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3. LBP 44.2 Million for a Basic Food Basket

According to the World Food Program, the survival food basket has reached LBP 44.2 million, or around $492, an increase of $42 since January. That's how much it now costs for a family of five to cover its basic food needs for a month in Lebanon.

This basket, which includes rice, wheat, pulses, oil, sugar, salt and sardines, represents the bare minimum to meet the caloric and nutritional needs of a household in precarious circumstances.

Between January and the end of May 2025, its price jumped by 8.2%, a double-digit inflation rate that also affected non-food goods – a phenomenon unseen since September 2023.

This figure illustrates, better than any speech, the growing economic pressure on Lebanese families.