FAOSTAT
Food price inflation in Kenya
Annual change in food prices in Kenya in June 2026: +8.6%. Monthly series since 2001, from the national consumer price indices compiled by FAO.
+8.6%food price inflation, year on year
+6.4%overall inflation, same month
247.1food price index (2015 = 100)
+52.6%change in food prices over five years
+26.2%highest annual food inflation since 2000 (November 2011)
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 | +8.2% | +5.3% | +2.9 |
| 2025 | +7.1% | +4.1% | +3.0 |
| 2024 | +5.4% | +4.5% | +0.9 |
| 2023 | +9.8% | +7.7% | +2.1 |
| 2022 | +12.7% | +7.6% | +5.0 |
| 2021 | +8.5% | +6.1% | +2.4 |
| 2020 | +9.2% | +5.4% | +3.8 |
| 2019 | +8.2% | +5.2% | +3.0 |
| 2018 | +1.4% | +4.7% | -3.3 |
| 2017 | +13.5% | +8.0% | +5.5 |
| 2016 | +10.1% | +6.3% | +3.8 |
| 2015 | +11.4% | +6.6% | +4.8 |
| 2014 | +8.7% | +6.9% | +1.8 |
| 2013 | +7.3% | +5.7% | +1.6 |
| 2012 | +10.5% | +9.6% | +0.9 |
| 2011 | +20.4% | +14.0% | +6.4 |
| 2010 | +5.8% | +4.0% | +1.8 |
| 2009 | +14.0% | +9.4% | +4.6 |
| 2008 | +20.5% | +26.2% | -5.7 |
| 2007 | +5.7% | +9.8% | -4.1 |
| 2006 | +8.1% | +14.5% | -6.4 |
| 2005 | +13.7% | +10.5% | +3.2 |
| 2004 | +16.0% | +11.7% | +4.3 |
| 2003 | +13.2% | +9.8% | +3.4 |
| 2002 | +2.6% | +2.0% | +0.6 |
| 2001 | +7.9% | +5.9% | +2.0 |
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.