Global food price index 2000-2024

The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) averaged 127.4 points in October 2024, up 3 points from September 2024. The highest value for the index in the past 23 years was reached in March 2022. However, the rate of food price increases has been decreasing since.Food prices worldwideThe annual FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) by category shows that the price of vegetable oils grew by a particularly large margin. One of the factors that influenced the spike in oil prices worldwide during 2020 and 2021 were the supply-chain disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Moreover, after the war in Ukraine, shipping costs and grain prices also had a noticeable impact on global food prices. Global food prices are calculated to have increased by 3.68 percent, due to changes in shipping costs and grain prices. The European Union (EU) has experienced a particularly high increase in the annual consumer prices for food and non-alcoholic beverages, as compared to other selected countries worldwide.Inflation in EuropeThe inflation rate for food in the EU grew from 0.2 percent in May 2021 to 19.2 percent in March 2023, as compared to the same month in the previous year. In the following months, the food inflation started decreasing again, reaching 7.6 percent in October 2023. The overall inflation rate in the Euro area reached its peak in October 2022 at 10.6 percent. Prices have since fallen to 4.3 percent in September 2023. As measured by the Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (HICP), inflation rates in Europe were highest in Turkey, Czechia, and Serbia as of December 2023.

联合国粮食及农业组织（FAO）的食品价格指数（FFPI）在2024年10月平均值为127.4点，较2024年9月上升了3点。过去23年中，该指数的最高值出现在2022年3月。然而，自那时起，食品价格上涨的速率已呈下降趋势。全球食品价格年度FAO食品价格指数（FFPI）按类别划分显示，植物油的价格涨幅尤为显著。2020年和2021年全球油价飙升的其中一个影响因素是COVID-19大流行期间供应链的中断。此外，乌克兰战争之后，航运成本和谷物价格也对全球食品价格产生了显著影响。由于航运成本和谷物价格的变化，全球食品价格预计上涨了3.68%。与世界上其他选定国家相比，欧盟（EU）食品和非酒精饮料年度消费者价格涨幅尤为突出。欧洲的通货膨胀率在食品方面的增长从2021年5月的0.2%上升到2023年3月的19.2%，与去年同期相比。在随后的月份中，食品通货膨胀率开始逐渐下降，到2023年10月降至7.6%。欧元区的总体通货膨胀率在2022年10月达到峰值，为10.6%，此后价格已下降至2023年9月的4.3%。根据消费者价格协调指数（HICP）的测量，截至2023年12月，欧洲的通货膨胀率在土耳其、捷克共和国和塞尔维亚最高。