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Food price inflation in Papua New Guinea
Annual change in food prices in Papua New Guinea in June 2025: +4.4%. Monthly series since 2001, from the national consumer price indices compiled by FAO.
+4.4%food price inflation, year on year
+3.6%overall inflation, same month
150.1food price index (2015 = 100)
+29.8%change in food prices over five years
+9.5%highest annual food inflation since 2000 (December 2022)
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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | +5.4% | +4.0% | +1.5 |
| 2024 | +4.6% | +0.9% | +3.7 |
| 2023 | +7.3% | +2.3% | +5.1 |
| 2022 | +6.9% | +5.5% | +1.4 |
| 2021 | +4.1% | +4.4% | -0.4 |
| 2020 | +2.3% | +4.6% | -2.3 |
| 2019 | +3.0% | +3.8% | -0.8 |
| 2018 | +0.7% | +4.7% | -4.1 |
| 2017 | +3.0% | +5.6% | -2.6 |
| 2016 | +5.4% | +6.7% | -1.3 |
| 2015 | +4.8% | +6.0% | -1.2 |
| 2014 | +4.5% | +4.9% | -0.5 |
| 2013 | -1.9% | +5.2% | -7.1 |
| 2012 | -1.0% | +4.4% | -5.4 |
| 2011 | +0.6% | +4.6% | -4.0 |
| 2010 | +6.8% | +6.0% | +0.8 |
| 2009 | +3.4% | +7.4% | -4.0 |
| 2008 | +4.6% | +10.1% | -5.5 |
| 2007 | +0.3% | +0.6% | -0.3 |
| 2006 | +1.3% | +2.9% | -1.5 |
| 2005 | +0.7% | +1.6% | -0.9 |
| 2004 | +1.2% | +2.7% | -1.4 |
| 2003 | +7.0% | +15.5% | -8.5 |
| 2002 | +5.2% | +11.4% | -6.2 |
| 2001 | +4.2% | +9.1% | -5.0 |
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.