FAOSTAT
Food price inflation in Zimbabwe
Annual change in food prices in Zimbabwe in June 2026: +3.6%. Monthly series since 2001, from the national consumer price indices compiled by FAO.
+3.6%food price inflation, year on year
+3.5%overall inflation, same month
106,000.0food price index (2015 = 100)
+1,393.0%change in food prices over five years
+980.4%highest annual food inflation since 2000 (April 2020)
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 | +1.7% | +2.5% | -0.8 |
| 2025 | +44.7% | +26.1% | +18.5 |
| 2024 | +98.6% | +63.8% | +34.8 |
| 2023 | +115.2% | +92.4% | +22.8 |
| 2022 | +144.8% | +101.9% | +42.9 |
| 2021 | +157.0% | +143.3% | +13.7 |
| 2020 | +728.6% | +621.5% | +107.1 |
| 2019 | +324.2% | +237.3% | +86.9 |
| 2018 | +14.6% | +10.5% | +4.1 |
| 2017 | +2.5% | +0.9% | +1.6 |
| 2016 | -3.2% | -1.5% | -1.7 |
| 2015 | -3.4% | -2.4% | -0.9 |
| 2014 | -3.1% | -0.2% | -2.9 |
| 2013 | +1.7% | +1.6% | +0.1 |
| 2012 | +4.6% | +3.7% | +0.9 |
| 2011 | +4.0% | +3.5% | +0.5 |
| 2010 | +4.1% | +3.1% | +1.1 |
| 2009 | -10.5% | -5.2% | -5.3 |
| 2008 | +1.7% | +0.9% | +0.8 |
| 2007 | +1.7% | +0.9% | +0.8 |
| 2006 | +1.7% | +0.9% | +0.8 |
| 2005 | +1.7% | +0.9% | +0.8 |
| 2004 | +1.8% | +0.9% | +0.8 |
| 2003 | +1.8% | +0.9% | +0.9 |
| 2002 | +1.8% | +0.9% | +0.9 |
| 2001 | +1.9% | +1.0% | +0.9 |
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.