FAOSTAT
Food price inflation in Eswatini
Annual change in food prices in Eswatini in June 2026: -2.4%. Monthly series since 2001, from the national consumer price indices compiled by FAO.
-2.4%food price inflation, year on year
+2.6%overall inflation, same month
176.3food price index (2015 = 100)
+27.9%change in food prices over five years
+30.5%highest annual food inflation since 2000 (February 2001)
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 | -0.3% | +2.2% | -2.4 |
| 2025 | +1.5% | +3.1% | -1.7 |
| 2024 | +3.9% | +4.0% | -0.1 |
| 2023 | +12.8% | +5.0% | +7.8 |
| 2022 | +8.5% | +4.8% | +3.7 |
| 2021 | +4.8% | +3.7% | +1.0 |
| 2020 | +4.3% | +3.9% | +0.4 |
| 2019 | +2.2% | +2.6% | -0.5 |
| 2018 | 0.0% | +4.8% | -4.8 |
| 2017 | +8.1% | +6.2% | +1.9 |
| 2016 | +15.0% | +7.8% | +7.2 |
| 2015 | +4.2% | +5.0% | -0.8 |
| 2014 | +6.4% | +5.7% | +0.7 |
| 2013 | +5.7% | +5.6% | +0.1 |
| 2012 | +13.1% | +8.9% | +4.2 |
| 2011 | +6.0% | +6.1% | -0.1 |
| 2010 | +0.4% | +4.5% | -4.1 |
| 2009 | +10.2% | +7.6% | +2.7 |
| 2008 | +18.9% | +12.6% | +6.3 |
| 2007 | +16.6% | +8.1% | +8.5 |
| 2006 | +7.7% | +5.2% | +2.5 |
| 2005 | +8.0% | +4.9% | +3.1 |
| 2004 | +5.7% | +3.5% | +2.3 |
| 2003 | +12.3% | +7.3% | +5.0 |
| 2002 | +20.4% | +12.0% | +8.4 |
| 2001 | +10.9% | +6.4% | +4.5 |
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.