Cost of food in Afghanistan increased 8.10 percent in January of 2026 over the same month in the previous year. Food Inflation in Afghanistan averaged 5.97 percent from 2005 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 72.77 percent in May of 2008 and a record low of -27.46 percent in May of 2009. source: National Statistics and Information Authority (NSIA)
Food Inflation in Afghanistan is expected to be 2.00 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Afghanistan Food Inflation is projected to trend around 2.30 percent in 2027, according to our econometric models.