Cost of food in the United Arab Emirates increased 0.59 percent in October of 2025 over the same month in the previous year. Food Inflation in the United Arab Emirates averaged 2.61 percent from 2009 until 2025, reaching an all time high of 9.06 percent in August of 2022 and a record low of -3.52 percent in April of 2021. source: Federal Competitiveness and Statistics Centre
Food Inflation in the United Arab Emirates is expected to be 2.50 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the United Arab Emirates Food Inflation is projected to trend around 2.50 percent in 2027, according to our econometric models.