Cost of food in El Salvador increased 5.06 percent in October of 2026 over the same month in the previous year, marking the fastest increase since October 2023. Food Inflation in El Salvador averaged 2.67 percent from 2010 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 14.50 percent in August of 2022 and a record low of -5.57 percent in January of 2010. source: Oficina Nacional de Estadística y Censos
Food Inflation in El Salvador is expected to be 4.90 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the El Salvador Food Inflation is projected to trend around 2.70 percent in 2027 and 2.50 percent in 2028, according to our econometric models.