The graph below shows changes in global food and oil prices between 2000 and 2011.

The line graphs compare the

food

and

oil

prices globally over an 11-year

period

between 2000 and 2011.

Overall

,

it is clear that

both lines follow a similar trend.

Also

, the prices of

food

and

oil

experienced a significant rise with a strong correlation of 93.6% during the

period

shown. In 2000, the

index

of

food

prices was about 90 points, increasing gradually until 2002, and

then

dipped after almost 6 months, reaching its lowest value during the whole

period

.

By contrast

, the average

price

of

oil

all over the world was just under 30 dollars per barrel, doing the same as the

food

trend hitting a trough in 2002. Afterwards, it recovered, rising stably until 2007. In 2007, both line graphs started to rise rapidly, peaking in the middle of 2008 at roughly 230 points and 130 dollars per barrel for the global

food

price

index

and the average

price

of

oil

, respectively.

Then

, the figures plummeted by almost 40% in the

food

price

index

and 60% in the average

oil

price

.

Finally

, they both rose strikingly;

however

, the trend for points of the

food

price

index

reached

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highest value over the whole

period

.