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Food price inflation in Liberia
Annual change in food prices in Liberia in June 2026: +4.9%. Monthly series since 2001, from the national consumer price indices compiled by FAO.
+4.9%food price inflation, year on year
+5.0%overall inflation, same month
291.0food price index (2015 = 100)
+37.1%change in food prices over five years
+39.2%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 | +1.2% | +4.5% | -3.3 |
| 2025 | +5.4% | +8.5% | -3.1 |
| 2024 | +12.9% | +8.3% | +4.6 |
| 2023 | +12.3% | +10.1% | +2.3 |
| 2022 | -1.6% | +7.6% | -9.2 |
| 2021 | +0.5% | +7.9% | -7.4 |
| 2020 | +20.9% | +17.4% | +3.5 |
| 2019 | +29.6% | +26.9% | +2.7 |
| 2018 | +20.9% | +23.4% | -2.5 |
| 2017 | +6.5% | +12.4% | -6.0 |
| 2016 | +7.9% | +8.8% | -0.9 |
| 2015 | +10.3% | +7.8% | +2.5 |
| 2014 | +9.0% | +9.8% | -0.9 |
| 2013 | +10.4% | +7.6% | +2.8 |
| 2012 | +10.4% | +6.9% | +3.5 |
| 2011 | +11.3% | +8.5% | +2.8 |
| 2010 | +7.3% | +7.5% | -0.2 |
| 2009 | +2.8% | +7.4% | -4.6 |
| 2008 | +25.0% | +17.5% | +7.6 |
| 2007 | +18.8% | +11.4% | +7.4 |
| 2006 | +8.2% | +7.5% | +0.7 |
| 2005 | +14.3% | +11.0% | +3.3 |
| 2004 | +10.2% | +7.8% | +2.4 |
| 2003 | +13.6% | +10.4% | +3.2 |
| 2002 | +19.2% | +14.6% | +4.6 |
| 2001 | +19.4% | +14.7% | +4.7 |
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.