Food HICP inflation (per cent) - European Union - Eurostat - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: HICP inflation (Eurostat)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In the European Union, the food HICP inflation rate was 1.2 per cent in September 2026, versus 1.0 in August.
Sample. This monthly time series has 310 records. The series covers the time span stretching from December 2000 to September 2026.
History. Take a look at some simple statistics we computed on the entire sample: the inflation rate was equal on average to 3.3 per cent; it reached a minimum of -0.2 per cent in June 2014; it achieved a maximum of 16.9 per cent in March 2023.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Per cent |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 1.20000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 1.00000 |
| 2026-09-30 | 1.20000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Annual rate of change in the food HICP (including alcohol and tobacco) |
| Country | European Union |
| 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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