Food inflation
Lebanon
What's included in food?
Food CPI - broader than COICOP CP01 (World Bank category)
Historical trend
Comparison between food inflation (dark line) and overall inflation (light line). Data available from 2008.
Recent years
| Year | Food | Overall | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 260.2% | 222.4% | +37.8 |
| 2022 | 292.0% | 183.8% | +108.2 |
| 2021 | 317.0% | 150.6% | +166.4 |
| 2020 | 254.3% | 84.3% | +170.0 |
| 2019 | 4.3% | 3.0% | +1.3 |
| 2018 | 5.0% | 6.1% | -1.1 |
| 2017 | 3.7% | 4.3% | -0.6 |
| 2016 | -1.2% | -0.8% | -0.4 |
| 2015 | -1.1% | -3.8% | +2.7 |
| 2014 | 3.6% | 1.9% | +1.7 |
Data source: WorldBank | Available from 1997