FAOSTAT
Food price inflation in Jamaica
Annual change in food prices in Jamaica in June 2026: +9.8%. Monthly series since 2001, from the national consumer price indices compiled by FAO.
+9.8%food price inflation, year on year
+6.6%overall inflation, same month
203.9food price index (2015 = 100)
+49.8%change in food prices over five years
+34.9%highest annual food inflation since 2000 (July 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 | +6.9% | +4.8% | +2.2 |
| 2025 | +5.2% | +4.0% | +1.1 |
| 2024 | +5.8% | +5.4% | +0.4 |
| 2023 | +10.1% | +6.5% | +3.7 |
| 2022 | +12.8% | +10.4% | +2.4 |
| 2021 | +6.4% | +5.8% | +0.6 |
| 2020 | +8.5% | +5.2% | +3.3 |
| 2019 | +6.3% | +3.9% | +2.4 |
| 2018 | +4.1% | +3.7% | +0.3 |
| 2017 | +4.5% | +4.4% | +0.1 |
| 2016 | +4.1% | +2.4% | +1.7 |
| 2015 | +7.8% | +3.7% | +4.0 |
| 2014 | +8.6% | +8.3% | +0.3 |
| 2013 | +12.6% | +9.3% | +3.3 |
| 2012 | +10.8% | +6.9% | +3.9 |
| 2011 | +7.7% | +7.6% | +0.1 |
| 2010 | +10.1% | +12.6% | -2.6 |
| 2009 | +13.3% | +9.7% | +3.6 |
| 2008 | +30.7% | +22.0% | +8.7 |
| 2007 | +11.9% | +9.2% | +2.7 |
| 2006 | +6.4% | +8.7% | -2.3 |
| 2005 | +19.5% | +15.1% | +4.5 |
| 2004 | +14.3% | +13.6% | +0.7 |
| 2003 | +9.1% | +10.0% | -1.0 |
| 2002 | +6.6% | +7.1% | -0.5 |
| 2001 | +3.2% | +6.8% | -3.6 |
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.