Food HICP inflation (per cent) - Euro Area - Eurostat - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: HICP inflation (Eurostat)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In the Euro Area, the food HICP inflation rate stood at 1.3 per cent in September 2026, compared to 1.1 in August.
Sample. There are 357 records in the monthly time series displayed in the figure above. The series covers the span of time stretching from January 1997 to September 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at a few summary statistics computed on the whole sample: the inflation rate recorded a maximum of 15.5 per cent in March 2023; it hit a minimum of -0.4 per cent in October 2009; it had an average value of 2.7 per cent.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Per cent |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 1.20000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 1.10000 |
| 2026-09-30 | 1.30000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Annual rate of change in the food HICP (including alcohol and tobacco) |
| Country | Euro Area |
| 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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