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Food, alcohol and tobacco price inflation (HICP, annual rate) in European Union (27)

Food, alcohol and tobacco price inflation (HICP, annual rate) in the European Union (27) was 1.2% in September 2026, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is down 2.4 pts from September 2025.

September 20261.2%
Change on September 2025-2.4 pts
Series high16.9March 2023
Series low-0.2June 2014

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Food, alcohol and tobacco price inflation (HICP, annual rate) in European Union (27), December 2000 to September 2026

-5051015202000-122004-092008-062012-032015-122019-092023-062026-092026-09: 1.2 %-5051015202000-122009-082018-042026-092026-09: 1.2 %
%. Source: Eurostat, HICP, monthly data, annual rate of change, food, including alcoholic beverages and tobacco, COICOP 2018 FOOD (prc_hicp_minr). Retrieved 2026-10-18, published 2026-10-16.
All 310 values
Period%
2026-091.2
2026-081
2026-071.2
2026-061.6
2026-052
2026-042.7
2026-032.7
2026-022.9
2026-013.1
2025-123.1
2025-113
2025-103.1
2025-093.6
2025-083.9
2025-073.9
2025-063.7
2025-053.8
2025-043.5
2025-033.7
2025-023.3
2025-012.9
2024-123
2024-113.1
2024-103.2
2024-092.8
2024-082.6
2024-072.3
2024-062.3
2024-052.3
2024-042.6
2024-032.3
2024-023.7
2024-015.4
2023-126
2023-116.9
2023-107.6
2023-099.1
2023-0810.2
2023-0711.6
2023-0612.7
2023-0513.7
2023-0414.8
2023-0316.9
2023-0216.6
2023-0115.5
2022-1215.3
2022-1115.2
2022-1014.7
2022-0913.1
2022-0812
2022-0711
2022-069.9
2022-058.6
2022-047.4
2022-035.9
2022-025
2022-014.3
2021-123.9
2021-112.9
2021-102.5
2021-092.5
2021-082.2
2021-071.8
2021-060.9
2021-050.8
2021-040.9
2021-031.2
2021-021.5
2021-011.7
2020-121.6
2020-112.2
2020-102.4
2020-092.3
2020-082.3
2020-072.6
2020-063.7
2020-053.9
2020-044.1
2020-033.2
2020-022.8
2020-012.8
2019-122.7
2019-112.6
2019-102.2
2019-092.2
2019-082.8
2019-072.6
2019-062.2
2019-052.1
2019-042
2019-032.2
2019-022.5
2019-011.9
2018-121.8
2018-111.9
2018-102.2
2018-092.6
2018-082.4
2018-072.4
2018-062.7
2018-052.6
2018-042.6
2018-032.2
2018-021.4
2018-012.3 Series break
2017-122.5
2017-112.6
2017-102.7
2017-092.2
2017-081.7
2017-071.8
2017-061.7
2017-051.8
2017-041.6
2017-031.9
2017-022.6
2017-011.9 Series break
2016-121.4
2016-110.8
2016-100.4
2016-090.7
2016-081.2
2016-071.3
2016-060.8
2016-050.6
2016-040.5
2016-030.5
2016-020.4
2016-010.7
2015-120.9
2015-111.1
2015-101.2
2015-091
2015-080.9
2015-070.5
2015-060.8
2015-051
2015-040.8
2015-030.4
2015-020.3
2015-01-0.2
2014-12-0.1
2014-110.4
2014-100.5
2014-090.3
2014-08-0.2
2014-07-0.2
2014-06-0.2
2014-050.2
2014-040.7
2014-031.1
2014-021.5
2014-011.7
2013-121.8
2013-111.6
2013-101.9
2013-092.5
2013-083.2
2013-073.5
2013-063.3
2013-053.3
2013-043
2013-032.9
2013-023
2013-013.6
2012-123.5
2012-113.4
2012-103.6
2012-093.5
2012-083.4
2012-073.2
2012-063.4
2012-052.8
2012-043.1
2012-033.3
2012-023.4
2012-013.2
2011-123.3
2011-113.4
2011-103.4
2011-093.1
2011-083.1
2011-073.2
2011-063.5
2011-053.9
2011-043.3
2011-033.4
2011-023.2
2011-012.8
2010-123
2010-112.8
2010-102.6
2010-092.4
2010-082.3
2010-071.9
2010-061.4
2010-051.2
2010-041.3
2010-031
2010-020.7
2010-010.7
2009-120.6
2009-110.6
2009-100.4
2009-090.7
2009-080.9
2009-071.1
2009-061.6
2009-051.9
2009-042.3
2009-032.8
2009-023.1
2009-013.3
2008-123.8
2008-114.2
2008-105
2008-095.8
2008-086.3
2008-077
2008-066.8
2008-056.7
2008-046.4
2008-036.5
2008-026.2
2008-015.9
2007-125.4
2007-115
2007-104.5
2007-093.6
2007-083.2
2007-072.8
2007-062.8
2007-052.8
2007-043.1
2007-032.7
2007-022.7
2007-013.1
2006-123
2006-113.2
2006-103.1
2006-093.1
2006-083
2006-072.8
2006-062.4
2006-052.3
2006-042.1
2006-031.9
2006-022
2006-012
2005-121.8
2005-112.2
2005-102
2005-091.9
2005-081.6
2005-071.3
2005-061.4
2005-051.7
2005-041.7
2005-031.9
2005-022.3
2005-011.9
2004-122.4
2004-111.7
2004-102
2004-092.3
2004-083
2004-073.3
2004-063.4
2004-053.5
2004-043.4
2004-033.4
2004-023.1
2004-013.5
2003-123.8
2003-114.1
2003-103.7
2003-093.5
2003-083.1
2003-073
2003-062.8
2003-052.2
2003-042
2003-032
2003-021.8
2003-011.3
2002-122
2002-112.3
2002-102.3
2002-092.5
2002-082.5
2002-072.4
2002-062.6
2002-053.2
2002-044.3
2002-035
2002-025.7
2002-016.4
2001-125.5
2001-115.4
2001-105.7
2001-095.7
2001-085.7
2001-076
2001-066.4
2001-056.1
2001-045.1
2001-034.5
2001-023.6
2001-013.4
2000-123

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Definition

Harmonised index of consumer prices for food, including alcoholic beverages and tobacco (Eurostat special aggregate FOOD, the food component of the ECB and Eurostat headline breakdown: processed and unprocessed food, alcoholic beverages and tobacco), annual rate of change: the percentage change from the same month a year earlier. Monthly, comparable across EU countries (Eurostat).

Eurostat publishes the HICP under COICOP 2018 from the data for January 2026 and recalculated the category series back to 1997 on that basis, so figures for earlier years can differ from those first published under ECOICOP, by a lot for divisions 08 to 13. The headline rate for all items is hicp_annual_rate. Eurostat marks some back-calculated months as estimates. Eurostat marks values before 2018 for several countries as following a different definition, and January 2017 and 2018 as series breaks for some. The latest month for euro area countries is often a flash estimate, marked as estimated and revised the following month.

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Eurostat. HICP, monthly data, annual rate of change, food, including alcoholic beverages and tobacco, COICOP 2018 FOOD (prc_hicp_minr). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/prc_hicp_minr/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-18.

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Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). HICP, monthly data, annual rate of change, food, including alcoholic beverages and tobacco, COICOP 2018 FOOD (prc_hicp_minr) (Food, alcohol and tobacco price inflation (HICP, annual rate), European Union (27), 2000-12 to 2026-09) [Data set]. Retrieved October 18, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/prc_hicp_minr/default/table

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HICP, monthly data, annual rate of change, food, including alcoholic beverages and tobacco, COICOP 2018 FOOD (prc_hicp_minr), Food, alcohol and tobacco price inflation (HICP, annual rate), European Union (27), 2000-12 to 2026-09. Eurostat, European Commission, 16 Oct. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/prc_hicp_minr/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/hicp-food-alcohol-tobacco-inflation/european-union. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. HICP, monthly data, annual rate of change, food, including alcoholic beverages and tobacco, COICOP 2018 FOOD (prc_hicp_minr). Food, alcohol and tobacco price inflation (HICP, annual rate), European Union (27), 2000-12 to 2026-09. Dataset. Accessed October 18, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/prc_hicp_minr/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/hicp-food-alcohol-tobacco-inflation/european-union.

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Eurostat, European Commission (2026) HICP, monthly data, annual rate of change, food, including alcoholic beverages and tobacco, COICOP 2018 FOOD (prc_hicp_minr), Food, alcohol and tobacco price inflation (HICP, annual rate), European Union (27), 2000-12 to 2026-09 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/prc_hicp_minr/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/hicp-food-alcohol-tobacco-inflation/european-union (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

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  author = {{Eurostat, European Commission}},
  title = {{HICP, monthly data, annual rate of change, food, including alcoholic beverages and tobacco, COICOP 2018 FOOD (prc\_hicp\_minr): Food, alcohol and tobacco price inflation (HICP, annual rate), European Union (27), 2000-12 to 2026-09}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/prc_hicp_minr/default/table},
  urldate = {2026-10-18},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/hicp-food-alcohol-tobacco-inflation/european-union. Publisher attribution: Eurostat. HICP, monthly data, annual rate of change, food, including alcoholic beverages and tobacco, COICOP 2018 FOOD (prc\_hicp\_minr). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/prc\_hicp\_minr/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-18.},
}
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16.9% in March 2023, the highest value since December 2000 in this series.

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