Food inflation
Malaysia
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 2012.
Recent years
| Year | Food | Overall | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.8% | 1.6% | +1.2 |
| 2024 | 1.9% | 1.8% | +0.1 |
| 2023 | 4.9% | 2.5% | +2.4 |
| 2022 | 5.7% | 3.4% | +2.3 |
| 2021 | 1.8% | 2.5% | -0.7 |
| 2020 | 1.3% | -1.1% | +2.4 |
| 2019 | 1.7% | 0.7% | +1.0 |
| 2018 | 1.4% | 0.9% | +0.5 |
| 2017 | 4.2% | 3.9% | +0.3 |
| 2016 | 3.9% | 2.1% | +1.8 |
Data source: WorldBank | Available from 1997