Food prices on the rise again U.S.
7%
Belarus
U.K.
9%
43%
Iran
Russia
26%
28%
Tunisia
36% China
33% Mexico
24% Nigeria
40%
Brazil
25%
Pakistan
46%
Kenya
45%
Indonesia
43%
India
35%
food price index 2003 – 2011 250
16 – 25%
source: Time Magazine, February 28, 2011
26 – 35%
36% +
No data
Food Price Index
6 – 15%
The FAO Food Price Index rose for the seventh consecutive month, averaging 231 points in January 2011. Between December 2010 and January 2011, the FAO reported the largest monthly increase (3.4%) since the index has been backtracked in 1990.
200
percentage of total household consumption expenditures going to food
150 100 50 0 ʻ03
ʻ04
ʻ05
ʻ06
ʻ07
ʻ08
ʻ09
ʻ10
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Source: FAO, Food Price Index Report, March 2011
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