FAOSTAT
Food price inflation in The Gambia
Annual change in food prices in The Gambia in June 2026: +6.8%. Monthly series since 2001, from the national consumer price indices compiled by FAO.
+6.8%food price inflation, year on year
+7.6%overall inflation, same month
286.4food price index (2015 = 100)
+83.5%change in food prices over five years
+26.0%highest annual food inflation since 2000 (August 2003)
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 | +6.6% | +6.9% | -0.3 |
| 2025 | +8.3% | +7.4% | +0.8 |
| 2024 | +15.1% | +11.7% | +3.5 |
| 2023 | +21.9% | +16.9% | +4.9 |
| 2022 | +14.0% | +11.5% | +2.5 |
| 2021 | +9.6% | +7.4% | +2.2 |
| 2020 | +6.6% | +6.0% | +0.6 |
| 2019 | +6.8% | +7.1% | -0.3 |
| 2018 | +6.3% | +6.5% | -0.2 |
| 2017 | +8.7% | +8.1% | +0.7 |
| 2016 | +8.2% | +7.2% | +1.0 |
| 2015 | +8.3% | +6.8% | +1.5 |
| 2014 | +6.8% | +5.9% | +0.8 |
| 2013 | +6.7% | +5.7% | +1.0 |
| 2012 | +5.0% | +4.3% | +0.8 |
| 2011 | +6.4% | +4.8% | +1.6 |
| 2010 | +6.6% | +5.0% | +1.6 |
| 2009 | +5.4% | +4.6% | +0.8 |
| 2008 | +6.0% | +4.4% | +1.6 |
| 2007 | +7.9% | +5.4% | +2.5 |
| 2006 | +1.9% | +2.1% | -0.2 |
| 2005 | +5.2% | +4.9% | +0.4 |
| 2004 | +17.4% | +14.3% | +3.1 |
| 2003 | +21.0% | +17.0% | +3.9 |
| 2002 | +10.5% | +8.6% | +1.9 |
| 2001 | +5.5% | +4.5% | +1.0 |
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.