FAOSTAT
Food price inflation in Botswana
Annual change in food prices in Botswana in June 2026: +5.7%. Monthly series since 2001, from the national consumer price indices compiled by FAO.
+5.7%food price inflation, year on year
+10.7%overall inflation, same month
170.4food price index (2015 = 100)
+43.4%change in food prices over five years
+25.1%highest annual food inflation since 2000 (October 2008)
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 | +5.8% | +7.3% | -1.6 |
| 2025 | +5.4% | +2.7% | +2.7 |
| 2024 | +4.8% | +2.8% | +2.0 |
| 2023 | +11.9% | +5.2% | +6.8 |
| 2022 | +9.9% | +11.6% | -1.7 |
| 2021 | +7.1% | +7.2% | -0.1 |
| 2020 | +3.7% | +1.9% | +1.8 |
| 2019 | +1.4% | +2.8% | -1.4 |
| 2018 | -0.5% | +3.2% | -3.8 |
| 2017 | +3.5% | +3.3% | +0.1 |
| 2016 | +2.7% | +2.8% | -0.1 |
| 2015 | +1.3% | +3.1% | -1.7 |
| 2014 | +3.0% | +4.4% | -1.4 |
| 2013 | +5.4% | +5.9% | -0.5 |
| 2012 | +8.0% | +7.6% | +0.4 |
| 2011 | +6.9% | +8.4% | -1.6 |
| 2010 | +3.6% | +6.9% | -3.3 |
| 2009 | +14.7% | +8.1% | +6.5 |
| 2008 | +20.1% | +12.7% | +7.5 |
| 2007 | +11.3% | +7.1% | +4.2 |
| 2006 | +12.5% | +11.6% | +0.9 |
| 2005 | +5.4% | +8.6% | -3.2 |
| 2004 | +4.7% | +6.9% | -2.3 |
| 2003 | +9.6% | +9.3% | +0.4 |
| 2002 | +8.6% | +8.0% | +0.6 |
| 2001 | +2.7% | +6.6% | -3.9 |
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.