Food HICP inflation (per cent) - Belgium - Eurostat - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: HICP inflation (Eurostat)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In Belgium, the food HICP inflation rate was 0.4 per cent in September 2026, compared to 0.9 in August 2026.
Sample. This monthly series has 357 observations in total. The time range covered by the series goes from January 1997 to September 2026.
History. Here's a glimpse of some statistics calculated on the entire sample: the inflation rate had a mean value of 2.9 per cent; it reached its highest level of 17.6 per cent in March 2023; it reached its minimum of -0.9 per cent in July 1999.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Per cent |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 0.900000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 0.900000 |
| 2026-09-30 | 0.400000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Annual rate of change in the food HICP (including alcohol and tobacco) |
| Country | Belgium |
| Economic concept | Prices |
| Data type | Price index |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Rescaling | None |
| Measure type | Growth rate |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | Per cent |
| 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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