Cowpea prices: questions and answers
Cowpeas: median wholesale price 0.73 EUR/kg across 10 markets in 6 countries, quotes to 10 November 2026. Answers calculated from current market quotes on Husfarm and FAOSTAT data.
What is the wholesale price of cowpeas today?
The median wholesale price of cowpeas was 0.73 EUR/kg across 10 current quotes on 10 markets in 6 countries (latest quote 10 November 2026). Half of the quotes were between 0.40 and 1.01 EUR/kg.
Each quote is the midpoint of the lowest and highest price the market published, converted to euros per kilogram at the day’s reference rate. Quotes per piece or per pack without a weight are left out of this figure.
How do prices differ between types of cowpeas?
| Type | Quotes | Median |
|---|---|---|
| Type not stated | 5 | 0.62 EUR/kg |
| Dry grain | 3 | 1.26 EUR/kg |
Dry cowpea grain and fresh cowpea pods (long beans, kunde) have different prices and units; each has its own scale, and quotes whose name gives no type are kept together.
What is the price of cowpeas in different countries?
| Country | Markets | Median, EUR/kg | Median, local currency |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 4 | 0.66 EUR/kg | 70.0 INR/kg |
| Turkey | 2 | 1.88 EUR/kg | 105.0 TRY/kg |
| Kenya | 1 | 0.62 EUR/kg | 90.0 KES/kg |
| Nepal | 1 | 0.32 EUR/kg | 55.0 NPR/kg |
| Uganda | 1 | 0.95 EUR/kg | 4,500 UGX/kg |
Countries with the most markets quoting cowpeas; medians of the latest quote of each series.
Are prices of cowpeas going up or down?
At the latest publication compared with the previous one, 0 of 5 quotes for cowpeas rose, 1 fell and 4 were unchanged; the median change was 0.0%.
Each market is compared with its own previous quote for the same series, so the figure is not affected by which markets published on a given day. Markets publish daily, weekly or less often, so the comparison covers different periods for different markets.
Which markets publish cowpea prices?
10 markets in 6 countries have current cowpea quotes on Husfarm. Those with the most quotes:
- Kalimati Fruits and Vegetable Market Nepal · 2 quotes
- Nairobi Market Kenya · 1 quote
- Gokwe Market Zimbabwe · 1 quote
- Ernakulam Wholesale Market India · 1 quote
- Alappuzha Wholesale Market India · 1 quote
- Kalerwe Market Uganda · 1 quote
- Chalai Wholesale Market India · 1 quote
- Mumbai APMC, Vashi India · 1 quote
Why are there so many different cowpea prices?
Markets publish a separate price for each variety, grade, size, origin and pack. Husfarm shows 8 different cowpea quote names, for example: Cowpea (long); Cowpea; Cowpea (dried); Cowpea (kerala); Cowpea (out of state); Cowpea.
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Which country produces the most cowpeas?
According to FAOSTAT, world production of cow peas, dry was 10.1 million t in 2024. The largest producer was Nigeria with 42.4% of the world total, followed by Niger and Burkina Faso.
Which country exports the most cowpeas?
In 2024 the largest exporter of cow peas, dry was Brazil with 88,671 t (36.1% of reported exports), according to FAOSTAT trade data.
Where do these cowpea prices come from?
Husfarm reads the price bulletins and tables that markets, exchanges and official price reports publish, keeps each price in the market’s own currency and unit with its date and source, and converts it to euros per kilogram for comparison.
How often are cowpea prices updated?
The latest cowpea quote is from 10 November 2026; 3 of 10 markets published cowpea prices in the seven days to 10 November 2026. Each market publishes on its own schedule, from daily to monthly.
Can I get alerts or download cowpea prices?
Yes. You can set an e-mail alert for cowpea prices on a market or across markets, and download the current quotes and their history as CSV files free of charge.
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Prices: market quotes collected by Husfarm, as published by each market; conversions at ECB and market reference rates. Production and trade: FAO, FAOSTAT (CC BY 4.0). Answers are calculated automatically from the current data and change when the data changes.