Grocery prices and food inflation in Europe
Eurostat HICP food price indices (2015=100) for all 27 member states: food and non-alcoholic beverages overall, plus bread & cereals, meat, and milk/cheese/eggs. Indices publish with a lag of several months (latest 2025-12). A small crowdsourced micro sample from Open Prices supplements the official numbers.
Data updated: 25 Aug 2026
Food inflation, euro area
3.2 % YoY
Highest food inflation
7.7 % YoY
Lowest food inflation
-2.1 % YoY
Food price inflation by country (YoY %)
Data updated: 25 Aug 2026
| Country | Food & non-alc beverages | Bread & cereals | Meat | Milk, cheese, eggs | Period |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 3.6 | 2.4 | 6.7 | 6.8 | 2025-12 |
| Belgium | 2.7 | 2.0 | 5.8 | 2.4 | 2025-12 |
| Bulgaria | 6.1 | 11.1 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 2025-12 |
| Croatia | 2.9 | 0.2 | 8.0 | 0.8 | 2025-12 |
| Cyprus | -2.1 | -1.4 | -1.8 | -1.1 | 2025-12 |
| Czechia | 1.6 | 2.4 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 2025-12 |
| Denmark | 3.5 | 0.8 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 2025-12 |
| Estonia | 5.6 | 3.8 | 7.1 | 8.2 | 2025-12 |
| Finland | 2.0 | -0.6 | 4.5 | 1.2 | 2025-12 |
| France | 1.8 | 0.9 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 2025-12 |
| Germany | 1.7 | 0.4 | 3.8 | -1.4 | 2025-12 |
| Greece | 3.8 | 1.4 | 13.2 | 4.3 | 2025-12 |
| Hungary | -0.3 | 4.9 | -3.2 | -9.5 | 2025-12 |
| Ireland | 4.2 | 2.1 | 11.8 | 3.7 | 2025-12 |
| Italy | 2.4 | 1.3 | 5.7 | 4.5 | 2025-12 |
| Latvia | 4.3 | 1.1 | 5.1 | 3.2 | 2025-12 |
| Lithuania | 4.2 | 1.2 | 4.3 | 5.6 | 2025-12 |
| Luxembourg | 3.5 | 2.6 | 6.4 | 2.1 | 2025-12 |
| Malta | 3.7 | -0.5 | 9.1 | 2.8 | 2025-12 |
| Netherlands | 3.3 | 1.7 | 8.6 | 1.1 | 2025-12 |
| Poland | 2.5 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 5.5 | 2025-12 |
| Portugal | 3.5 | 2.8 | 7.7 | 2.0 | 2025-12 |
| Romania | 7.7 | 8.7 | 7.2 | 8.6 | 2025-12 |
| Slovakia | 2.8 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 4.4 | 2025-12 |
| Slovenia | 4.7 | 0.6 | 8.8 | 3.4 | 2025-12 |
| Spain | 3.0 | 0.2 | 6.1 | 6.5 | 2025-12 |
| Sweden | 3.6 | 0.3 | 7.3 | 3.4 | 2025-12 |