Indicator of food price anomalies by country

Indicator of Food Price Anomalies (IFPA), by Consumer Food Price Index

Countries reporting
195
Highest
3.71 index
Belgium
Lowest
-1.47 index
Sri Lanka
Median
0.51 index
Years covered
14
2010–2023
Data points
2,795

What the numbers show

Indicator of food price anomalies is currently reported for 195 countries. The highest value is 3.71 index in Belgium; the lowest is -1.47 index in Sri Lanka.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.51 index, and the mean is 0.6666 index.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 150 countries rose and 43 fell. The largest increase was in Puerto Rico (up 5,150.0%), and the largest decrease in Greenland (down 1,900.0%).

Indicator of food price anomalies: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Belgium 3.71 index 2023 up 166.9% volatile
2 France 3.7 index 2023 up 1,641.7% volatile
3 Netherlands 3.56 index 2023 up 3,066.7% volatile
4 French Guiana 3.37 index 2023 up 183.2% volatile
5 Egypt 3.25 index 2023 up 1,350.0% volatile
7 South Sudan 2.97 index 2023 up 400.0% volatile
9 Italy 2.78 index 2023 up 189.6% volatile
10 Andorra 2.68 index 2023 up 61.4% volatile
11 Belize 2.61 index 2023 up 1,907.7% volatile
12 Spain 2.6 index 2023 up 98.5% volatile
12 Gambia 2.6 index 2023 up 1,338.1% volatile
14 United Kingdom 2.57 index 2023 up 1,611.8% volatile
15 Greece 2.54 index 2023 up 284.8% volatile
16 Reunion 2.44 index 2023 up 229.7% volatile
17 Japan 2.36 index 2023 up 521.4% volatile
19 Germany 2.26 index 2023 up 172.3% volatile
20 Morocco 2.25 index 2023 up 781.8% volatile
21 Papua New Guinea 2.23 index 2023 up 454.0% volatile
22 Curacao 2.21 index 2023 up 360.0% volatile
23 Portugal 2.2 index 2023 up 178.5% volatile
25 Tunisia 2.1 index 2023 up 775.0% volatile
26 Botswana 2.06 index 2023 up 863.0% volatile
27 Dominica 1.98 index 2023 up 395.5% volatile
28 Guinea 1.97 index 2023 up 464.8% volatile
29 Cook Islands 1.92 index 2023 up 700.0% volatile
30 Denmark 1.86 index 2023 up 438.2% volatile
31 Barbados 1.83 index 2023 up 230.7% volatile
32 Ghana 1.77 index 2023 up 883.3% volatile
33 Argentina 1.67 index 2023 up 325.7% volatile
34 Solomon Islands 1.61 index 2023 up 523.7% volatile
34 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.61 index 2023 up 373.5% volatile
36 Vanuatu 1.6 index 2023 up 358.1% volatile
37 Slovakia 1.54 index 2023 up 366.7% volatile
38 Samoa 1.5 index 2023 up 1,253.8% volatile
39 Estonia 1.48 index 2023 up 5,033.3% volatile
40 Rwanda 1.43 index 2023 up 1,000.0% volatile
41 Austria 1.42 index 2023 up 173.1% volatile
42 Norway 1.4 index 2023 up 3,600.0% volatile
43 Brunei 1.38 index 2023 up 560.0% volatile
44 New Zealand 1.37 index 2023 up 460.5% volatile
45 Romania 1.34 index 2023 up 993.3% volatile
46 Switzerland 1.31 index 2023 up 18.0% volatile
47 Grenada 1.3 index 2023 up 4,233.3% volatile
48 Honduras 1.29 index 2023 up 460.9% volatile
49 Lithuania 1.27 index 2023 up 2,216.7% volatile
50 Ecuador 1.26 index 2023 up 243.2% volatile
50 Peru 1.26 index 2023 up 172.4% volatile
52 Cape Verde 1.23 index 2023 up 184.8% volatile
53 Croatia 1.19 index 2023 up 213.2% volatile
54 South Africa 1.17 index 2023 up 325.0% volatile
55 Anguilla 1.14 index 2023 up 1,366.7% volatile
56 Pakistan 1.13 index 2023 up 2,925.0% volatile
57 East Timor 1.12 index 2023 up 250.0% volatile
58 Sierra Leone 1.11 index 2023 up 470.0% volatile
59 Namibia 1.09 index 2023 up 519.2% volatile
60 Micronesia (country) 1.07 index 2023 up 1,683.3% volatile
61 Puerto Rico 1.05 index 2023 up 5,150.0% volatile
61 Turkey 1.05 index 2023 up 320.0% volatile
63 Syria 1.04 index 2020 up 352.2% volatile
65 Sweden 1.03 index 2023 up 114.6% volatile
66 Hungary 1.02 index 2023 up 543.5% volatile
67 Palau 1 index 2023 up 281.8% volatile
67 Slovenia 1 index 2023 up 733.3% volatile
69 Burundi 0.99 index 2023 up 182.9% volatile
69 Iceland 0.99 index 2023 up 5,050.0% volatile
71 Latvia 0.97 index 2023 volatile
71 Malawi 0.97 index 2023 up 708.3% volatile
73 San Marino 0.96 index 2023 up 772.7% volatile
73 Tonga 0.96 index 2023 up 336.4% volatile
75 Laos 0.94 index 2023 down 42.7% volatile
76 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.93 index 2023 up 321.4% volatile
77 Bahrain 0.89 index 2023 up 229.0% volatile
77 Canada 0.89 index 2023 up 302.3% volatile
79 Algeria 0.88 index 2023 up 237.5% volatile
79 El Salvador 0.88 index 2023 up 175.0% volatile
81 Fiji 0.87 index 2023 up 890.9% volatile
81 Serbia 0.87 index 2023 up 264.2% volatile
83 Cyprus 0.86 index 2023 up 681.8% volatile
84 Montserrat 0.83 index 2023 up 256.6% volatile
85 Poland 0.82 index 2023 volatile
86 Chad 0.76 index 2023 up 159.4% volatile
86 Uganda 0.76 index 2023 up 143.9% volatile
88 Philippines 0.75 index 2023 up 341.9% volatile
88 French Polynesia 0.75 index 2023 up 971.4% volatile
90 Nigeria 0.74 index 2023 up 164.3% volatile
91 Bermuda 0.72 index 2023 up 227.3% volatile
91 Oman 0.72 index 2023 up 80.0% volatile
93 Gabon 0.71 index 2023 up 159.7% volatile
93 India 0.71 index 2023 down 70.0% volatile
95 Mongolia 0.7 index 2023 up 333.3% volatile
96 Saint Lucia 0.65 index 2023 up 14.0% volatile
97 Chile 0.63 index 2023 up 240.0% volatile
98 Bangladesh 0.62 index 2023 up 40.9% volatile
98 Aland Islands 0.62 index 2023 up 1.6% volatile
100 Bulgaria 0.6 index 2023 up 71.4% volatile
101 New Caledonia 0.52 index 2023 up 750.0% volatile
102 Dominican Republic 0.51 index 2023 up 264.5% volatile
102 Jamaica 0.51 index 2023 up 464.3% volatile
104 Malaysia 0.49 index 2023 up 545.5% volatile
105 Finland 0.48 index 2023 down 14.3% volatile
106 Cameroon 0.47 index 2023 down 64.1% volatile
106 Panama 0.47 index 2023 up 883.3% volatile
108 Myanmar 0.45 index 2023 down 89.6% volatile
109 Guinea-Bissau 0.41 index 2023 up 236.7% volatile
110 Uruguay 0.4 index 2023 up 344.4% volatile
111 Sao Tome and Principe 0.39 index 2023 up 159.1% volatile
112 Nicaragua 0.37 index 2023 up 94.7% volatile
113 Australia 0.36 index 2023 up 176.6% volatile
113 Bolivia 0.36 index 2023 down 26.5% volatile
113 Maldives 0.36 index 2023 up 376.9% volatile
116 Kuwait 0.35 index 2023 up 194.6% volatile
117 Palestine 0.33 index 2023 up 182.5% volatile
118 Democratic Republic of Congo 0.32 index 2023 up 52.4% volatile
119 Equatorial Guinea 0.29 index 2023 down 60.8% volatile
119 Israel 0.29 index 2023 down 65.9% volatile
119 Liberia 0.29 index 2023 up 314.3% volatile
119 Tanzania 0.29 index 2023 up 118.8% volatile
123 Costa Rica 0.28 index 2023 up 175.7% volatile
123 Suriname 0.28 index 2023 up 216.7% volatile
123 British Virgin Islands 0.28 index 2023 down 83.3% volatile
126 United Arab Emirates 0.25 index 2023 up 204.2% volatile
126 Guatemala 0.25 index 2023 down 64.8% volatile
128 North Macedonia 0.24 index 2023 up 1,100.0% volatile
128 Sudan 0.24 index 2023 up 105.3% volatile
130 Antigua and Barbuda 0.21 index 2023 up 184.0% volatile
130 Madagascar 0.21 index 2023 up 250.0% volatile
132 Cayman Islands 0.18 index 2023 up 117.5% volatile
133 South Korea 0.16 index 2023 up 116.3% volatile
134 Paraguay 0.13 index 2023 down 27.8% volatile
135 Cote d'Ivoire 0.12 index 2023 up 113.6% volatile
135 Mexico 0.12 index 2023 up 141.4% volatile
135 Yemen 0.12 index 2023 up 50.0% volatile
138 United States 0.11 index 2023 up 120.0% volatile
139 Indonesia 0.1 index 2023 down 84.8% volatile
139 Ukraine 0.1 index 2023 up 145.5% volatile
141 Bahamas 0.09 index 2023 up 100.7% volatile
141 Mozambique 0.09 index 2023 up 119.1% volatile
143 Iraq 0.07 index 2023 up 123.3% volatile
144 Seychelles 0.05 index 2023 down 90.9% volatile
145 Comoros 0.04 index 2023 down 85.7% volatile
145 Cambodia 0.04 index 2023 up 180.0% volatile
147 Aruba 0.03 index 2023 down 86.4% volatile
148 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.02 index 2023 up 104.5% volatile
148 Niger 0.02 index 2023 up 106.9% volatile
150 Congo 0 index 2023 down 100.0% volatile
151 Lesotho -0.02 index 2023 up 98.3% volatile
151 Thailand -0.02 index 2023 up 96.3% volatile
153 Libya -0.04 index 2023 down 130.8% volatile
154 Montenegro -0.09 index 2023 down 119.1% volatile
155 Mauritius -0.1 index 2023 up 52.4% volatile
156 Ethiopia -0.12 index 2023 up 65.7% volatile
157 Senegal -0.14 index 2023 up 74.5% volatile
157 Vietnam -0.14 index 2023 up 88.7% volatile
159 Djibouti -0.15 index 2023 up 86.1% volatile
160 Qatar -0.17 index 2023 up 39.3% volatile
161 Nepal -0.18 index 2023 down 28.6% volatile
161 Venezuela -0.18 index 2023 down 110.8% volatile
163 Jordan -0.2 index 2023 up 50.0% volatile
163 Mali -0.2 index 2023 up 91.7% volatile
163 Tajikistan -0.2 index 2023 up 25.9% volatile
166 Colombia -0.24 index 2023 up 66.2% volatile
166 Iran -0.24 index 2023 down 128.2% volatile
166 Kiribati -0.24 index 2023 up 11.1% volatile
169 Trinidad and Tobago -0.26 index 2023 up 60.0% volatile
170 Czechia -0.28 index 2023 down 154.9% volatile
171 Belarus -0.3 index 2023 up 85.0% volatile
171 Guam -0.3 index 2023 down 135.7% volatile
173 Kenya -0.32 index 2023 up 17.9% volatile
173 Eswatini -0.32 index 2023 up 17.9% volatile
175 Lebanon -0.33 index 2023 up 45.9% volatile
176 Angola -0.38 index 2023 up 45.7% volatile
177 Greenland -0.4 index 2023 down 1,900.0% volatile
177 Singapore -0.4 index 2023 down 281.8% volatile
179 Azerbaijan -0.41 index 2023 up 14.6% volatile
180 Georgia -0.47 index 2023 down 147.4% volatile
181 Uzbekistan -0.48 index 2023 down 26.3% volatile
182 Kazakhstan -0.5 index 2023 up 13.8% volatile
182 Kyrgyzstan -0.5 index 2023 down 316.7% volatile
184 Togo -0.53 index 2023 down 6.0% volatile
185 Bhutan -0.56 index 2023 up 62.2% volatile
186 Zambia -0.59 index 2023 down 1,866.7% volatile
187 Benin -0.63 index 2023 down 350.0% volatile
187 China -0.63 index 2023 down 1.6% volatile
189 Saudi Arabia -0.66 index 2023 down 217.9% volatile
190 Moldova -0.7 index 2023 down 192.1% volatile
191 Mauritania -0.74 index 2023 down 305.6% volatile
192 Russia -0.76 index 2023 down 123.5% volatile
193 Haiti -0.78 index 2023 down 750.0% volatile
194 Burkina Faso -0.83 index 2023 up 21.7% volatile
195 Brazil -0.87 index 2023 down 224.3% volatile
196 Armenia -1.12 index 2023 down 60.0% volatile
197 Afghanistan -1.31 index 2023 down 536.7% volatile
198 Zimbabwe -1.41 index 2023 down 683.3% volatile
199 Somalia -1.44 index 2023 down 1,540.0% volatile
200 Sri Lanka -1.47 index 2023 down 425.0% volatile

About this data

Indicator
Indicator of food price anomalies
Unit
index
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
200 places, 2,795 data points, 2010–2023
Last refreshed

Indicator of Food Price Anomalies (IFPA), by Consumer Food Price Index