Cost of food in Bangladesh increased 5.28 percent in December of 2018 over the same month in the previous year. Food Inflation in Bangladesh averaged 6.62 percent from 2013 until 2018, reaching an all time high of 9.09 percent in May of 2014 and a record low of 3.77 percent in February of 2016.
Food Inflation in Bangladesh is expected to be 7.70 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Food Inflation in Bangladesh to stand at 6.00 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Bangladesh Food Inflation is projected to trend around 4.80 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.