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Food price inflation in South Sudan
Annual change in food prices in South Sudan in June 2026: +21.1%. Monthly series since 2009, from the national consumer price indices compiled by FAO.
+21.1%food price inflation, year on year
+25.0%overall inflation, same month
28,401.4food price index (2015 = 100)
+336.3%change in food prices over five years
+513.2%highest annual food inflation since 2000 (December 2016)
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 | +25.1% | +25.4% | -0.3 |
| 2025 | +139.7% | +132.1% | +7.6 |
| 2024 | +90.3% | +93.8% | -3.6 |
| 2023 | -8.6% | +2.7% | -11.3 |
| 2022 | -8.8% | -6.5% | -2.3 |
| 2021 | +22.4% | +12.2% | +10.2 |
| 2020 | +25.9% | +32.6% | -6.7 |
| 2019 | +109.4% | +88.2% | +21.1 |
| 2018 | +75.6% | +93.3% | -17.8 |
| 2017 | +237.0% | +240.3% | -3.4 |
| 2016 | +348.6% | +351.5% | -2.9 |
| 2015 | +60.0% | +52.1% | +8.0 |
| 2014 | +2.8% | +1.8% | +1.0 |
| 2013 | -1.9% | +1.7% | -3.6 |
| 2012 | +60.4% | +47.3% | +13.1 |
| 2011 | +65.7% | +46.6% | +19.1 |
| 2010 | +0.7% | +1.3% | -0.5 |
| 2009 | +5.2% | +5.1% | +0.1 |
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.