FAOSTAT
Food price inflation in Uganda
Annual change in food prices in Uganda in June 2026: +2.6%. Monthly series since 2001, from the national consumer price indices compiled by FAO.
+2.6%food price inflation, year on year
+3.7%overall inflation, same month
157.7food price index (2015 = 100)
+34.3%change in food prices over five years
+39.1%highest annual food inflation since 2000 (September 2011)
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 | +2.6% | +3.1% | -0.6 |
| 2025 | +3.4% | +3.6% | -0.2 |
| 2024 | -0.6% | +3.3% | -3.9 |
| 2023 | +11.1% | +5.5% | +5.6 |
| 2022 | +13.5% | +7.2% | +6.3 |
| 2021 | +1.4% | +2.2% | -0.8 |
| 2020 | +1.8% | +3.3% | -1.5 |
| 2019 | -0.2% | +2.9% | -3.1 |
| 2018 | -1.2% | +2.6% | -3.8 |
| 2017 | +10.2% | +5.2% | +5.0 |
| 2016 | +5.6% | +5.7% | -0.2 |
| 2015 | +7.3% | +5.6% | +1.7 |
| 2014 | +3.6% | +3.1% | +0.5 |
| 2013 | +2.4% | +4.9% | -2.5 |
| 2012 | +13.8% | +13.2% | +0.6 |
| 2011 | +23.9% | +16.5% | +7.3 |
| 2010 | +3.4% | +4.1% | -0.7 |
| 2009 | +15.9% | +13.1% | +2.9 |
| 2008 | +14.7% | +12.0% | +2.7 |
| 2007 | +7.5% | +6.2% | +1.3 |
| 2006 | +8.9% | +7.3% | +1.6 |
| 2005 | +10.4% | +8.5% | +1.8 |
| 2004 | +4.5% | +3.7% | +0.8 |
| 2003 | +10.6% | +8.7% | +1.9 |
| 2002 | -0.3% | -0.3% | 0.0 |
| 2001 | +2.4% | +2.0% | +0.4 |
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.