The average for 2021 based on 165 countries was 105.854 index points. The highest value was in South Korea: 208.84 index points and the lowest value was in India: 58.17 index points. The indicator is available from 2017 to 2021. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) averaged 128.8 points in September 2025. This represents an increase of 3.4 percent compared to the same month of the previous year. Food prices worldwide Some food commodities have been hit harder than others in the past years. Global dairy, meat, and vegetable oil prices were on an upward trajectory in the first half of 2025. Regionally, the European Union (EU) and the UK have experienced a particularly high increase in the annual consumer prices for food and non-alcoholic beverages, as compared to other selected countries worldwide. Inflation in Europe The inflation rate for food in the EU grew from 0.2 percent in May 2021 to 19.2 percent in March 2023, as compared to the same month in the previous year. In the following months, the food inflation started decreasing again, yet has picked up again in 2025 in line with the global trend. The overall inflation rate in the Euro area reached its peak in December 2022 at 9.2 percent. The rate has since fallen to 2.4 percent in December 2024. As measured by the Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (HICP), inflation rates in Europe were highest in Turkey, Romania, and Estonia as of April 2025.

Abstract

Food price inflation is an important metric to inform economic policy but traditional sources of consumer prices are often produced with delay during crises and only at an aggregate level. This may poorly reflect the actual price trends in rural or poverty-stricken areas, where large populations reside in fragile situations. This data set includes food price estimates and is intended to help gain insight in price developments beyond what can be formally measured by traditional methods. The estimates are generated using a machine-learning approach that imputes ongoing subnational price surveys, often with accuracy similar to direct measurement of prices. The data set provides new opportunities to investigate local price dynamics in areas where populations are sensitive to localized price shocks and where traditional data are not available.

Geographic coverage notes

The data cover the following areas: Afghanistan, Armenia, Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Dem. Rep., Congo, Rep., Gambia, The, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, Indonesia, Iraq, Kenya, Lao PDR, Lebanon, Liberia, Libya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Niger, Nigeria, Philippines, Senegal, Somalia, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syrian Arab Republic, Yemen, Rep.

The annual FAO Food Price Index* (FFPI) averaged 127.8 points in 2025. This represents an increase of 4.7 percent compared to the previous year. That year, the highest price index was registered in the vegetable oils category, at 160.1 points.

Switzerland grew 2.7% of Food Price Index in 2019, compared to the previous year.

Graph and download economic data for Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Food at Home in U.S. City Average (CUSR0000SAF11) from Jan 1952 to Sep 2025 about urban, food, consumer, CPI, housing, inflation, price index, indexes, price, and USA.

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Average food price inflation was highest in ********** countries in 2023 when compared to the rest of the world. When compared to the previous year, food prices were almost ** percent higher in September and October of 2023 in low-income countries. This figure stood at *** percent for high income countries.

Food Price Index in World decreased to 126.40 Index Points in October from 128.50 Index Points in September of 2025. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for World Food Price Index.

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In July 2025, the inflation rate for food in the European Union (EU) reached 3.9 percent compared to the same month the year prior. Starting in the beginning of 2022, food prices started to rise rapidly. In March 2023, the food inflation rate in the EU reached its peak at 19.19 percent. Since April 2023, the rate started to decrease. Food inflation in Europe One of the main drivers of the increase in consumer prices was the rapid rise in energy prices. In the energy sector, the harmonized index of consumer prices inflation of the EU, a concept to measure and compare inflation internationally, was at 41.1 percent in June 2022, whereas the other categories were all below 10 percent. In Germany, the year-on-year consumer price index development for food and beverages was at 12.33 percent in the year 2023, just a slight dip from the all-time high of 12.51 percent in 2022. By 2024, this had dropped to 1.92 percent. There are a number of ways in which European consumers are trying to save on food costs due to rising prices. The most popular way to deal with the rising food prices is to reduce at-home food waste. An average of about half of consumers in selected European countries stated that this is how they responded to the price increases. Other popular ways were to buy only the essentials or to purchase mostly store brands. Food inflation worldwide In 2022, Europe and Central Asia were the regions with the highest food inflation rates worldwide. The rate of food inflation in those regions was about 18 percent in 2022, which is more than twice as high as it was in the previous year. In Latin America and the Caribbean, the food inflation rate rose from 5.4 to 11.9 percent during the same period. When categorized by income classification, low-income countries have significantly higher food price inflation, as compared to lower-middle-, upper-middle-, and high-income countries. On average, low-income countries had a food price inflation rate of about 30 percent in 2023. The world average rate was at 6.5 percent. Zimbabwe was the country with the highest level of real food inflation worldwide. The southern African country experienced a food inflation of approximately 46 percent in 2024. This was more than two times as high as in any other country in the world.

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This dataset provides values for FOOD INFLATION reported in several countries. The data includes current values, previous releases, historical highs and record lows, release frequency, reported unit and currency.

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Abstract

Food price inflation is an important metric to inform economic policy but traditional sources of consumer prices are often produced with delay during crises and only at an aggregate level. This may poorly reflect the actual price trends in rural or poverty-stricken areas, where large populations reside in fragile situations. This data set includes food price estimates and is intended to help gain insight in price developments beyond what can be formally measured by traditional methods. The estimates are generated using a machine-learning approach that imputes ongoing subnational price surveys, often with accuracy similar to direct measurement of prices. The data set provides new opportunities to investigate local price dynamics in areas where populations are sensitive to localized price shocks and where traditional data are not available.

        A dataset of monthly food price inflation estimates (aggregated for all food products available in the data) is also available for all countries covered by this modeling exercise.

Geographic coverage notes

The data cover the following sub-national areas: SULAWESI UTARA, SUMATERA UTARA, KALIMANTAN UTARA, JAWA BARAT, NUSA TENGGARA BARAT, NUSA TENGGARA TIMUR, SULAWESI SELATAN, JAMBI, JAWA TIMUR, KALIMANTAN SELATAN, BALI, BANTEN, JAWA TENGAH, RIAU, SUMATERA BARAT, KEPULAUAN RIAU, PAPUA, SULAWESI BARAT, BENGKULU, MALUKU UTARA, DAERAH ISTIMEWA YOGYAKARTA, KALIMANTAN BARAT, KALIMANTAN TENGAH, PAPUA BARAT, SUMATERA SELATAN, MALUKU, KEPULAUAN BANGKA BELITUNG, ACEH, DKI JAKARTA, SULAWESI TENGGARA, KALIMANTAN TIMUR, LAMPUNG, GORONTALO, SULAWESI TENGAH, Market Average

The average for 2021 based on 27 countries was 119.106 index points. The highest value was in Luxembourg: 150.46 index points and the lowest value was in Romania: 81.63 index points. The indicator is available from 2017 to 2021. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

In December 2024, the average consumer price index (CPI) for food in Latin America and the Caribbean amounted to ******** points. In contrast, a year earlier, this value was of ******. This represents an increase of over ** percent. That month, the countries with the highest food CPI included Venezuela and Argentina. The countries with some of the lowest food price inflation included Panama and Ecuador.

China Retail Price Index: Food data was reported at 102.100 Prev Year=100 in 2018. This records an increase from the previous number of 99.353 Prev Year=100 for 2017. China Retail Price Index: Food data is updated yearly, averaging 102.600 Prev Year=100 from Dec 1951 (Median) to 2018, with 68 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 135.200 Prev Year=100 in 1994 and a record low of 90.600 Prev Year=100 in 1963. China Retail Price Index: Food data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under China Premium Database’s Inflation – Table CN.IB: Retail Price Index: Annual.

China Consumer Price Index (CPI): Food data was reported at 99.400 Prev Year=100 in 2024. This records a decrease from the previous number of 99.700 Prev Year=100 for 2023. China Consumer Price Index (CPI): Food data is updated yearly, averaging 102.900 Prev Year=100 from Dec 1994 (Median) to 2024, with 31 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 131.800 Prev Year=100 in 1994 and a record low of 95.800 Prev Year=100 in 1999. China Consumer Price Index (CPI): Food data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Bureau of Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s China – Table CN.IA: Consumer Price Index.