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Cotton to Potato Ratio
The cotton to potato ratio is 116.6 — Cotton at $1.87 per kilogram divided by Potato at $0.01607 per kilogram.
Potato is quoted in EUR, so that leg is converted to US dollars at the live mid-market rate before dividing; cotton is quoted per pound and potato per 100 kilograms, so both are restated per kilogram first. Dividing the two quotes as published would be out by exactly that much.
Prices as of Sep 21, 2026, 2:43 PM UTC. Change either side of the calculator to price any other pair from 170+ commodities.
Cotton to Potato ratio
1.000 kg of cotton = 116.639 kg of potato
Inverse (POTATO/CT): 0.008573 — one kilogram of potato buys that much cotton.
Cotton
$1.87
per kilogram
Potato
$0.01607
per kilogram
quoted EUR 1.40 per 100 Kilogram
Unit basis: USD per kilogram ÷ USD per kilogram. Both legs are priced in US dollars per kilogram, so the dollars and the kilograms cancel and the result is a plain unitless number. Prices as of Mon, 21 Sep 2026 14:43:09 GMT.
Prices on this page are delayed by up to 15 minutes. For real-time rates, use the CommodityPriceAPI.
Potato is quoted in EUR, so that leg is converted to US dollars at the live mid-market rate before dividing; cotton is quoted per pound and potato per 100 kilograms, so both are restated per kilogram first. Dividing the two quotes as published would be out by exactly that much.
The chart and range statistics need a daily EUR to US dollar rate to put both legs on one currency across the year. That rate is unavailable right now, so only the live ratio is published — an old price converted at today's rate would draw currency moves as commodity moves.
Cotton to Potato ratio charts
Pick a range once — it applies to the CT/POTATO ratio line, the OHLC candles and the Cotton / Potato price chart below.
CT/POTATO ratio line
How many kg of Potato one kg of Cotton buys, over 1Y.
The chart and range statistics need a daily EUR to US dollar rate to put both legs on one currency across the year. That rate is unavailable right now, so only the live ratio is published — an old price converted at today's rate would draw currency moves as commodity moves.
CT/POTATO ratio candles
Open, high, low and close of the CT/POTATO ratio for each period in the last 1Y.
The chart and range statistics need a daily EUR to US dollar rate to put both legs on one currency across the year. That rate is unavailable right now, so only the live ratio is published — an old price converted at today's rate would draw currency moves as commodity moves.
Cotton and Potato prices
Both legs of the ratio on their own axes, so you can see which one moved over 1Y.
The chart and range statistics need a daily EUR to US dollar rate to put both legs on one currency across the year. That rate is unavailable right now, so only the live ratio is published — an old price converted at today's rate would draw currency moves as commodity moves.
How to calculate the cotton to potato ratio
Cotton to Potato ratio = Cotton price in USD per kilogram ÷ Potato price in USD per kilogram
Both legs are priced in US dollars per kilogram, so the dollars and the kilograms cancel and the result is a plain unitless number.
Potato is quoted in EUR, so that leg is converted to US dollars at the live mid-market rate before dividing; cotton is quoted per pound and potato per 100 kilograms, so both are restated per kilogram first. Dividing the two quotes as published would be out by exactly that much.
Worked example, live prices: $1.87 per kilogram ÷ $0.01607 per kilogram = 116.6. The inverse is 0.008573.
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Frequently asked questions
What is the cotton to potato ratio today?
The cotton to potato ratio is 116.6 — Cotton at $1.87 per kilogram divided by Potato at $0.01607 per kilogram, from live mid-market prices. Both figures are US dollars per kilogram, converted at the live mid-market FX rate.
How do you calculate the cotton to potato ratio?
Divide the cotton price per kilogram by the potato price per kilogram. Both legs are priced in US dollars per kilogram, so the dollars and the kilograms cancel and the result is a plain unitless number.
What is the inverse of the cotton to potato ratio?
The inverse, potato to cotton, is 0.008573 — how many kilograms of cotton one kilogram of potato buys.