FAOSTAT
Food price inflation in Pakistan
Annual change in food prices in Pakistan in June 2026: +9.4%. Monthly series since 2001, from the national consumer price indices compiled by FAO.
+9.4%food price inflation, year on year
+11.1%overall inflation, same month
296.5food price index (2015 = 100)
+100.3%change in food prices over five years
+48.7%highest annual food inflation since 2000 (May 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 | +6.4% | +9.0% | -2.6 |
| 2025 | +1.2% | +1.7% | -0.4 |
| 2024 | +6.3% | +13.1% | -6.9 |
| 2023 | +38.7% | +30.9% | +7.8 |
| 2022 | +24.7% | +19.7% | +4.9 |
| 2021 | +10.6% | +9.5% | +1.1 |
| 2020 | +15.5% | +9.8% | +5.7 |
| 2019 | +10.6% | +10.5% | +0.1 |
| 2018 | +2.2% | +5.1% | -2.9 |
| 2017 | +3.3% | +4.1% | -0.8 |
| 2016 | +2.5% | +3.8% | -1.3 |
| 2015 | +0.6% | +2.5% | -2.0 |
| 2014 | +5.9% | +7.2% | -1.4 |
| 2013 | +8.1% | +7.7% | +0.5 |
| 2012 | +8.6% | +9.7% | -1.2 |
| 2011 | +14.8% | +12.0% | +2.8 |
| 2010 | +16.9% | +12.9% | +4.0 |
| 2009 | +13.9% | +12.4% | +1.5 |
| 2008 | +27.4% | +19.6% | +7.7 |
| 2007 | +10.8% | +7.6% | +3.2 |
| 2006 | +8.5% | +7.9% | +0.6 |
| 2005 | +9.9% | +9.1% | +0.9 |
| 2004 | +10.5% | +7.4% | +3.1 |
| 2003 | +3.8% | +2.9% | +0.9 |
| 2002 | +4.1% | +3.3% | +0.8 |
| 2001 | +4.0% | +3.2% | +0.8 |
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.