FAOSTAT
Food price inflation in Trinidad and Tobago
Annual change in food prices in Trinidad and Tobago in June 2026: +0.9%. Monthly series since 2001, from the national consumer price indices compiled by FAO.
+0.9%food price inflation, year on year
+0.3%overall inflation, same month
156.9food price index (2015 = 100)
+30.9%change in food prices over five years
+39.2%highest annual food inflation since 2000 (August 2010)
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 | +0.6% | +0.5% | +0.1 |
| 2025 | +5.3% | +2.3% | +3.0 |
| 2024 | +1.5% | +0.5% | +1.0 |
| 2023 | +8.0% | +4.7% | +3.3 |
| 2022 | +10.3% | +5.8% | +4.5 |
| 2021 | +4.4% | +2.1% | +2.3 |
| 2020 | +2.8% | +0.6% | +2.2 |
| 2019 | +0.6% | +1.0% | -0.4 |
| 2018 | +1.1% | +1.0% | +0.1 |
| 2017 | +2.9% | +1.9% | +1.1 |
| 2016 | +7.5% | +3.1% | +4.4 |
| 2015 | +8.7% | +4.7% | +4.0 |
| 2014 | +10.1% | +5.7% | +4.4 |
| 2013 | +8.8% | +5.2% | +3.6 |
| 2012 | +19.3% | +9.3% | +10.0 |
| 2011 | +11.3% | +5.3% | +6.1 |
| 2010 | +22.0% | +10.5% | +11.5 |
| 2009 | +13.6% | +7.2% | +6.5 |
| 2008 | +25.6% | +12.0% | +13.7 |
| 2007 | +17.5% | +7.9% | +9.6 |
| 2006 | +23.1% | +8.3% | +14.8 |
| 2005 | +22.9% | +6.9% | +16.1 |
| 2004 | +12.8% | +3.7% | +9.1 |
| 2003 | +8.2% | +3.8% | +4.4 |
| 2002 | +11.6% | +4.2% | +7.4 |
| 2001 | +15.7% | +5.6% | +10.1 |
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.