FAOSTAT
Food price inflation in Samoa
Annual change in food prices in Samoa in June 2026: +2.5%. Monthly series since 2001, from the national consumer price indices compiled by FAO.
+2.5%food price inflation, year on year
+5.1%overall inflation, same month
174.2food price index (2015 = 100)
+52.4%change in food prices over five years
+28.3%highest annual food inflation since 2000 (December 2008)
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 | -1.8% | +0.5% | -2.3 |
| 2025 | +3.6% | +2.2% | +1.4 |
| 2024 | +4.0% | +2.2% | +1.8 |
| 2023 | +16.2% | +8.1% | +8.1 |
| 2022 | +15.4% | +10.9% | +4.5 |
| 2021 | +3.8% | +3.3% | +0.5 |
| 2020 | -1.4% | -1.5% | +0.1 |
| 2019 | +1.0% | +1.0% | 0.0 |
| 2018 | +5.7% | +4.2% | +1.5 |
| 2017 | +1.4% | +1.8% | -0.4 |
| 2016 | +5.9% | +1.3% | +4.6 |
| 2015 | +3.3% | +0.7% | +2.6 |
| 2014 | -3.2% | -0.3% | -2.8 |
| 2013 | +0.7% | +0.6% | +0.1 |
| 2012 | +2.3% | +2.2% | +0.1 |
| 2011 | +6.8% | +5.2% | +1.6 |
| 2010 | -1.4% | +0.8% | -2.2 |
| 2009 | +10.9% | +6.7% | +4.2 |
| 2008 | +14.1% | +11.5% | +2.5 |
| 2007 | +7.8% | +5.6% | +2.2 |
| 2006 | +4.0% | +3.7% | +0.3 |
| 2005 | +2.2% | +1.9% | +0.3 |
| 2004 | +20.1% | +16.4% | +3.7 |
| 2003 | +0.2% | +0.2% | 0.0 |
| 2002 | +9.8% | +8.1% | +1.8 |
| 2001 | +4.7% | +3.9% | +0.8 |
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.