The prices for vegetables, fruit, ground provision and meat have soared on average by more than 75% over the past three years in Guyana.

In comparative data provided by the New Guyana Marketing Corporation in 2021 and 2025 as part of its weekly bulletins, food prices have been climbing steadily since 2021.

 The data represents prices that were recorded at the Bourda and Stabroek markets in Georgetown, which are two of the country’s largest and busiest markets.

The price for some vegetables like cabbage, pak-choi, cucumber, corilla have seen increases of more than 100%.

In May 2021, cabbage was being sold at $170 per pound. According to the data provided, in May 2025, cabbage was being sold at $360 per pound.

Pak-choi has jumped from $47 to $100 per hand, cucumbers are now being sold at a cost of $80 each, up from $29 three years ago, and corilla is now being sold for $300 per pound, as compared to $130 in 2021.

Boulanger has seen a 20% increase in its price, ocro has seen a 65% increase, the price for pumpkin has increased by 65.5% and tomatoes have seen a 73% increase over the past three years.

Seasonings have also seen increases, with wiri-wire pepper jumping from $190 per pound to $400 per pound, while hot pepper has moved from $280 per pound to $400 per pound.

An examination of the price for local fruits has also revealed some steep increases.

According to the data, Cayenne banana has jumped from $200 per pound to $400, per pound, while the cost for apple banana has jumped from $110 per pound to $260 per pound.

Watermelon has seen a 93% increase in the cost, while the cost for pineapples has increased from $330 to $600 each.  The price for oranges has remained stagnant at $100 each.

If you are a lover of soup or that metagee, you might have noticed the soaring costs for ground provision.

The data from the New Guyana Marketing Corporation has revealed that the price for eddo has moved from $90 to $200 per pound in the past three years, sweet potato has seen a 100% increase as it has moved from $100 per pound to $200 per pound, while casava has recorded a 77% increase and plantain has jumped from $110 to $180 per pound.

Meat lovers might have noticed increases too.  Local chicken has recorded a 75% increase in its price, moving from $320 per pound to $560 per pound.

Beef is being sold at a cost of $950 per pound currently, an increase of 63.7%. Pork has recorded an 87.5% increase from $400 per pound in 2021 to the current $750 per pound. Eggs have seen an increase of 21.2% in the price.

Basic food prices have been climbing with citizens across the country complaining about the impact on the cost of living. While the Government has announced some steps to cushion the increase in food prices, many of those steps do not result in lower prices. In some instances, farmers were provided with millions of dollars in fertilizer by the Government, but that benefit to them, did not trickle down to the shopper in the market place.

There have been calls for more monitoring of food prices to be done by the Government.

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