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Food price inflation in the Cook Islands

Annual change in food prices in the Cook Islands in June 2026: +3.3%. Monthly series since 2001, from the national consumer price indices compiled by FAO.

+3.3%food price inflation, year on year
+1.6%overall inflation, same month
156.4food price index (2015 = 100)
+43.1%change in food prices over five years
+23.5%highest annual food inflation since 2000 (December 2022)

Food and overall inflation over ten years

Year-on-year change, month by month
  • Food
  • All items
  • World median, food
-5%0%5%10%15%20%25%2017201820192020202120222023202420252026+3.3%+2.6%+1.6%
-10%0%10%20%30%2017202020232026+3.3%+2.6%+1.6%

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+3.0%+1.7%+1.3
2025+2.3%+1.3%+1.0
2024+3.6%+3.2%+0.4
2023+14.8%+9.0%+5.9
2022+14.9%+9.8%+5.1
2021+2.8%+1.7%+1.1
2020+2.4%+1.1%+1.4
2019+1.2%+0.3%+0.9
2018+0.6%+0.1%+0.5
2017+0.6%-0.4%+1.0
2016+1.0%-0.2%+1.2
2015+0.2%+1.2%-1.0
2014+1.1%+0.9%+0.2
2013+1.9%+2.2%-0.3
2012+2.4%+2.1%+0.3
2011+2.1%+2.3%-0.1
2010+2.7%+1.7%+0.9
2009+4.3%+8.1%-3.8
2008+3.3%+5.5%-2.2
2007+1.2%+2.9%-1.7
2006+1.8%+2.9%-1.1
2005+1.0%+1.8%-0.8
2004+1.7%+1.4%+0.2
2003+4.5%+2.6%+1.9
2002+8.0%+5.8%+2.2
2001+6.6%+6.2%+0.4

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.