Lebanon tops World Bank's food inflation assessment

Below ⬇️: the 10 countries with the highest food price inflation in the latest @WorldBank assessment.
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Based on the assessment, and according to the World Food Program (WFP), "as the economic crisis continues to worsen and food prices increase, food insecurity is expected to affect 1.46 million Lebanese and 800,000 Syrian refugees," i.e., 42 percent of the total population, by April.  

Further, according to the assessment, since the last update (April 6, 2023), the agricultural, cereal, and export prices closed, respectively, 3 percent, 2 percent, and 8 percent higher. 

Domestic food price inflation remains high worldwide, as "information from the latest month between December 2022 and March 2023 for which food price inflation data are available shows high inflation in almost all low- and middle-income countries," based on the World Bank.