FAOSTAT
Food price inflation in Australia
Annual change in food prices in Australia in June 2026: +2.9%. Monthly series since 2001, from the national consumer price indices compiled by FAO.
+2.9%food price inflation, year on year
+3.8%overall inflation, same month
136.9food price index (2015 = 100)
+25.1%change in food prices over five years
+10.1%highest annual food inflation since 2000 (September 2006)
Food and overall inflation over ten years
Year-on-year change, month by month
- Food
- All items
- World median, food
A positive gap means food prices rose faster than prices overall.
Year by year
Average of the monthly year-on-year changes
| Year | Food | All items | Gap (percentage points) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | +3.0% | +4.0% | -1.0 |
| 2025 | +3.4% | +2.7% | +0.7 |
| 2024 | +3.5% | +3.3% | +0.2 |
| 2023 | +6.6% | +5.9% | +0.7 |
| 2022 | +6.5% | +6.2% | +0.3 |
| 2021 | +1.2% | +2.6% | -1.5 |
| 2020 | +3.3% | +0.9% | +2.3 |
| 2019 | +2.3% | +1.6% | +0.7 |
| 2018 | +0.8% | +1.9% | -1.1 |
| 2017 | +0.9% | +1.9% | -1.0 |
| 2016 | +0.7% | +1.3% | -0.6 |
| 2015 | +1.1% | +1.5% | -0.4 |
| 2014 | +2.5% | +2.6% | -0.1 |
| 2013 | +0.7% | +2.4% | -1.7 |
| 2012 | -1.4% | +1.8% | -3.3 |
| 2011 | +4.8% | +3.3% | +1.6 |
| 2010 | +1.5% | +2.9% | -1.3 |
| 2009 | +4.1% | +1.9% | +2.1 |
| 2008 | +4.3% | +4.3% | 0.0 |
| 2007 | +3.0% | +2.4% | +0.6 |
| 2006 | +7.4% | +3.5% | +3.9 |
| 2005 | +2.2% | +2.7% | -0.5 |
| 2004 | +2.5% | +2.3% | +0.1 |
| 2003 | +3.6% | +2.8% | +0.8 |
| 2002 | +4.0% | +3.0% | +1.0 |
| 2001 | +6.3% | +4.7% | +1.6 |
Source: FAOSTAT, Consumer Price Indices (FAO), CC BY 4.0, update of 20 October 2026 · Shelfpedia calculations: overall inflation, yearly averages, gap, five-year change.
FAO. 2026. FAOSTAT: Consumer Price Indices. Accessed on 24 October 2026. https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/CP Licence: CC-BY-4.0.