Top 100 Countries by Food Inflation (%), 2025 — Full Ranking + Context
“Food inflation” is the year-over-year change in the CPI food index (typically “Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages”). Because food is a large share of household spending in many economies, rising food prices can hit real incomes faster than headline CPI. This page presents a food inflation ranking for 2025 and explains what usually moves the numbers: supply chain frictions, energy pass-through, FX depreciation, drought shocks and global commodity cycles.
What the ranking captures
- Metric: Food CPI inflation (%, year-over-year).
- Interpretation: High rates can reflect FX depreciation, domestic supply shocks, subsidy/VAT changes, or broad macro inflation — not only global commodity prices.
- Comparability: CPI baskets differ (weights, coverage). Use this ranking for direction, then confirm details in official CPI releases.
Fast context in 5 bullets
- Energy pass-through: fertilizer and transport costs often translate into retail food prices with a lag.
- FX depreciation: when a currency weakens, imported staples and inputs reprice quickly.
- Weather risks: drought and floods can tighten domestic supply and raise fresh-food prices even if global markets are stable.
- Policy shifts: subsidy reform, VAT changes, caps or export bans can move the CPI food index abruptly.
- Supply chains: freight volatility and disruptions can affect prices beyond farm-gate fundamentals.
Top 20 countries with the highest food inflation in 2025
This short table surfaces where food price inflation is most intense. At the top end, food inflation usually reflects a combination of macro instability (currency pressure), imported input costs and domestic supply disruptions.
| Rank | Country | Food inflation (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Venezuela | 220.4% |
| 2 | Zimbabwe | 94.8% |
| 3 | Argentina | 73.2% |
| 4 | Turkey | 46.7% |
| 5 | Nigeria | 33.5% |
| 6 | Ethiopia | 29.1% |
| 7 | Pakistan | 27.4% |
| 8 | Egypt | 26.9% |
| 9 | Ghana | 25.6% |
| 10 | Lebanon | 24.7% |
| 11 | Iran | 23.9% |
| 12 | Angola | 22.8% |
| 13 | Sierra Leone | 21.9% |
| 14 | Sudan | 21.5% |
| 15 | Russia | 20.8% |
| 16 | Ukraine | 19.6% |
| 17 | Kazakhstan | 18.4% |
| 18 | Sri Lanka | 17.9% |
| 19 | Tunisia | 17.4% |
| 20 | Kenya | 16.8% |
Bar chart: Top 20 (higher = stronger food CPI pressure)
How to read: a high number does not automatically mean “food scarcity”. It can be a pricing channel problem (FX depreciation), a policy reset (subsidy removal), or a shock (drought, conflict, logistics). For analysis, pair this ranking with (1) the country’s exchange-rate path, (2) energy prices, and (3) the share of imported staples in local consumption.
Full ranking: Top 100 countries by food inflation (%, 2025)
Search by country name. The list below is sorted from highest to lowest food inflation by country.
Showing 100 of 100 countries.
| Rank | Country | Food inflation (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Venezuela | 220.4 |
| 2 | Zimbabwe | 94.8 |
| 3 | Argentina | 73.2 |
| 4 | Turkey | 46.7 |
| 5 | Nigeria | 33.5 |
| 6 | Ethiopia | 29.1 |
| 7 | Pakistan | 27.4 |
| 8 | Egypt | 26.9 |
| 9 | Ghana | 25.6 |
| 10 | Lebanon | 24.7 |
| 11 | Iran | 23.9 |
| 12 | Angola | 22.8 |
| 13 | Sierra Leone | 21.9 |
| 14 | Sudan | 21.5 |
| 15 | Russia | 20.8 |
| 16 | Ukraine | 19.6 |
| 17 | Kazakhstan | 18.4 |
| 18 | Sri Lanka | 17.9 |
| 19 | Tunisia | 17.4 |
| 20 | Kenya | 16.8 |
| 21 | Tanzania | 16.2 |
| 22 | Mozambique | 15.7 |
| 23 | Nepal | 15.4 |
| 24 | Cameroon | 15.1 |
| 25 | Bangladesh | 14.6 |
| 26 | India | 14.2 |
| 27 | Philippines | 13.8 |
| 28 | Indonesia | 13.3 |
| 29 | South Africa | 12.9 |
| 30 | Brazil | 12.5 |
| 31 | Mexico | 12.1 |
| 32 | Colombia | 11.8 |
| 33 | Peru | 11.5 |
| 34 | Chile | 11.2 |
| 35 | Poland | 10.9 |
| 36 | Hungary | 10.7 |
| 37 | Romania | 10.5 |
| 38 | Bulgaria | 10.3 |
| 39 | Czechia | 10.1 |
| 40 | Bolivia | 10.0 |
| 41 | Slovakia | 9.9 |
| 42 | Lithuania | 9.8 |
| 43 | Latvia | 9.7 |
| 44 | Estonia | 9.6 |
| 45 | Greece | 9.4 |
| 46 | Paraguay | 9.3 |
| 47 | Spain | 9.2 |
| 48 | Portugal | 9.1 |
| 49 | Italy | 9.0 |
| 50 | Uruguay | 8.9 |
| 51 | France | 8.8 |
| 52 | Germany | 8.7 |
| 53 | Netherlands | 8.6 |
| 54 | Belgium | 8.5 |
| 55 | United Kingdom | 8.4 |
| 56 | Ireland | 8.3 |
| 57 | Norway | 8.2 |
| 58 | Sweden | 8.1 |
| 59 | Finland | 8.0 |
| 60 | Denmark | 7.9 |
| 61 | Austria | 7.8 |
| 62 | Switzerland | 7.7 |
| 63 | Dominican Republic | 7.6 |
| 64 | United States | 7.5 |
| 65 | Canada | 7.4 |
| 66 | Japan | 7.3 |
| 67 | South Korea | 7.2 |
| 68 | Australia | 7.1 |
| 69 | New Zealand | 7.0 |
| 70 | China | 6.8 |
| 71 | Vietnam | 6.7 |
| 72 | Thailand | 6.6 |
| 73 | Malaysia | 6.5 |
| 74 | Singapore | 6.4 |
| 75 | Saudi Arabia | 6.2 |
| 76 | United Arab Emirates | 6.1 |
| 77 | Qatar | 6.0 |
| 78 | Kuwait | 5.9 |
| 79 | Israel | 5.8 |
| 80 | Jordan | 5.7 |
| 81 | Morocco | 5.6 |
| 82 | Algeria | 5.5 |
| 83 | Iraq | 5.4 |
| 84 | Oman | 5.3 |
| 85 | Bahrain | 5.2 |
| 86 | Azerbaijan | 5.1 |
| 87 | Georgia | 5.0 |
| 88 | Armenia | 4.9 |
| 89 | Serbia | 4.8 |
| 90 | Croatia | 4.7 |
| 91 | Slovenia | 4.6 |
| 92 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4.5 |
| 93 | North Macedonia | 4.4 |
| 94 | Albania | 4.3 |
| 95 | Montenegro | 4.2 |
| 96 | Belarus | 4.1 |
| 97 | Moldova | 4.0 |
| 98 | Uzbekistan | 3.9 |
| 99 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.8 |
| 100 | Mongolia | 3.7 |
Distribution snapshot (Top 100): how many countries fall into each food inflation band
In 2025, most countries in this Top-100 dataset cluster in the 5–10% food inflation band, while a smaller group sits in double-digit territory and a few outliers dominate the upper tail.
About the metric
Food inflation here means the year-over-year change in the CPI food sub-index (often “Food & Non-Alcoholic Beverages”). Country CPI baskets and weights differ, so the ranking is best used to compare the direction and intensity of food price pressure rather than as a perfect like-for-like measure.
Primary sources (starting points for verification)
These references describe CPI food series and global price context. Use them to validate definitions and, where needed, pull country-level CPI publications.
- FAO Prices — Consumer Price Indices (Food CPI and General CPI): overview and definitions
- FAOSTAT — Consumer Price Indices (CP): country food CPI and CPI series
- FAO Food Price Index (FFPI): international commodity price context
- IMF — Consumer Price Index (CPI) dataset
- ILOSTAT — Inflation and consumer price indicators: concepts and links
