Food HICP (index) - Euro Area - Eurostat - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: HICP indices (Eurostat)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In the Euro Area, the food HICP was 144.4 (index) in September 2026, compared to 144.2 in August. This constitutes an increase of 0.1 percent.
Sample. There are 369 records overall in the monthly time series presented in the chart above. The series covers the period stretching from January 1996 to September 2026.
History. Check out a few summary statistics we computed on the entire sample: the index recorded its maximum of 145.0 in April 2026; it reached its lowest level of 66.0 in January 1996; it had a mean of 95.3.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Index |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 144.200 |
| 2026-08-31 | 144.160 |
| 2026-09-30 | 144.360 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Food HICP (including alcohol and tobacco) |
| Country | Euro Area |
| Economic concept | Prices |
| Data type | Price index |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Rescaling | Index (2015 = 100) |
| Measure type | Level |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | Index |
| Source | Eurostat |
| Source type | International organization |
| Data licence | Free reuse with attribution |
| Other information | Eurostat HICP first-release figures (ECOICOP 2018) |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM1 |
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