FAOSTAT
Food price inflation in Tanzania
Annual change in food prices in Tanzania in June 2026: +11.7%. Monthly series since 2001, from the national consumer price indices compiled by FAO.
+11.7%food price inflation, year on year
+4.0%overall inflation, same month
176.3food price index (2015 = 100)
+28.6%change in food prices over five years
+27.8%highest annual food inflation since 2000 (January 2012)
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 | +11.3% | +3.7% | +7.7 |
| 2025 | 0.0% | +3.3% | -3.3 |
| 2024 | +2.1% | +3.1% | -1.0 |
| 2023 | +6.9% | +3.8% | +3.1 |
| 2022 | +7.3% | +4.4% | +3.0 |
| 2021 | +3.8% | +3.7% | +0.1 |
| 2020 | +4.2% | +3.3% | +0.9 |
| 2019 | +2.9% | +3.5% | -0.6 |
| 2018 | +3.0% | +3.5% | -0.5 |
| 2017 | +9.1% | +5.3% | +3.8 |
| 2016 | +7.5% | +5.2% | +2.4 |
| 2015 | +7.9% | +5.6% | +2.3 |
| 2014 | +7.4% | +6.1% | +1.3 |
| 2013 | +8.5% | +7.9% | +0.6 |
| 2012 | +20.9% | +16.1% | +4.8 |
| 2011 | +16.7% | +12.7% | +4.0 |
| 2010 | +7.9% | +6.2% | +1.6 |
| 2009 | +15.6% | +12.2% | +3.4 |
| 2008 | +13.1% | +10.3% | +2.8 |
| 2007 | +8.9% | +7.0% | +1.9 |
| 2006 | +9.2% | +7.3% | +2.0 |
| 2005 | +6.4% | +5.0% | +1.3 |
| 2004 | +6.0% | +4.7% | +1.3 |
| 2003 | +6.7% | +5.3% | +1.4 |
| 2002 | +6.8% | +5.4% | +1.5 |
| 2001 | +6.5% | +5.2% | +1.4 |
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.