Food HICP inflation (per cent) - Iceland - Eurostat - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: HICP inflation (Eurostat)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In Iceland, the food HICP inflation rate was 4.6 per cent in August 2026, compared to 4.4 in July 2026.
Sample. This monthly time series has 356 observations in total. The series covers the period stretching from January 1997 to August 2026.
History. Here are a few descriptive statistics calculated on the whole sample: the inflation rate had a mean value of 4.6 per cent; it reached its maximum of 29.5 in January 2009; it recorded a bottom of -4.7 in May 2005.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Per cent |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 4.30000 |
| 2026-07-31 | 4.40000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 4.60000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Annual rate of change in the food HICP (including alcohol and tobacco) |
| Country | Iceland |
| 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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