FAOSTAT
Food price inflation in Tonga
Annual change in food prices in Tonga in June 2026: -0.8%. Monthly series since 2001, from the national consumer price indices compiled by FAO.
-0.8%food price inflation, year on year
+7.1%overall inflation, same month
170.8food price index (2015 = 100)
+31.2%change in food prices over five years
+14.4%highest annual food inflation since 2000 (September 2003)
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 | -0.4% | +4.5% | -5.0 |
| 2025 | +1.3% | +5.9% | -4.6 |
| 2024 | +4.3% | +2.2% | +2.0 |
| 2023 | +10.4% | +6.4% | +4.0 |
| 2022 | +9.9% | +11.0% | -1.1 |
| 2021 | +7.2% | +5.7% | +1.6 |
| 2020 | +1.9% | -0.3% | +2.3 |
| 2019 | +1.8% | +1.2% | +0.6 |
| 2018 | +6.2% | +5.0% | +1.1 |
| 2017 | +8.6% | +7.6% | +1.1 |
| 2016 | +1.5% | +2.6% | -1.2 |
| 2015 | +1.9% | -1.1% | +2.9 |
| 2014 | +3.7% | +2.5% | +1.1 |
| 2013 | +1.9% | +0.8% | +1.1 |
| 2012 | +1.5% | +1.2% | +0.4 |
| 2011 | +6.6% | +6.3% | +0.3 |
| 2010 | +3.0% | +3.5% | -0.5 |
| 2009 | +7.9% | +1.4% | +6.4 |
| 2008 | +7.8% | +10.5% | -2.7 |
| 2007 | +7.3% | +5.8% | +1.5 |
| 2006 | +3.0% | +6.2% | -3.2 |
| 2005 | +9.7% | +8.7% | +1.0 |
| 2004 | +11.4% | +11.0% | +0.4 |
| 2003 | +12.1% | +11.6% | +0.5 |
| 2002 | +10.8% | +10.4% | +0.4 |
| 2001 | +8.6% | +8.3% | +0.3 |
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.