Cost of food in Kenya increased 8.47 percent in July of 2019 over the same month in the previous year. Food Inflation in Kenya averaged 9.71 percent from 2010 until 2019, reaching an all time high of 26.20 percent in October of 2011 and a record low of -1.15 percent in August of 2018.
Food Inflation in Kenya is expected to be 6.50 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. Looking forward, we estimate Food Inflation in Kenya to stand at 3.40 in 12 months time. In the long-term, the Kenya Food Inflation is projected to trend around 3.50 percent in 2020, according to our econometric models.