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Food price inflation in The Bahamas

Annual change in food prices in The Bahamas in June 2026: -0.3%. Monthly series since 2001, from the national consumer price indices compiled by FAO.

-0.3%food price inflation, year on year
+4.0%overall inflation, same month
126.1food price index (2015 = 100)
+20.9%change in food prices over five years
+18.0%highest annual food inflation since 2000 (October 2022)

Food and overall inflation over ten years

Year-on-year change, month by month
  • Food
  • All items
  • World median, food
-10%-5%0%5%10%15%20%2017201820192020202120222023202420252026+4.0%+2.6%-0.3%
-10%0%10%20%2017202020232026+4.0%+2.6%-0.3%

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+0.2%+3.4%-3.1
2025-1.9%+0.9%-2.7
2024+3.0%+0.4%+2.6
2023+4.8%+3.1%+1.7
2022+13.5%+5.6%+7.9
2021+2.1%+2.9%-0.8
2020+1.6%0.0%+1.6
2019+0.2%+2.5%-2.3
2018+2.4%+2.3%+0.1
2017-0.1%+1.5%-1.6
2016-0.9%-0.3%-0.6
2015+5.8%+1.9%+3.9
2014+2.3%+1.5%+0.8
2013-1.6%+0.7%-2.3
2012+1.8%+2.0%-0.2
2011+2.9%+3.2%-0.3
2010+1.2%+1.3%-0.1
2009+1.9%+2.1%-0.2
2008+4.1%+4.5%-0.4
2007+2.3%+2.5%-0.2
2006+2.2%+2.4%-0.2
2005+1.5%+1.6%-0.1
2004+0.9%+1.0%-0.1
2003+2.8%+3.0%-0.2
2002+2.0%+2.2%-0.2
2001+1.9%+2.0%-0.2

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.