, Portugal (mainland), Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan, the United States or Uruguay, or where fuel is cheapest there. Returns the median and typical range of pump prices across stations in the area, the three cheapest stations, and the official source and licence. How fresh: Queensland: monthly file, published about a month after the month ends (the newest data is usually 5 to 8 weeks old); Western Australia: daily: the current month's file is extended each day with the previous day's prices; our copy is taken once a day and every answer states the day it is for; Brazil: ANP publishes the survey as one file per month, so the newest survey week is usually one to four weeks old. Our copy is refreshed daily, and every answer states the survey week it describes; Ontario: weekly (Mondays, before the end of the business day; the next working day after a holiday); Canada: monthly, not live: Statistics Canada publishes each month's averages about two weeks after the month ends (August 2026 was released on 14 September 2026), and every answer states its reference month; Colombia: one figure per station per month, published at the start of the month; the answer states the month; Costa Rica: updated when ARESEP fixes a new tariff (about once a month, sometimes more often); every answer states the date the price applies from; Czechia: weekly, with the ISO week named in every answer; history from 2016; Spain: several times a day; the EU (national averages): weekly: Monday prices, published that week; Finland: monthly, about three months after the month ends (table updated 24 September 2026 with June 2026); every answer states the month it is for; France: about every 10 minutes; the United Kingdom (national averages): weekly: one national figure each week, usually available the same week; Hong Kong: updated by the Consumer Council as and when prices change; the file carries no date, so the date shown is the day ProofPrice fetched it; Italy: daily (prices at 08:00 of the extraction day); Luxembourg: monthly; the month is named in every answer; Montenegro: new prices are published about every week (usually Tuesday); every answer states the date the price applies from; Mexico: the feeds are current prices reported by the stations and carry no timestamps; our copy is taken once a day and every answer shows the day of that copy; Malaysia: weekly, on Thursdays; the Netherlands: weekly publication of daily averages: new days appear each Thursday, up to the Monday of that week; every answer states the day it is for; Norway: monthly; the newest month is normally published in the first weeks of the next month (table updated 21 October 2026 with September 2026); every answer states the month it is for; New Zealand: weekly (Fridays), using the previous week's data; the newest weeks are marked Provisional by MBIE and revised; Portugal (mainland): operators must report a price change before it applies; each station carries its own last-update date; Singapore: monthly, about three weeks after the month ends, with the month named in every answer; Thailand: monthly national retail prices; the file is updated by EPPO when a new month is added (check the period in each answer); Taiwan: changes usually on Mondays; the next week's list price is published the day before; the United States: weekly: EIA dates each figure to the Monday it describes and publishes it a day or two later (a day later after a federal holiday); our copy of EIA's history files is refreshed daily and every answer states its week; the United States: weekly in the heating season (October to March, published Wednesdays); EIA collects no heating oil or propane prices from April to September, so in summer the newest week is from March. Our copy of EIA's files is refreshed daily and every answer states its week; Uruguay: monthly: the price in force in each month; a month without a quotation is marked S/C by ANCAP. Do not use for other countries or for historical prices.

Use this when a user asks how the shop price of an everyday grocery item (eggs, milk, bread, coffee, beef...) has changed over time, or whether it is getting cheaper or dearer. Returns the official average price by month over many years (pass months, up to 360) where a source has loaded long history, otherwise recent snapshots, with the change over the period. Published national statistics, not receipts. Do not use for today's price or for a particular supermarket. After 10 free calls a day per caller this tool costs USD 0.02 per answered call, paid with x402 (USDC); a 402 reply lists how. Nothing is charged for "not enough records" or errors.

Use this when a user asks what an everyday grocery item (milk, bread, eggs, butter, cheese, chicken, bananas, potatoes, sugar, tea, coffee, beer, wine...) costs in the shops in United Arab Emirates (country AE), Argentina (Precios Claros supermarket shelf prices) (country AR), Austria (country AT), Canada (country CA), Switzerland (country CH), Chile (ODEPA shelf prices) (country CL), France (country FR), the United Kingdom (country GB), Hong Kong (country HK), Hungary (country HU), Indonesia (country ID), Ireland (country IE), Israel (country IL), Latvia (country LV), Mexico (Profeco shelf prices) (country MX), Malaysia (shop shelf prices, DOSM PriceCatcher) (country MY), New Zealand (country NZ), Singapore (country SG), Taiwan (country TW), Taiwan (Taichung City markets) (country TW), countries FEWS NET monitors (Kenya, Central America, Colombia, southern Africa) (country AO), countries FEWS NET monitors (Kenya, Central America, Colombia, southern Africa) (country BW), countries FEWS NET monitors (Kenya, Central America, Colombia, southern Africa) (country CO), countries FEWS NET monitors (Kenya, Central America, Colombia, southern Africa) (country GT), countries FEWS NET monitors (Kenya, Central America, Colombia, southern Africa) (country HN), countries FEWS NET monitors (Kenya, Central America, Colombia, southern Africa) (country KE), countries FEWS NET monitors (Kenya, Central America, Colombia, southern Africa) (country MG), countries FEWS NET monitors (Kenya, Central America, Colombia, southern Africa) (country NA), countries FEWS NET monitors (Kenya, Central America, Colombia, southern Africa) (country NI), countries FEWS NET monitors (Kenya, Central America, Colombia, southern Africa) (country SV), countries FEWS NET monitors (Kenya, Central America, Colombia, southern Africa) (country SZ), countries FEWS NET monitors (Kenya, Central America, Colombia, southern Africa) (country TJ), countries FEWS NET monitors (Kenya, Central America, Colombia, southern Africa) (country ZM), countries WFP surveys (Africa, Asia, Middle East, Latin America) (country AF), countries WFP surveys (Africa, Asia, Middle East, Latin America) (country AM), countries WFP surveys (Africa, Asia, Middle East, Latin America) (country BD), countries WFP surveys (Africa, Asia, Middle East, Latin America) (country BF), countries WFP surveys (Africa, Asia, Middle East, Latin America) (country BI), countries WFP surveys (Africa, Asia, Middle East, Latin America) (country BJ), countries WFP surveys (Africa, Asia, Middle East, Latin America) (country BO), countries WFP surveys (Africa, Asia, Middle East, Latin America) (country CD), countries WFP surveys (Africa, Asia, Middle East, Latin America) (country CF), countries WFP surveys (Africa, Asia, Middle East, Latin America) (country CI), countries WFP surveys (Africa, Asia, Middle East, Latin America) (country CM), countries WFP surveys (Africa, Asia, Middle East, Latin America) (country DJ), countries WFP surveys (Africa, Asia, Middle East, Latin America) (country ET), countries WFP surveys (Africa, Asia, Middle East, Latin America) (country GM), countries WFP surveys (Africa, Asia, Middle East, Latin America) (country GN), countries WFP surveys (Africa, Asia, Middle East, Latin America) (country GW), countries WFP surveys (Africa, Asia, Middle East, Latin America) (country HT), countries WFP surveys (Africa, Asia, Middle East, Latin America) (country ID), countries WFP surveys (Africa, Asia, Middle East, Latin America) (country IN), countries WFP surveys (Africa, Asia, Middle East, Latin America) (country IQ), countries WFP surveys (Africa, Asia, Middle East, Latin America) (country JO), countries WFP surveys (Africa, Asia, Middle East, Latin America) (country KG), countries WFP surveys (Africa, Asia, Middle East, Latin America) (country LA), countries WFP surveys (Africa, Asia, Middle East, Latin America) (country LB), countries WFP surveys (Africa, Asia, Middle East, Latin America) (country LR), countries WFP surveys (Africa, Asia, Middle East, Latin America) (country LS), countries WFP surveys (Africa, Asia, Middle East, Latin America) (country ML), countries WFP surveys (Africa, Asia, Middle East, Latin America) (country MM), countries WFP surveys (Africa, Asia, Middle East, Latin America) (country MR), countries WFP surveys (Africa, Asia, Middle East, Latin America) (country MW), countries WFP surveys (Africa, Asia, Middle East, Latin America) (country MZ), countries WFP surveys (Africa, Asia, Middle East, Latin America) (country NE), countries WFP surveys (Africa, Asia, Middle East, Latin America) (country NG), countries WFP surveys (Africa, Asia, Middle East, Latin America) (country NP), countries WFP surveys (Africa, Asia, Middle East, Latin America) (country PH), countries WFP surveys (Africa, Asia, Middle East, Latin America) (country PK), countries WFP surveys (Africa, Asia, Middle East, Latin America) (country RW), countries WFP surveys (Africa, Asia, Middle East, Latin America) (country SD), countries WFP surveys (Africa, Asia, Middle East, Latin America) (country SL), countries WFP surveys (Africa, Asia, Middle East, Latin America) (country SN), countries WFP surveys (Africa, Asia, Middle East, Latin America) (country SO), countries WFP surveys (Africa, Asia, Middle East, Latin America) (country SS), countries WFP surveys (Africa, Asia, Middle East, Latin America) (country TD), countries WFP surveys (Africa, Asia, Middle East, Latin America) (country TG), countries WFP surveys (Africa, Asia, Middle East, Latin America) (country TL), countries WFP surveys (Africa, Asia, Middle East, Latin America) (country TZ), countries WFP surveys (Africa, Asia, Middle East, Latin America) (country UA), countries WFP surveys (Africa, Asia, Middle East, Latin America) (country UG), countries WFP surveys (Africa, Asia, Middle East, Latin America) (country YE), countries WFP surveys (Africa, Asia, Middle East, Latin America) (country ZW), the United States (country US) or South Africa (country ZA), or how that price has changed over the last year. Returns the official average or median shop price that the national statistics office publishes for a standard item, built from the shelf prices its price collectors record in shops for the consumer price index (shelf prices observed by price collectors, not receipts and not what one shopper paid; some offices also use retailers' scanner data), with the exact item definition (for example 'Full-fat milk, per 2 litres'), the unit, the reference month, the change on a year earlier where the office publishes comparable figures (an answer carries none where the office advises against comparing months), the official source and licence. Each country defines its own standard items, so the item definition in the answer matters and related definitions are listed. How fresh: United Arab Emirates: monthly (the page states its own 'Last Updated' date); Argentina (Precios Claros supermarket shelf prices): daily files, one per weekday; we read the newest; Austria and New Zealand: monthly, in the middle of the following month; collected into our price library every day, each answer states its reference month; Canada: monthly, not live: Statistics Canada publishes each month's averages about five weeks after the month ends (August 2026 was released on 7 October 2026), and every answer states its reference month; Switzerland: monthly: BLW adds the newest month during the following month, and the answer names the month it covers; Chile (ODEPA shelf prices): weekly (newest completed week); France: monthly items in the middle of the following month, annual items in January; collected into our price library every day, each answer states its reference month or year and INSEE's last-update date; the United Kingdom: monthly: ONS publishes each month's file about three to four weeks after the month ends (August 2026 appeared in late September); our copy is refreshed daily and each answer states its reference month; Hong Kong and Taiwan (Taichung City markets): daily; Hungary: monthly: the September 2026 prices were published on 7 October 2026 (about one week after the month ends); Indonesia: daily, one to two days behind; every answer names the day; Ireland: monthly, published with the Consumer Price Index (usually the second week of the following month); each answer states its reference month; Israel: daily (every store file is rebuilt overnight; our collector reads them once a day); Latvia: monthly, usually in the second week of the following month; each answer states its reference month; Mexico (Profeco shelf prices): monthly, about 7 weeks behind; Malaysia (shop shelf prices, DOSM PriceCatcher): DOSM refreshes the monthly file daily; our copy is refreshed daily and each answer names the newest price date; Singapore: monthly, about three weeks after the month ends, with the month named in every answer; Taiwan: daily (the retail figure changes about every third day); each answer states its date; countries FEWS NET monitors (Kenya, Central America, Colombia, southern Africa): monthly; the newest month for a country is usually 1 to 3 months old and the answer says which month; countries WFP surveys (Africa, Asia, Middle East, Latin America): WFP files are updated about monthly (HDX file last modified 2026-10-12); the newest observation in a country is often 1 to 5 months old; our copy is refreshed daily; the United States: monthly: BLS releases the new month about the 10th to 14th of the following month; our copy is refreshed daily and each answer states its reference month; South Africa: monthly, about three weeks after the end of the month; collected into our price library every day, each answer states its reference month. This is a published national (or regional) average, not a range of individual transactions, so the range fields can be null. Do not use for the price at a particular supermarket or online shop, loyalty-card or special-offer prices, restaurant meals, petrol or diesel, or for other countries.

Use this when a user asks what compulsory basic health insurance costs per month under the approved tariffs, for example for an adult in a region with a given deductible, in Switzerland (country CH), Hong Kong (VHIS Standard Plans) (country HK) or United States marketplace plans (country US). Returns the median monthly premium with the typical range (10th to 90th percentile) across the insurers' approved tariffs, the number of tariffs behind it, the period, a confidence label, and the official source and licence. These are posted list tariffs approved by the regulator, the same for everyone in a region and age group, not amounts paid by individuals and not a personal quote. How fresh: Switzerland: once a year: premiums for the next year are approved and published in September; Hong Kong (VHIS Standard Plans): updated as and when necessary by the Health Bureau (file last modified 27 Oct 2026); our copy is collected daily; United States marketplace plans: once a year: plan-year files are published in autumn (plan year 2026 files last modified 10 Aug 2026). Do not use for a personal quote, for supplementary or private cover, or for countries not listed.

Use this when a user asks what homes actually sold for in a town or area, what a fair price for a home is, or how much property costs there, in Austria (country AT), Australia (country AU), Adelaide, South Australia (country AU), Belgium (country BE), Fortaleza, Brazil (country BR), Recife, Brazil (country BR), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (country BR), Porto Alegre, Brazil (country BR), British Columbia, Canada (country CA), Zürich (Switzerland) (country CH), Colombia (country CO), Czechia (national average per m2) (country CZ), Denmark (country DK), Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain (house price index only) (country BG), Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain (house price index only) (country HR), Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain (house price index only) (country CY), Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain (house price index only) (country CZ), Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain (house price index only) (country DE), Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain (house price index only) (country EE), Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain (house price index only) (country ES), Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain (house price index only) (country HU), Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain (house price index only) (country IS), Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain (house price index only) (country IT), Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain (house price index only) (country LV), Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain (house price index only) (country LT), Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain (house price index only) (country LU), Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain (house price index only) (country MT), Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain (house price index only) (country PL), Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain (house price index only) (country RO), Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain (house price index only) (country SK), Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia, Germany, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain (house price index only) (country SI), Finland (country FI), France (country FR), England & Wales (country GB), Great Britain and Northern Ireland (country GB), Hong Kong public housing (country HK), Hong Kong (country HK), Hungary (country HU), Ireland (country IE), Latvia (houses) (country LV), Latvia (country LV), the Netherlands (country NL), Norway (country NO), New Zealand (country NZ), Poland (flats in the big cities) (country PL), Portugal (country PT), Qatar (country QA), Sweden (country SE), Singapore public housing (country SG), Taiwan (country TW), Maricopa County, Arizona (Phoenix area) (country US), the United States (national median for new houses) (country US), Washington, DC (country US) or the United States (Connecticut, New York City and Cook County IL only) (country US). Returns the median sale price, a typical range (10th–90th percentile), the number of sales, the period covered, a confidence label, and the official source and licence, from government sale records. Do not use for rents, asking prices, commercial property, or other countries.

Use this when a user asks how home sale prices have changed over time in a place, or whether homes are getting more or less expensive. Returns the median and typical range (10th-90th percentile) of prices actually paid, with the change over the period: monthly figures over many years (pass months, up to 360) where a source has loaded long history, otherwise recent daily snapshots (pass days). Aggregates of official sale records only. Do not use for the current price, rents or asking prices. After 10 free calls a day per caller this tool costs USD 0.02 per answered call, paid with x402 (USDC); a 402 reply lists how. Nothing is charged for "not enough records" or errors.

Use this when a user asks what a home upgrade costs in England and Wales (heat pumps) (country GB), Great Britain (country GB) or Ireland (country IE): a heat pump, solar panels (solar PV), loft/attic or wall insulation, or new windows. Returns an official statistic: the cost that installers or owners declared when a grant or tax claim was made (a median or average the publisher states for a period), with the period, the publisher's own wording of what the figure includes, the official source and licence. These are declared installed costs at grant or claim, not receipts, not quotes and not what one home paid; price_type is official_statistic, so the range fields can be null and the sample size is given only where the publisher states it. Each source covers only some measures: where a measure is not published the answer says so (status no_matches) instead of guessing. How fresh: England and Wales (heat pumps): monthly (the cost tables are updated each quarter, in January, April, July and October; the latest quarter ends about three months earlier); Great Britain: yearly (published each May for the financial year just ended; April to March); Ireland: irregular; the local-authority table currently ends with 2018/19. Some countries publish only a general renovation figure that is not split by type of work (the country notes say so). Do not use for a quote on a particular home, for installer prices or offers, for running costs or savings, or for other countries.

Use this when a user asks what a hotel room costs per night, on average, in a country, region, province or city in Ontario, Canada (country CA), Spain (country ES), Finland (country FI), Hong Kong (country HK), Ireland (country IE), Norway (country NO) or Singapore (country SG), or how hotel prices changed on a year earlier. Returns the official average daily rate: the average price actually charged per occupied hotel room per night, published monthly by the national statistics office from its hotel survey, with the month, the change on the same month a year earlier where published, the official source and licence. This is a published average over all hotels in the area, not a range of individual bookings and not a quote for a date, so the range fields are null and there is no sample size. How fresh: Ontario, Canada, Finland and Norway: monthly, published about five weeks after the month ends; every answer states its month; Spain: monthly, published about six weeks after the month ends; every answer states its month. Monthly history back to 2008; Hong Kong: monthly, 2 to 3 months behind. A rolling five years; Ireland: annual, published about a year after the survey year; every answer states its year; Singapore: annual, published about 8 months after the year ends (2025 appeared in September 2026). Do not use for the price of one named hotel, a booking for particular dates, holiday rentals or hostels, or for countries that are not listed.

Use this when a user asks what insurance actually costs the people who hold it, for example what homeowners pay per year for flood insurance in a ZIP code or state, in the United States (federal flood insurance) (country US). Returns the median yearly charge with the typical range (10th to 90th percentile) across real policies, the number of policies behind it, the period, a confidence label, and the official source and licence. Only aggregates are returned, never one policy, and never fewer than 5 policies. Read the method in the answer: some premiums are set partly by public rules, so they are real charges but not a free-market quote. How fresh: updated about monthly (data as of 2026-09-08 when checked); every answer states the period it covers. Do not use for a personal quote, for insurance that is not covered by a source here, for the value or replacement cost of a home, or for other countries.

Use this when a user asks what agricultural land (farmland, arable land or grassland) sells for, or what it costs to rent, per hectare in EU member states and Norway, in a particular region of such a country, or how it changed since the year before. Returns the official average price per hectare (or the average rent per hectare for one year) for the latest year published, in the currency the answer states (euro and national currency where the source gives both), for the chosen land type (arable, permanent grassland and others), the previous year and change, the history, the other land types, the regions that exist, and the official source and licence. This is a published average (price_type official_statistic), not a range built from sales, so the range fields are null and there is no sample size. How fresh: annual. Eurostat publishes land data with a lag of about two years (on 2026-10-14 the newest year is 2024) and some countries are further behind; each answer states its reference year and flags old figures. Always read the reference year in the answer: the data are about two years behind and some countries are much older. Do not use for the value of a particular field or farm, for house or building land or commercial property, for listings or asking prices, or for other countries.

Use this when a user asks what a medical service or hospital stay costs, or what was actually paid for it, for example an office visit, an MRI, a colonoscopy, physical therapy, a knee replacement or a pneumonia stay, in Singapore (hospital bills for medical conditions) (country SG) or the United States (what Medicare paid doctors and hospitals) (country US). Returns the official average amount the public health insurer allowed per service (doctors' services, in an office or a facility) or paid per hospital stay (by hospital-stay group), nationally or for one state where the source publishes it, with the number of services or discharges behind it, the share the insurer itself paid, the national average for comparison and the data year, plus the official source and licence. These are public-insurance rates (price_type official_statistic): what the insurer allowed or paid, NOT private-insurance negotiated prices or cash prices, which are usually higher, and not a quote. A published average, so the range fields are null. Facility figures are the doctor's fee only; the hospital's or surgery centre's fee is separate. How fresh: Singapore (hospital bills for medical conditions): annual benchmark file (data year 2023, file last updated 15 May 2026); every answer states its data year; the United States (what Medicare paid doctors and hospitals): annual: one calendar year at a time (the 2024 data year was released in 2026); every answer states its data year. Do not use for a quote or what a specific hospital or doctor charges, private-insurance or out-of-pocket costs, drug or prescription prices, dental or vision plans, or other countries.

Use this when a user asks what a medicine costs in a pharmacy, or how much of the price the health insurance reimburses, in Brazil (country BR), Czech Republic (country CZ), Spain (country ES), Finland (country FI), France (country FR), England (NHS) (country GB), Italy (country IT), Japan (country JP), New Zealand (country NZ), Poland (country PL), Portugal (country PT), Sweden (country SE), Türkiye (country TR) or the United States (country US). Returns the median and typical range (10th–90th percentile) of the legally fixed price per box across all pack sizes and strengths sold under that medicine name, the number of packs, the period, a confidence label, and the official source and licence. These are regulated (posted) prices, not market transactions, and only for reimbursable medicines. Do not use for over-the-counter products with free prices or for other countries.

Use this when a user asks how expensive a country is compared with an international average, for everyday spending such as food, housing, transport, health, clothing or restaurants, for example 'is food dearer here than in a neighbouring country', 'how much more expensive is a country than the average' or what a dollar buys in local currency (purchasing power parity), in the EU, Norway and Iceland (inflation) (country AT), the EU, Norway and Iceland (inflation) (country BE), the EU, Norway and Iceland (inflation) (country BG), the EU, Norway and Iceland (inflation) (country HR), the EU, Norway and Iceland (inflation) (country CY), the EU, Norway and Iceland (inflation) (country CZ), the EU, Norway and Iceland (inflation) (country DK), the EU, Norway and Iceland (inflation) (country EE), the EU, Norway and Iceland (inflation) (country FI), the EU, Norway and Iceland (inflation) (country FR), the EU, Norway and Iceland (inflation) (country DE), the EU, Norway and Iceland (inflation) (country GR), the EU, Norway and Iceland (inflation) (country HU), the EU, Norway and Iceland (inflation) (country IE), the EU, Norway and Iceland (inflation) (country IT), the EU, Norway and Iceland (inflation) (country LV), the EU, Norway and Iceland (inflation) (country LT), the EU, Norway and Iceland (inflation) (country LU), the EU, Norway and Iceland (inflation) (country MT), the EU, Norway and Iceland (inflation) (country NL), the EU, Norway and Iceland (inflation) (country PL), the EU, Norway and Iceland (inflation) (country PT), the EU, Norway and Iceland (inflation) (country RO), the EU, Norway and Iceland (inflation) (country SK), the EU, Norway and Iceland (inflation) (country SI), the EU, Norway and Iceland (inflation) (country ES), the EU, Norway and Iceland (inflation) (country SE), the EU, Norway and Iceland (inflation) (country NO), the EU, Norway and Iceland (inflation) (country IS), 47 countries (the 38 OECD members plus Bulgaria, Cyprus, Malta, Romania and some Balkan states) (country AU), 47 countries (the 38 OECD members plus Bulgaria, Cyprus, Malta, Romania and some Balkan states) (country AT), 47 countries (the 38 OECD members plus Bulgaria, Cyprus, Malta, Romania and some Balkan states) (country BE), 47 countries (the 38 OECD members plus Bulgaria, Cyprus, Malta, Romania and some Balkan states) (country CA), 47 countries (the 38 OECD members plus Bulgaria, Cyprus, Malta, Romania and some Balkan states) (country CL), 47 countries (the 38 OECD members plus Bulgaria, Cyprus, Malta, Romania and some Balkan states) (country CO), 47 countries (the 38 OECD members plus Bulgaria, Cyprus, Malta, Romania and some Balkan states) (country CR), 47 countries (the 38 OECD members plus Bulgaria, Cyprus, Malta, Romania and some Balkan states) (country CZ), 47 countries (the 38 OECD members plus Bulgaria, Cyprus, Malta, Romania and some Balkan states) (country DK), 47 countries (the 38 OECD members plus Bulgaria, Cyprus, Malta, Romania and some Balkan states) (country EE), 47 countries (the 38 OECD members plus Bulgaria, Cyprus, Malta, Romania and some Balkan states) (country FI), 47 countries (the 38 OECD members plus Bulgaria, Cyprus, Malta, Romania and some Balkan states) (country FR), 47 countries (the 38 OECD members plus Bulgaria, Cyprus, Malta, Romania and some Balkan states) (country DE), 47 countries (the 38 OECD members plus Bulgaria, Cyprus, Malta, Romania and some Balkan states) (country GR), 47 countries (the 38 OECD members plus Bulgaria, Cyprus, Malta, Romania and some Balkan states) (country HU), 47 countries (the 38 OECD members plus Bulgaria, Cyprus, Malta, Romania and some Balkan states) (country IS), 47 countries (the 38 OECD members plus Bulgaria, Cyprus, Malta, Romania and some Balkan states) (country IE), 47 countries (the 38 OECD members plus Bulgaria, Cyprus, Malta, Romania and some Balkan states) (country IL), 47 countries (the 38 OECD members plus Bulgaria, Cyprus, Malta, Romania and some Balkan states) (country IT), 47 countries (the 38 OECD members plus Bulgaria, Cyprus, Malta, Romania and some Balkan states) (country JP), 47 countries (the 38 OECD members plus Bulgaria, Cyprus, Malta, Romania and some Balkan states) (country KR), 47 countries (the 38 OECD members plus Bulgaria, Cyprus, Malta, Romania and some Balkan states) (country LV), 47 countries (the 38 OECD members plus Bulgaria, Cyprus, Malta, Romania and some Balkan states) (country LT), 47 countries (the 38 OECD members plus Bulgaria, Cyprus, Malta, Romania and some Balkan states) (country LU), 47 countries (the 38 OECD members plus Bulgaria, Cyprus, Malta, Romania and some Balkan states) (country MX), 47 countries (the 38 OECD members plus Bulgaria, Cyprus, Malta, Romania and some Balkan states) (country NL), 47 countries (the 38 OECD members plus Bulgaria, Cyprus, Malta, Romania and some Balkan states) (country NZ), 47 countries (the 38 OECD members plus Bulgaria, Cyprus, Malta, Romania and some Balkan states) (country NO), 47 countries (the 38 OECD members plus Bulgaria, Cyprus, Malta, Romania and some Balkan states) (country PL), 47 countries (the 38 OECD members plus Bulgaria, Cyprus, Malta, Romania and some Balkan states) (country PT), 47 countries (the 38 OECD members plus Bulgaria, Cyprus, Malta, Romania and some Balkan states) (country SK), 47 countries (the 38 OECD members plus Bulgaria, Cyprus, Malta, Romania and some Balkan states) (country SI), 47 countries (the 38 OECD members plus Bulgaria, Cyprus, Malta, Romania and some Balkan states) (country ES), 47 countries (the 38 OECD members plus Bulgaria, Cyprus, Malta, Romania and some Balkan states) (country SE), 47 countries (the 38 OECD members plus Bulgaria, Cyprus, Malta, Romania and some Balkan states) (country CH), 47 countries (the 38 OECD members plus Bulgaria, Cyprus, Malta, Romania and some Balkan states) (country TR), 47 countries (the 38 OECD members plus Bulgaria, Cyprus, Malta, Romania and some Balkan states) (country GB), 47 countries (the 38 OECD members plus Bulgaria, Cyprus, Malta, Romania and some Balkan states) (country US), 47 countries (the 38 OECD members plus Bulgaria, Cyprus, Malta, Romania and some Balkan states) (country BG), 47 countries (the 38 OECD members plus Bulgaria, Cyprus, Malta, Romania and some Balkan states) (country CY), 47 countries (the 38 OECD members plus Bulgaria, Cyprus, Malta, Romania and some Balkan states) (country MT), 47 countries (the 38 OECD members plus Bulgaria, Cyprus, Malta, Romania and some Balkan states) (country RO), 47 countries (the 38 OECD members plus Bulgaria, Cyprus, Malta, Romania and some Balkan states) (country AL), 47 countries (the 38 OECD members plus Bulgaria, Cyprus, Malta, Romania and some Balkan states) (country BA), 47 countries (the 38 OECD members plus Bulgaria, Cyprus, Malta, Romania and some Balkan states) (country MK), 47 countries (the 38 OECD members plus Bulgaria, Cyprus, Malta, Romania and some Balkan states) (country ME), 47 countries (the 38 OECD members plus Bulgaria, Cyprus, Malta, Romania and some Balkan states) (country RS), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country AF), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country AO), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country AE), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country AR), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country AM), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country AG), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country AZ), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country BI), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country BJ), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country BF), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country BD), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country BH), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country BS), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country BY), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country BZ), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country BO), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country BR), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country BB), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country BN), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country BT), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country BW), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country CF), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country CN), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country CI), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country CM), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country CD), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country CG), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country KM), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country CV), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country DJ), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country DM), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country DO), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country DZ), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country EC), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country EG), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country ER), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country ET), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country FJ), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country GA), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country GE), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country GH), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country GN), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country GM), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country GW), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country GQ), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country GD), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country GT), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country GY), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country HK), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country HN), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country HR), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country HT), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country ID), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country IN), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country IR), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country IQ), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country JM), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country JO), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country KZ), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country KE), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country KG), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country KH), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country KN), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country KW), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country LA), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country LB), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country LR), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country LY), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country LC), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country LK), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country LS), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country MO), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country MA), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country MD), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country MG), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country MV), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country ML), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country MM), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country MN), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country MZ), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country MR), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country MU), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country MW), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country MY), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country NA), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country NE), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country NG), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country NI), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country NP), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country OM), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country PK), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country PA), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country PE), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country PH), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country PY), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country PS), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country QA), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country RU), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country RW), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country SA), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country SD), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country SN), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country SG), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country SL), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country SV), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country SO), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country SS), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country ST), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country SR), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country SZ), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country SC), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country SY), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country TD), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country TG), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country TH), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country TJ), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country TM), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country TL), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country TT), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country TN), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country TW), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country TZ), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country UG), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country UA), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country UY), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country UZ), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country VC), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country VN), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country XK), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country ZA), About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country ZM) or About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021) (country ZW). Returns the price level index (100 = the comparison average, 120 = prices 20% above it), the PPP rate in national currency, the year, the last years, the rank among the countries surveyed, and the official source and licence. This is a price level index from the international PPP survey (price_type official_statistic), not a shop price, not a receipt and not a range, so the range fields are null and there is no sample size. How fresh: the EU, Norway and Iceland (inflation): monthly, released about the middle of the following month; each answer states its month, and the newest month Eurostat holds for the country is returned; 47 countries (the 38 OECD members plus Bulgaria, Cyprus, Malta, Romania and some Balkan states): yearly: the newest published year was 2024 at the last check (2022 onwards); every answer states its year; About 130 economies outside the OECD (World Bank ICP 2021): benchmark year 2021 (published 2024); the ICP runs a new round about every three years, every answer states its year. Do not use for the price of a particular product, a town or city, exchange rates on the money market, or for countries that are not listed.

Use this when a user asks what farmers received at the farm gate, per year, for a crop or animal product (wheat, maize, rice, soybeans, potatoes, tomatoes, apples, bananas, beef, pork, chicken, eggs, milk, coffee, cotton and many more) in 9 countries from FAOSTAT (US, CA, BR, MX, AU, NZ, SG, JP, KR), or how that annual price changed from the year before. Returns the newest annual producer price for the country and product, per tonne in the country's own currency (and in US dollars where available) and per kg, the year it applies to, the change on the previous year, whether the source marks the figure as estimated, related products, and the official source and licence. This is a published official statistic (price_type official_statistic), not a range built from sales, so the range fields are null and there is no sample size. How fresh: annual. FAO refreshes the file a few times a year and the newest year is usually one to two years behind today; our copy is refreshed daily and each answer states its reference year and whether FAO marks it as estimated. Always read the year in the answer: the newest annual figure is often one to two years old. Do not use for weekly or daily market quotes, for supermarket or shop prices, for the price of a particular farm, field or animal, for farmland, for fuel or energy, or for futures prices.

Use this when a user asks what rent tenants actually pay or have agreed for a home in a town, area or postcode, how much it costs to rent a flat, house or room there, or how rents compare, in South Australia, Australia (country AU), Tasmania, Australia (country AU), New South Wales, Australia (country AU), Queensland, Australia (country AU), Canada (country CA), Switzerland (country CH), Germany (country DE), Catalonia, Spain (country ES), Finland (country FI), France (country FR), England and Wales (country GB), Hong Kong (country HK), Ireland (country IE), Norway (country NO), New Zealand (country NZ), Portugal (country PT), Sweden (country SE), Singapore public housing (country SG), Taiwan (country TW) or United States (country US). These are rents actually agreed or paid, taken from official records and statistics: registered tenancies, rental bond lodgements, approved rentals, or official rent statistics built from administrative records of tenancies. Where the source holds individual rents the answer is a median with a typical range (10th–90th percentile) and the number of rents; where the source publishes an average or median (price_type official_statistic) the range fields are null and there is no sample size. Every answer states its unit (rent per month or per week, in the local currency), the period covered, a confidence label, and the official source and licence. How fresh: South Australia, Australia: quarterly; a quarter's report is posted about six weeks after it ends (April-June 2026 was posted on 11 Aug 2026); Tasmania, Australia: monthly; a month's file appears about two to three weeks after the month ends; New South Wales, Australia: monthly; a month's lodgements are published in the first days of the next month; Queensland, Australia: quarterly; the RTA updates the workbook in April, July, October and January (the September quarter was published on 15 Oct 2026); Canada: annual: the October survey is released in the months after it (the October 2025 figures were released on 17 December 2025), and every answer states its survey month; Switzerland: yearly; the latest year published is 2024 (published in early 2026); Germany: static: the census date is 15 May 2022 (published 2024); the answer states that date and is not updated; Catalonia, Spain: quarterly, a few weeks after each quarter ends; the daily collector keeps a copy for history and outages; Finland: quarterly; the newest quarter in the table on 22 Oct 2026 was 2026Q3; France: annual; the 2025 results were published in October 2026; England and Wales: monthly; each release adds a month about six weeks after it ends (the ONS labels these official statistics in development); Hong Kong: monthly, about 6 weeks after the month ends; the newest three months are provisional; Ireland: quarterly; a quarter is published about five months after it ends; Norway: annual; the 2025 survey was published on 22 December 2025; New Zealand: monthly; the files run about two months behind (the October 2026 files end in August 2026) and the latest month can still change; Portugal: quarterly, published about three months after the quarter ends (the 2nd Quarter 2026 figures were released on 29 September 2026); each answer states its quarter; Sweden: annual; the 2026 survey (rents at the start of 2026) was published on 2 October 2026; Sweden: annual; rents at 31 December 2025, published on 2 October 2026; Singapore public housing: monthly; the previous month's approvals appear in the first days of the next month; Taiwan: the Ministry publishes every 10 days (the 1st, 11th and 21st); a tenancy appears about one to two months after the contract date. Our collector re-reads the releases daily, and answers cover whole calendar months ending at least 30 days before the newest contract in the register; United States: yearly (new 5-year release each December); the release read on 3 Nov 2026 was 2020-2024. Do not use for asking rents or listings, holiday lets, commercial rent, rent for a specific address, home sale prices, or other countries.

Use this when a user asks what rent was awarded, per month, for leasing state-owned land or buildings (a childcare centre, student hostel, school, office, storage or nursery site) through a government tender, direct allocation or auction, in Singapore state property (country SG). Returns the median monthly rent contracted for the first lease term, a typical range (10th-90th percentile), the number of awards, the period covered, a confidence label, and the official source and licence. These are contract rents from award results (winning bids), not market rents, not asking rents and not home rents; the winning bidder is never shown. How fresh: updated when SLA publishes new results (the file read 29 Oct 2026 ran to award year 2025). Do not use for home rents, rents of private commercial property, sale prices, or a quote for one particular site, or for countries that are not listed.

Use this when a user asks what supplementary (top-up, complementary) health insurance costs per month on average, for a reference person such as someone aged 60, a single adult or a couple with children, in France (country FR). Returns the average monthly premium that the official survey of insurers publishes for that profile and contract type, the survey year, a confidence label, and the official source and licence. These are survey averages across insurers (no record count is published), not a personal quote, not a price list and not an amount one person paid. How fresh: biennial: the survey years 2019, 2021 and 2023 are published (newest 2023); each answer states its survey year. Do not use for compulsory basic health cover, for a personal quote, or for countries that are not listed.

Use this when a user asks what a public transport journey costs under the published fare table, for example a metro ride of a given distance for an adult, senior or student, in Sydney and NSW (Opal) (country AU), Spain high-speed rail (country ES), Paris region (country FR), Hong Kong (MTR) (country HK), Singapore (country SG), Singapore buses (country SG) or Taiwan (Taipei Metro) (country TW). Returns the posted fare for the journey with the fare group, distance band and time band, the period, and the official source and licence. These are posted fares set by the operator or regulator, the same for everyone in a fare group, not amounts paid by individuals and not a ticket or a quote; there is no sample size and no range. How fresh: Sydney and NSW (Opal): updated when fares change (yearly, around 1 July); the table read 3 Nov 2026 carried the fares effective from 29 June 2026; Spain high-speed rail: monthly series, published quarterly by CNMC (newest month read on 31 Oct 2026: June 2026); Paris region: updated by the publisher when fares change (the list read 29 Oct 2026 had been modified on 28 Oct 2026); Hong Kong (MTR): updated by the MTR Corporation when fares change; the file read on 5 Nov 2026 was last modified 2 Apr 2026; Singapore: updated when fares change (yearly fare review; the table read 29 Oct 2026 carried the fares effective from 27 Dec 2025); Singapore buses: updated when fares change (yearly fare review; the table read 5 Nov 2026 carried the fares effective from 27 Dec 2025); Taiwan (Taipei Metro): irregular: updated by the operator when fares change; the file name carries its date. Do not use for taxis or ride-hailing, flights, fuel, a personal quote or passes, or for countries that are not listed.

Use this when a user asks what a university or college charges students per year (tuition or registration fees for a bachelor's or master's degree) in Australia (country AU), Canada (country CA), Europe (country BE), Europe (country BG), Europe (country CZ), Europe (country DK), Europe (country DE), Europe (country EE), Europe (country IE), Europe (country GR), Europe (country ES), Europe (country FR), Europe (country HR), Europe (country IT), Europe (country CY), Europe (country LV), Europe (country LT), Europe (country LU), Europe (country HU), Europe (country MT), Europe (country NL), Europe (country AT), Europe (country PL), Europe (country PT), Europe (country RO), Europe (country SI), Europe (country SK), Europe (country FI), Europe (country SE), Europe (country AL), Europe (country BA), Europe (country CH), Europe (country IS), Europe (country LI), Europe (country ME), Europe (country MK), Europe (country NO), Europe (country RS), Europe (country TR) or Taiwan (country TW), or how fees compare between countries or between home and international students. Returns the official statutory fee levels published for a country and academic year: the most common annual fee, the minimum and the maximum, in national currency with a euro equivalent. These are posted fee levels set by law or by universities, not what any one student paid and not a range built from sales: there is no sample size. How fresh: Australia: annual rates, indexed each 1 January (2026 and 2027 amounts are published); every answer states its calendar year; Canada: annual: one value per academic year (2026/2027 was published on 16 September 2026); every answer names its academic year; Europe: academic year 2023/24 (Eurydice release of September 2025); updated about once a year; Taiwan: annual: one value per academic year (the Ministry updates the file every October for the new year); every answer names its academic year. Fees are before grants, loans and fee waivers. Do not use for the price of one named course or university, living costs or rent, school fees, or countries that are not listed.

Use this when a user asks what the wholesale price of live pigs, cattle or chickens, fish, eggs or other fresh food is today in Australia (country AU), Canada (country CA), Germany (country DE), France (country FR), England and Wales (country GB), Hong Kong (country HK), Malaysia (country MY) or United States (country US), or how it moved on the previous day. Returns the newest daily average reference wholesale price that the government publishes for the food type, per kilogram or per egg, with the day it applies to, the change on the previous published day, the recent days, the official source and licence. This is a posted reference price reported by wholesalers (price_type posted_price), not a paid price and not a range built from sales, so the range fields are null and there is no sample size. How fresh: Australia: daily on trading days (MLA updates at midnight AEST); every answer states the trading day it describes; Canada: weekly (a Friday date); our copy is refreshed daily and each answer states the week its quotes apply to; Germany: weekly (calendar week); each answer states the week its price applies to; France: daily on market days (each market line carries its own date); each answer states the dates its quotes apply to; England and Wales: about every two weeks (a Monday date); each answer states the date its price applies to; Hong Kong: daily on working days, published by the AFCD when necessary; each answer states the day its price applies to; Malaysia: monthly, not live: when checked on 28 October 2026 the newest month DOSM publishes was December 2025 (its 'last updated' date is not the data period); our copy is refreshed daily and every answer names its month; United States: weekly, published on Monday for the week just ended; every answer states the report date. Do not use for supermarket or shop prices, for the price one farm received, for restaurant prices, for futures prices, or for other countries.

Use this when a user asks what traders paid for vegetables or fruit (cabbage, tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, bananas, pineapples, guavas, melons, grapes...) at the wholesale produce markets of Chile (country CL) or Taiwan (country TW), or what the price range at the wholesale market was this week. Returns a range built from the market's own daily trading records (median, 10th to 90th percentile, lowest and highest, number of records) for the newest few days, per kilogram, with the volume traded, the markets included and the official source and licence. A record is the average price of one variety at one market on one day. How fresh: Chile: daily on working days, newest day is usually the previous working day; Taiwan: daily, trading days only (a closed market publishes nothing). These are wholesale prices between traders, not what a shopper pays and not what a farmer receives. Do not use for supermarket or shop prices, for the price one farm received, for flowers, meat or fish, for futures prices, or for other countries.

Use this when a user asks how wholesale electricity prices have changed over recent days or weeks in a country, or whether power is getting cheaper. Returns the daily median and typical range of hourly day-ahead prices in euro per MWh, with the change over the period, from our daily snapshots of official data. Do not use for household bills. After 10 free calls a day per caller this tool costs USD 0.02 per answered call, paid with x402 (USDC); a 402 reply lists how. Nothing is charged for "not enough records" or errors.

Use this when a user asks what electricity costs on the wholesale (day-ahead power exchange) market in Australia, Australia (gas), Switzerland, Germany, Spain and Portugal, Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, France, northern Italy, the Netherlands, south-west Norway and Poland, Great Britain, Japan or Romania: the recent median, the typical range across hours, the cheapest and dearest hour, the latest hour and how many hours had negative prices. Prices are in euro per MWh (1 MWh = 1000 kWh; the answer also gives cents per kWh). Built from the hourly auction prices of the recent days, with the official source and licence. How fresh: Australia: AEMO publishes one price file per trading day (04:00 to 04:00 NEM time) early the next morning; ProofPrice reads the files of the last days on each request (cached up to 30 minutes); Australia (gas): AEMO rewrites the STTM ex post file each morning (about 10:30 Sydney time) with the last 7 gas days; ProofPrice reads it on each request (cached up to 30 minutes); Switzerland: monthly, a few weeks after month end; each answer states the month it is for; Germany: hourly prices, published the day before delivery (around 13:00 Central European Time); ProofPrice reads them on each request (cached up to 30 minutes); Spain and Portugal and Austria, Belgium, Czechia, Denmark, France, northern Italy, the Netherlands, south-west Norway and Poland: prices are published the day before delivery (around 13:00 Central European Time); ProofPrice reads them on each request (cached up to 30 minutes); Great Britain: half-hourly prices appear within hours of each trading period and are read on each request (cached up to 30 minutes); Japan: JEPX rewrites its file every day; ProofPrice copies it once a day and answers with the newest complete delivery day it holds (usually yesterday, Japan time); Romania: the next day's prices are published around 13:00 CET each day; read on each request (cached up to 30 minutes). Wholesale prices are not what households or businesses pay on their bills. Do not use for retail tariffs, for petrol and diesel, or for other countries.