FAOSTAT
Food price inflation in India
Annual change in food prices in India in June 2026: +5.3%. Monthly series since 2001, from the national consumer price indices compiled by FAO.
+5.3%food price inflation, year on year
+4.4%overall inflation, same month
163.5food price index (2015 = 100)
+28.3%change in food prices over five years
+16.7%highest annual food inflation since 2000 (November 2013)
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 | +4.0% | +3.5% | +0.4 |
| 2025 | +0.5% | +2.2% | -1.8 |
| 2024 | +7.6% | +5.0% | +2.7 |
| 2023 | +6.8% | +5.7% | +1.1 |
| 2022 | +6.6% | +6.7% | -0.1 |
| 2021 | +3.7% | +5.1% | -1.4 |
| 2020 | +8.8% | +6.6% | +2.1 |
| 2019 | +3.6% | +3.7% | -0.2 |
| 2018 | +1.7% | +4.0% | -2.3 |
| 2017 | +1.8% | +3.3% | -1.5 |
| 2016 | +5.4% | +5.0% | +0.4 |
| 2015 | +5.3% | +4.9% | +0.4 |
| 2014 | +7.2% | +6.7% | +0.4 |
| 2013 | +12.8% | +10.0% | +2.8 |
| 2012 | +9.2% | +9.5% | -0.2 |
| 2011 | +5.8% | +8.9% | -3.1 |
| 2010 | +11.1% | +12.1% | -1.0 |
| 2009 | +10.0% | +10.8% | -0.9 |
| 2008 | +7.7% | +8.3% | -0.7 |
| 2007 | +5.9% | +6.4% | -0.5 |
| 2006 | +5.3% | +5.8% | -0.5 |
| 2005 | +3.9% | +4.3% | -0.3 |
| 2004 | +3.5% | +3.8% | -0.3 |
| 2003 | +3.5% | +3.8% | -0.3 |
| 2002 | +4.0% | +4.3% | -0.3 |
| 2001 | +3.5% | +3.8% | -0.3 |
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.