Data for Afghanistan: Afghanistan Food Prices & Food Insecurity Report — May 2026

Country: Afghanistan

Source: Data for Afghanistan

Please refer to the attached file.

Key Insights:

- The median Flour Purchasing Power (FPP) is 10.2 kg of low-quality wheat flour for a day's unskilled wage. In total, 17 provinces fall below this median (midpoint), meaning workers there can afford fewer kg of flour per day than the national median.

- In total, 9 provinces have at least 40% of their food insecure population in IPC Phase 3+ (Crisis or worse): Badakhshan, Balkh, Bamyan, Daykundi, Faryab, Ghor, Jawzjan, Kunar, Sar-e-Pul.

- Nuristan has the lowest Flour Purchasing Power (7.1 kg/day).

- Kapisa has the highest Flour Purchasing Power (10.5 kg/day)

Methodology:

Please see page 7 of the report for methodology. ...