Food HICP inflation (per cent) - Hungary - Eurostat - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: HICP inflation (Eurostat)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In Hungary, the food HICP inflation rate was -2.8 per cent in August 2026, versus -2.6 in July.
Sample. There are 297 records overall in the monthly time series displayed in the graph above. The span of time covered by the series is from December 2001 to August 2026.
History. Take a look at some summary statistics computed on the full sample: the inflation rate hit a maximum of 37.7 per cent in February 2023; it registered a minimum of -2.8 in August 2026; it had a mean of 6.3.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Per cent |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | -1.00000 |
| 2026-07-31 | -2.60000 |
| 2026-08-31 | -2.80000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Annual rate of change in the food HICP (including alcohol and tobacco) |
| Country | Hungary |
| 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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