FAOSTAT
Food price inflation in Kiribati
Annual change in food prices in Kiribati in June 2026: +6.6%. Monthly series since 2001, from the national consumer price indices compiled by FAO.
+6.6%food price inflation, year on year
-0.8%overall inflation, same month
136.1food price index (2015 = 100)
+27.2%change in food prices over five years
+48.0%highest annual food inflation since 2000 (August 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 | +8.5% | +0.5% | +8.0 |
| 2025 | +9.7% | +6.7% | +2.9 |
| 2024 | +1.7% | +2.6% | -1.0 |
| 2023 | +7.8% | +9.7% | -1.9 |
| 2022 | +3.7% | +5.3% | -1.6 |
| 2021 | +3.6% | +2.0% | +1.6 |
| 2020 | +3.9% | +2.6% | +1.3 |
| 2019 | -1.6% | -1.8% | +0.2 |
| 2018 | -0.8% | +0.6% | -1.4 |
| 2017 | -0.2% | +0.3% | -0.6 |
| 2016 | +1.2% | +1.9% | -0.7 |
| 2015 | -0.4% | +0.6% | -1.0 |
| 2014 | 0.0% | +2.1% | -2.1 |
| 2013 | -0.4% | -1.5% | +1.0 |
| 2012 | -2.4% | -3.0% | +0.7 |
| 2011 | -2.6% | +1.5% | -4.1 |
| 2010 | -11.0% | -3.9% | -7.1 |
| 2009 | +18.2% | +10.6% | +7.6 |
| 2008 | +23.9% | +13.7% | +10.2 |
| 2007 | +6.3% | +3.6% | +2.6 |
| 2006 | -0.2% | +0.1% | -0.3 |
| 2005 | 0.0% | -1.7% | +1.7 |
| 2004 | +1.3% | +0.3% | +1.0 |
| 2003 | +3.1% | +2.3% | +0.8 |
| 2002 | +4.6% | +4.4% | +0.1 |
| 2001 | +4.4% | +3.4% | +0.9 |
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.