FAOSTAT
Food price inflation in Rwanda
Annual change in food prices in Rwanda in June 2026: +8.0%. Monthly series since 2001, from the national consumer price indices compiled by FAO.
+8.0%food price inflation, year on year
+12.7%overall inflation, same month
263.0food price index (2015 = 100)
+96.8%change in food prices over five years
+64.5%highest annual food inflation since 2000 (November 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) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | +6.1% | +9.9% | -3.8 |
| 2025 | +4.5% | +5.9% | -1.4 |
| 2024 | -2.6% | +1.8% | -4.4 |
| 2023 | +37.5% | +20.4% | +17.1 |
| 2022 | +29.4% | +17.8% | +11.6 |
| 2021 | -4.0% | -0.3% | -3.7 |
| 2020 | +15.8% | +9.9% | +5.9 |
| 2019 | +4.0% | +3.4% | +0.6 |
| 2018 | -7.4% | -0.3% | -7.1 |
| 2017 | +13.2% | +8.4% | +4.8 |
| 2016 | +12.6% | +7.1% | +5.5 |
| 2015 | +3.8% | +2.5% | +1.2 |
| 2014 | +2.8% | +2.4% | +0.3 |
| 2013 | +8.6% | +6.0% | +2.6 |
| 2012 | +16.4% | +10.3% | +6.2 |
| 2011 | +2.2% | +3.1% | -1.0 |
| 2010 | -1.4% | -0.1% | -1.2 |
| 2009 | +21.5% | +13.2% | +8.3 |
| 2008 | +16.4% | +15.4% | +1.0 |
| 2007 | +8.1% | +9.1% | -1.0 |
| 2006 | +10.0% | +8.9% | +1.1 |
| 2005 | +10.6% | +9.1% | +1.5 |
| 2004 | +19.2% | +12.2% | +7.0 |
| 2003 | +9.3% | +7.5% | +1.8 |
| 2002 | +2.5% | +2.0% | +0.5 |
| 2001 | +4.2% | +3.4% | +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.