Food inflation
Lesotho
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 2006.
Recent years
| Year | Food | Overall | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.6% | 3.8% | +1.8 |
| 2024 | 8.8% | 6.1% | +2.7 |
| 2023 | 8.3% | 6.4% | +1.9 |
| 2022 | 8.8% | 8.3% | +0.5 |
| 2021 | 9.8% | 6.1% | +3.7 |
| 2020 | 10.3% | 5.0% | +5.3 |
| 2019 | 6.8% | 5.2% | +1.6 |
| 2018 | 5.2% | 4.8% | +0.4 |
| 2017 | 5.7% | 4.5% | +1.2 |
| 2016 | 11.8% | 6.6% | +5.3 |
Data source: WorldBank | Available from 1997