This statistic shows the number of commodity contracts - futures and options - traded globally from 2005 to 2019, listed by type of commodity. The number of agricultural futures and options traded in 2019 amounted to nearly 1.8 billion.
Number of contracts of commodity futures and options traded worldwide from 2005 to 2019, by commodity type
(in millions)
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Futures Industry Association. (January 25, 2020). Number of contracts of commodity futures and options traded worldwide from 2005 to 2019, by commodity type (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 08, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/535471/commodity-futures-and-options-contracts-traded-globally/
Futures Industry Association. "Number of contracts of commodity futures and options traded worldwide from 2005 to 2019, by commodity type (in millions)." Chart. January 25, 2020. Statista. Accessed June 08, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/535471/commodity-futures-and-options-contracts-traded-globally/
Futures Industry Association. (2020). Number of contracts of commodity futures and options traded worldwide from 2005 to 2019, by commodity type (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 08, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/535471/commodity-futures-and-options-contracts-traded-globally/
Futures Industry Association. "Number of Contracts of Commodity Futures and Options Traded Worldwide from 2005 to 2019, by Commodity Type (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Jan 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/535471/commodity-futures-and-options-contracts-traded-globally/
Futures Industry Association, Number of contracts of commodity futures and options traded worldwide from 2005 to 2019, by commodity type (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/535471/commodity-futures-and-options-contracts-traded-globally/ (last visited June 08, 2025)
Number of contracts of commodity futures and options traded worldwide from 2005 to 2019, by commodity type (in millions) [Graph], Futures Industry Association, January 25, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/535471/commodity-futures-and-options-contracts-traded-globally/
