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Food price inflation in Vanuatu

Annual change in food prices in Vanuatu in June 2026: +7.4%. Monthly series since 2001, from the national consumer price indices compiled by FAO.

+7.4%food price inflation, year on year
+4.2%overall inflation, same month
188.4food price index (2015 = 100)
+35.4%change in food prices over five years
+24.9%highest annual food inflation since 2000 (June 2023)

Food and overall inflation over ten years

Year-on-year change, month by month
  • Food
  • All items
  • World median, food
-10%0%10%20%30%2017201820192020202120222023202420252026+7.4%+4.2%+2.6%
-10%0%10%20%30%2017202020232026+7.4%+4.2%+2.6%

A positive gap means food prices rose faster than prices overall.

Year by year

Average of the monthly year-on-year changes

YearFoodAll itemsGap (percentage points)
2026+0.3%+0.9%-0.7
2025+0.7%+0.6%+0.1
2024+3.2%+1.9%+1.4
2023+19.3%+11.6%+7.7
2022+8.6%+5.8%+2.8
2021+5.9%+2.9%+3.0
2020+10.8%+5.1%+5.8
2019+5.1%+2.6%+2.4
2018+4.4%+2.5%+1.9
2017+6.9%+3.0%+3.9
2016+1.9%+0.8%+1.1
2015+3.7%+2.5%+1.2
2014+1.7%+0.8%+0.9
2013+1.5%+1.4%+0.1
2012+2.0%+1.4%+0.6
2011+1.1%+1.1%+0.1
2010+4.5%+2.7%+1.8
2009+7.9%+4.6%+3.3
2008+7.4%+4.7%+2.8
2007+3.8%+3.8%0.0
2006+3.2%+2.0%+1.2
2005-0.3%+1.1%-1.4
2004+3.6%+1.6%+1.9
2003+2.0%+3.0%-1.0
2002+0.6%+2.0%-1.4
2001+2.4%+3.8%-1.3

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.