Cost of food in Ethiopia increased 12.10 percent in May of 2025 over the same month in the previous year. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - Ethiopia Food Inflation - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

In April 2022, the food inflation in Ethiopia reached almost 43 percent compared to April 2021. During the observed period, food prices steadily rose from 21.7 percent in April 2021 (compared to April 2020) to 42 percent six months later.

This is sample staple food price from Ethiopia. It covers different cities.

In April 2022, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) of Ethiopia for food and non-alcoholic beverages amounted to 205.2. This is an increase from the previous month when the CPI was at 299. The comprehensive trend between January 2019 and April 2022 presents an increasing one.

This dataset contains Food Prices data for Ethiopia, sourced from the World Food Programme Price Database. The World Food Programme Price Database covers foods such as maize, rice, beans, fish, and sugar for 98 countries and some 3000 markets. It is updated weekly but contains to a large extent monthly data. The data goes back as far as 1992 for a few countries, although many countries started reporting from 2003 or thereafter.

This dataset contains Food Prices data for Ethiopia. Food prices data comes from the World Food Programme and covers foods such as maize, rice, beans, fish, and sugar for 76 countries and some 1,500 markets. It is updated weekly but contains to a large extent monthly data. The data goes back as far as 1992 for a few countries, although many countries started reporting from 2003 or thereafter.

Food Prices for Ethiopia.

Contains data from the FAOSTAT bulk data service covering the following categories: Consumer Price Indices, Deflators, Exchange rates, Producer Prices

The price per unit in the 'Fresh Fruits' segment of the food market in Ethiopia was forecast to continuously increase between 2025 and 2030 by in total 3.5 U.S. dollars (+60.03 percent). After the ninth consecutive increasing year, the price per unit is estimated to reach 9.33 U.S. dollars and therefore a new peak in 2030. Find further information concerning the average revenue per capita in the 'Convenience Food' segment of the food market in Belgium and the price per unit in the 'Fresh Fruits' segment of the food market in Turkmenistan. The Statista Market Insights cover a broad range of additional markets.

The Ethiopian canned food market expanded slightly to $6.5B in 2024, rising by 2.9% against the previous year. Overall, consumption recorded measured growth. Canned food consumption peaked at $6.7B in 2022; however, from 2023 to 2024, consumption failed to regain momentum.

In 2023, approx. 2.2K tons of food preparations for infants were imported into Ethiopia; growing by 2.5% against the year before.

During the period from January 2019 to April 2022, an overall increasing trend can be observed. As of April 2022, the consumer price index (CPI) for Ethiopia was 236.3, which represented an increase from 230.7 in March 2022.

Abstract

Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) target 2.1 commits countries to end hunger, ensure access by all people to safe, nutritious and sufficient food all year around. Indicator 2.1.2, “Prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity based on the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES)”, provides internationally-comparable estimates of the proportion of the population facing difficulties in accessing food. More detailed background information is available at http://www.fao.org/in-action/voices-of-the-hungry/fies/en/

The FIES-based indicators are compiled using the FIES survey module, containing 8 questions. Two indicators can be computed:
1. The proportion of the population experiencing moderate or severe food insecurity (SDG indicator 2.1.2), 2. The proportion of the population experiencing severe food insecurity.

These data were collected by FAO through the Gallup World Poll. General information on the methodology can be found here: https://www.gallup.com/178667/gallup-world-poll-work.aspx. National institutions can also collect FIES data by including the FIES survey module in nationally representative surveys.

Microdata can be used to calculate the indicator 2.1.2 at national level. Instructions for computing this indicator are described in the methodological document available in the downloads tab. Disaggregating results at sub-national level is not encouraged because estimates will suffer from substantial sampling and measurement error.

Geographic coverage

National

Analysis unit

Individuals

Universe

Individuals of 15 years or older with access to landline and/or mobile phones.

Kind of data

Sample survey data [ssd]

Sampling procedure

With some exceptions, all samples are probability based and nationally representative of the resident adult population. The coverage area is the entire country including rural areas, and the sampling frame represents the entire civilian, non-institutionalized, aged 15 and older population. For more details on the overall sampling and data collection methodology, see the World poll methodology attached as a resource in the downloads tab. Specific sampling details for each country are also attached as technical documents in the downloads tab. Exclusions: Due to ongoing conflict and security issues, Tigray, Gambella, Harari regions were excluded. The excluded areas represent approximately 7% of the total population of Ethiopia. Design effect: 1.52

Mode of data collection

Face-to-Face [f2f]

Cleaning operations

Statistical validation assesses the quality of the FIES data collected by testing their consistency with the assumptions of the Rasch model. This analysis involves the interpretation of several statistics that reveal 1) items that do not perform well in a given context, 2) cases with highly erratic response patterns, 3) pairs of items that may be redundant, and 4) the proportion of total variance in the population that is accounted for by the measurement model.

Sampling error estimates

The margin of error is estimated as 3.8. This is calculated around a proportion at the 95% confidence level. The maximum margin of error was calculated assuming a reported percentage of 50% and takes into account the design effect.

Data appraisal

The variable FEWFOOD was not considered in the computation of the published FAO food insecurity indicator based on FIES due to the results of the validation process.

In 2024, the Ethiopian food manufacture machinery market decreased by -14.9% to $11M for the first time since 2020, thus ending a three-year rising trend. In general, consumption, however, continues to indicate strong growth. As a result, consumption reached the peak level of $23M. From 2019 to 2024, the growth of the market failed to regain momentum.

In April 2022, the non-food inflation in Ethiopia reached almost 28.1 percent compared to the correspondent month in 2021. This was the highest since the beginning of 2019. Price increases for non-food items generally followed an increasing trend in the country.

In 2024, the Ethiopian food mixer market decreased by -12.6% to $6.8M for the first time since 2018, thus ending a five-year rising trend. Overall, consumption, however, showed resilient growth. Food mixer consumption peaked at $7.8M in 2023, and then reduced in the following year.

Inflation Rate in Ethiopia remained unchanged at 14.40 percent in May. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - Ethiopia Inflation Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

In this study, we investigated the presence of predatory price adjustment practices in the grain market in Ethiopia by relying on data during the post-agricultural market liberalization period from July 2004 to March 2016. We employed an Asymmetric Error Correction (AECM) model to test the presence of Asymmetric Price Transmission (APT) between integrated wholesale regional maize markets. The results demonstrate that out of 14 regional maize market pairs with the central Addis Ababa maize market, APT is confirmed in only two regional wholesale maize markets of Mek’ele and Nekemete. Hence, the widely held belief by consumers and government that traders’ inappropriate price adjustment contributes to the persistence of soaring food prices in Ethiopia is just a misconception. It is argued in this study that the recent surge in maize price in Ethiopia has little to do with APT in maize market.

Ethiopia ET: Depth of the Food Deficit: Kilocalories per Person per Day data was reported at 236.000 kcal in 2016. This records a decrease from the previous number of 244.000 kcal for 2015. Ethiopia ET: Depth of the Food Deficit: Kilocalories per Person per Day data is updated yearly, averaging 375.000 kcal from Dec 1992 (Median) to 2016, with 25 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 673.000 kcal in 1993 and a record low of 236.000 kcal in 2016. Ethiopia ET: Depth of the Food Deficit: Kilocalories per Person per Day data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ethiopia – Table ET.World Bank.WDI: Health Statistics. The depth of the food deficit indicates how many calories would be needed to lift the undernourished from their status, everything else being constant. The average intensity of food deprivation of the undernourished, estimated as the difference between the average dietary energy requirement and the average dietary energy consumption of the undernourished population (food-deprived), is multiplied by the number of undernourished to provide an estimate of the total food deficit in the country, which is then normalized by the total population.; ; Food and Agriculture Organization, Food Security Statistics.; Weighted average;

Ethiopia ET: Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food Insecurity in the Population: % of population data was reported at 57.900 % in 2018. This records a decrease from the previous number of 59.400 % for 2017. Ethiopia ET: Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food Insecurity in the Population: % of population data is updated yearly, averaging 58.100 % from Dec 2015 (Median) to 2018, with 4 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 59.400 % in 2017 and a record low of 56.200 % in 2015. Ethiopia ET: Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food Insecurity in the Population: % of population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ethiopia – Table ET.World Bank.WDI: Health Statistics. The percentage of people in the population who live in households classified as moderately or severely food insecure. A household is classified as moderately or severely food insecure when at least one adult in the household has reported to have been exposed, at times during the year, to low quality diets and might have been forced to also reduce the quantity of food they would normally eat because of a lack of money or other resources.; ; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO); ;

In 2023, supplies from abroad of canned food decreased by -63.5% to 5.4K tons, falling for the second consecutive year after two years of growth.