Cost of food in Burundi increased 1.70 percent in September of 2026 over the same month in the previous year. Food Inflation in Burundi averaged 13.04 percent from 2011 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 48.90 percent in March of 2023 and a record low of -19.90 percent in October of 2018. source: L'Institut de Statistiques et d’Etudes Economiques du Burundi (ISTEEBU)
Food Inflation in Burundi is expected to be 5.00 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Burundi Food Inflation is projected to trend around 7.00 percent in 2027 and 8.00 percent in 2028, according to our econometric models.