Food HICP inflation (per cent) - Ireland - Eurostat - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: HICP inflation (Eurostat)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In Ireland, the food HICP inflation rate was 0.6 per cent in August 2026, compared to 1.0 in July.
Sample. The monthly time series shown in the figure has 356 observations. The time span covered by the series stretches from January 1997 to August 2026.
History. Here are a few simple statistics computed on the entire sample: the inflation rate had an average value of 2.1 per cent; it reached a maximum of 11.5 in December 2022; it hit a minimum of -5.6 in April 2010.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Per cent |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 1.0 |
| 2026-07-31 | 1.0 |
| 2026-08-31 | 0.6 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Annual rate of change in the food HICP (including alcohol and tobacco) |
| Country | Ireland |
| 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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