The World Bank published on June 13, 2025 its “Food Security Update” report in which it provides a glimpse on the year-on-year change in the food component of a country’s Consumer Price Index (CPI). In details, the report revealed that food price inflation remains elevated across all countries’ income categories, with 76.5% of low-income, 54.5% of lower-middle-income, 45.0% of upper-middle-income and 14.5% of high-income countries having food price inflation levels exceeding 5%. The World Bank noted that real food price inflation (which is defined as nominal food inflation minus overall inflation) has exceeded real overall inflation in 60% of the 161 countries for which both food CPI and overall CPI indexes are available. The report also noted that nominal food price inflation in Lebanon has been following a downward trajectory, casting an annual change of 20.9% in April 2025, down from 33.5% in April 2024 noting that it fell on a monthly basis as well when compared to the 21.4% level reached in March 2025. This trend is illustrated in chart below:

The report also mentioned that as of June 2025, 9 countries have implemented 10 food export bans on major food commodities in order to prevent additional internal food shortages, while 4 have adopted 4 export-limiting measures.

The World Bank mentioned that the head of Syndicate of Food Importers expects imported food prices to remain stable in the near future and the Minister of Economy & Trade reaffirmed the government’s commitment to protect food security by preserving the price and weight of Arabic bread packets.