FAOSTAT
Food price inflation in Sierra Leone
Annual change in food prices in Sierra Leone in June 2026: +6.8%. Monthly series since 2001, from the national consumer price indices compiled by FAO.
+6.8%food price inflation, year on year
+14.8%overall inflation, same month
668.0food price index (2015 = 100)
+188.6%change in food prices over five years
+64.7%highest annual food inflation since 2000 (September 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 | +4.5% | +10.5% | -6.0 |
| 2025 | +6.0% | +7.6% | -1.6 |
| 2024 | +28.9% | +30.0% | -1.1 |
| 2023 | +56.5% | +47.2% | +9.3 |
| 2022 | +30.1% | +27.0% | +3.2 |
| 2021 | +17.0% | +11.9% | +5.2 |
| 2020 | +13.8% | +13.5% | +0.4 |
| 2019 | +8.8% | +14.8% | -6.0 |
| 2018 | +17.7% | +16.0% | +1.7 |
| 2017 | +19.5% | +18.3% | +1.2 |
| 2016 | +12.5% | +10.8% | +1.7 |
| 2015 | +8.3% | +6.7% | +1.7 |
| 2014 | +4.7% | +4.6% | 0.0 |
| 2013 | +5.7% | +5.5% | +0.2 |
| 2012 | +6.7% | +6.6% | +0.1 |
| 2011 | +7.8% | +6.8% | +1.0 |
| 2010 | +8.6% | +7.2% | +1.4 |
| 2009 | +8.3% | +7.5% | +0.8 |
| 2008 | +8.5% | +8.2% | +0.3 |
| 2007 | +3.6% | +6.9% | -3.3 |
| 2006 | +5.6% | +16.0% | -10.4 |
| 2005 | +5.9% | +19.6% | -13.7 |
| 2004 | +6.3% | +8.9% | -2.6 |
| 2003 | +6.7% | +2.2% | +4.5 |
| 2002 | +7.2% | +1.2% | +6.0 |
| 2001 | +7.8% | +1.0% | +6.8 |
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.