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 1.1 per cent in August 2026, versus 1.2 in July 2026.
Sample. There are 356 data points in the monthly series presented in the plot above. The series covers the time range going from January 1997 to August 2026.
History. Have a look at a few statistics we calculated on the entire sample: the inflation rate was equal on average to 2.7 per cent; it hit a minimum of -0.4 in October 2009; it reached a maximum of 15.5 in March 2023.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Per cent |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 1.50000 |
| 2026-07-31 | 1.20000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 1.10000 |
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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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