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Food price inflation in Barbados

Annual change in food prices in Barbados in June 2026: -0.1%. Monthly series since 2001, from the national consumer price indices compiled by FAO.

-0.1%food price inflation, year on year
+1.4%overall inflation, same month
201.9food price index (2015 = 100)
+52.8%change in food prices over five years
+27.4%highest annual food inflation since 2000 (January 2023)

Food and overall inflation over ten years

Year-on-year change, month by month
  • Food
  • All items
  • World median, food
-10%0%10%20%30%2017201820192020202120222023202420252026+2.6%+1.4%-0.1%
-10%0%10%20%30%2017202020232026+2.6%+1.4%-0.1%

A positive gap means food prices rose faster than prices overall.

Year by year

Average of the monthly year-on-year changes

YearFoodAll itemsGap (percentage points)
2026-0.6%+1.5%-2.0
2025+1.4%+0.4%+1.0
2024+3.6%-0.4%+4.0
2023+21.7%+9.9%+11.8
2022+15.0%+9.4%+5.6
2021+3.4%+3.1%+0.3
2020+7.8%+2.9%+4.8
2019+6.0%+4.1%+1.9
2018+1.7%+3.7%-2.0
2017+6.3%+4.7%+1.6
2016+8.2%+1.3%+6.9
2015+2.8%-1.1%+3.9
2014+2.4%+1.8%+0.6
2013+2.7%+1.8%+0.9
2012+6.7%+4.6%+2.1
2011+13.8%+9.4%+4.4
2010+8.5%+5.8%+2.7
2009+5.4%+3.7%+1.7
2008+11.8%+8.1%+3.7
2007+5.8%+4.0%+1.8
2006+10.7%+7.3%+3.4
2005+8.8%+6.1%+2.8
2004+2.1%+1.4%+0.6
2003+2.3%+1.6%+0.7
2002+0.2%+0.2%+0.1
2001+3.8%+2.6%+1.2

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.