FAOSTAT
Food price inflation in New Zealand
Annual change in food prices in New Zealand in June 2026: +1.1%. Monthly series since 2001, from the national consumer price indices compiled by FAO.
+1.1%food price inflation, year on year
+4.1%overall inflation, same month
137.4food price index (2015 = 100)
+26.8%change in food prices over five years
+13.8%highest annual food inflation since 2000 (April 2023)
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 | +3.3% | +3.4% | -0.1 |
| 2025 | +4.6% | +2.8% | +1.7 |
| 2024 | -0.1% | +3.1% | -3.2 |
| 2023 | +10.0% | +6.0% | +4.1 |
| 2022 | +8.6% | +7.1% | +1.6 |
| 2021 | +1.9% | +3.6% | -1.7 |
| 2020 | +3.3% | +1.8% | +1.5 |
| 2019 | +1.1% | +1.6% | -0.5 |
| 2018 | -0.1% | +1.6% | -1.7 |
| 2017 | +2.2% | +1.8% | +0.4 |
| 2016 | -0.6% | +0.6% | -1.2 |
| 2015 | -0.5% | +0.3% | -0.9 |
| 2014 | -0.3% | +1.3% | -1.6 |
| 2013 | +0.3% | +1.1% | -0.8 |
| 2012 | -0.5% | +1.1% | -1.7 |
| 2011 | +5.5% | +4.2% | +1.3 |
| 2010 | +0.6% | +2.1% | -1.5 |
| 2009 | +6.9% | +2.2% | +4.7 |
| 2008 | +7.9% | +3.9% | +4.0 |
| 2007 | +3.9% | +2.3% | +1.6 |
| 2006 | +2.8% | +3.4% | -0.7 |
| 2005 | +1.2% | +3.0% | -1.8 |
| 2004 | +0.3% | +2.2% | -1.9 |
| 2003 | -0.4% | +1.9% | -2.2 |
| 2002 | +3.5% | +2.6% | +0.9 |
| 2001 | +6.3% | +2.8% | +3.5 |
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.