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Food price inflation in the Solomon Islands

Annual change in food prices in the Solomon Islands in June 2026: -1.6%. Monthly series since 2001, from the national consumer price indices compiled by FAO.

-1.6%food price inflation, year on year
+4.6%overall inflation, same month
125.2food price index (2015 = 100)
+24.9%change in food prices over five years
+35.9%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
-10%-5%0%5%10%15%2017201820192020202120222023202420252026+4.6%+2.6%-1.6%
-10%-5%0%5%10%15%2017202020232026+4.6%+2.6%-1.6%

A positive gap means food prices rose faster than prices overall.

Year by year

Average of the monthly year-on-year changes

YearFoodAll itemsGap (percentage points)
2026+1.2%+4.2%-3.0
2025+3.4%+3.4%0.0
2024+3.4%+4.3%-0.9
2023+5.8%+6.0%-0.1
2022+9.2%+5.6%+3.6
2021-3.0%-0.1%-3.0
2020+1.4%+3.0%-1.6
2019-0.4%+1.6%-2.1
2018+2.2%+3.5%-1.3
2017-0.7%+0.5%-1.2
2016+0.6%+0.6%+0.1
2015-2.7%-0.5%-2.2
2014+3.0%+5.2%-2.1
2013+2.6%+5.4%-2.8
2012+4.4%+5.9%-1.5
2011+4.8%+7.5%-2.6
2010-2.6%+1.0%-3.5
2009+12.9%+7.5%+5.4
2008+24.0%+17.3%+6.7
2007+6.0%+7.7%-1.7
2006+13.0%+11.7%+1.3
2005+8.0%+7.2%+0.8
2004+7.5%+6.7%+0.8
2003+11.3%+10.2%+1.2
2002+11.3%+10.1%+1.2
2001+7.8%+7.0%+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.