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Food, alcohol and tobacco price inflation (HICP, annual rate) in Malta

Food, alcohol and tobacco price inflation (HICP, annual rate) in Malta was 2.4% in September 2026, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is down 0.9 pts from September 2025. That is the 6th highest of 27 EU countries in September 2026.

September 20262.4%
Change on September 2025-0.9 pts
Rank6th of 27EU countries ranked
Series high12.1October 2022
Series low-1.6March 2010

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Food, alcohol and tobacco price inflation (HICP, annual rate) in Malta, January 2000 to September 2026

-50510152000-012003-112007-092011-072015-052019-032023-012026-092026-09: 2.4 %-50510152000-012008-122017-112026-092026-09: 2.4 %
%. 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 321 values
Period%
2026-092.4
2026-081.7
2026-071.7
2026-061.8
2026-051.9
2026-043.4
2026-032.9
2026-023.1
2026-013.4
2025-123.5
2025-113.1
2025-103
2025-093.3
2025-083.7
2025-073.5
2025-063.8
2025-053.8
2025-043.6
2025-032.9
2025-022.5
2025-011.8
2024-121.9
2024-113
2024-103.5
2024-093.1
2024-083.1
2024-073.6
2024-063.3
2024-054.3
2024-044.7
2024-035
2024-025.9
2024-018.7
2023-128.3
2023-117.2
2023-107.2
2023-098.8
2023-089.4
2023-078.8
2023-0610.3
2023-059.6
2023-0410.1
2023-0311.3
2023-0211.4
2023-0110.1
2022-1211.5
2022-1111.5
2022-1012.1
2022-0910
2022-089.5
2022-079.9
2022-068.6
2022-058.7
2022-047.5
2022-037.2
2022-027
2022-015.7
2021-124.1
2021-113.3
2021-102.5
2021-093
2021-082.5
2021-072.4
2021-061.8
2021-051.4
2021-040.8
2021-030.7
2021-020.1
2021-010.2
2020-121.1
2020-112.2
2020-102.2
2020-091.4
2020-081.9
2020-072.1
2020-062.7
2020-052
2020-042.6
2020-031.9
2020-021.9
2020-012.1
2019-121.8
2019-111
2019-101.2
2019-092.4
2019-082.9
2019-072.6
2019-063
2019-053.5
2019-043.1
2019-032.9
2019-023.3
2019-012.9
2018-123.1
2018-113.1
2018-103.5
2018-092.9
2018-082.2
2018-072
2018-061.7
2018-051.6
2018-041.2
2018-031
2018-020.8
2018-010.5 Series break
2017-120.8
2017-111.9
2017-102.3
2017-092
2017-081.8
2017-072.3
2017-062.2
2017-052
2017-042.9
2017-033.5
2017-024
2017-014.5 Series break
2016-123.5
2016-112.6
2016-102.5
2016-092.7
2016-082.9
2016-072.5
2016-062.5
2016-052.7
2016-042
2016-031.7
2016-021.4
2016-011.8
2015-123.2
2015-113.2
2015-103.4
2015-093.4
2015-082.9
2015-072.8
2015-062.7
2015-052.1
2015-042.7
2015-032.7
2015-022.6
2015-012.5
2014-120.4
2014-112.1
2014-101.1
2014-090.7
2014-080.8
2014-070.9
2014-060.9
2014-051.8
2014-042.1
2014-032.4
2014-022.2
2014-012.6
2013-123.5
2013-111.9
2013-102.8
2013-094.9
2013-086.5
2013-076.6
2013-065.9
2013-055.4
2013-045.5
2013-034.4
2013-024.2
2013-014.8
2012-125.6
2012-115.7
2012-105.2
2012-095.8
2012-084.7
2012-075.5
2012-065.2
2012-055.1
2012-045.4
2012-036.1
2012-026.3
2012-014.6
2011-125.1
2011-115.1
2011-105.4
2011-093
2011-083.9
2011-073.9
2011-065.2
2011-055.8
2011-044.4
2011-034.3
2011-024.9
2011-015.6
2010-125.2
2010-114
2010-103.5
2010-093.6
2010-083
2010-072.6
2010-060.4
2010-05-0.7
2010-04-0.3
2010-03-1.6
2010-02-0.7
2010-011.2
2009-120
2009-112.5
2009-101.8
2009-094.4
2009-085.7
2009-075.2
2009-067.7
2009-058.5
2009-048.8
2009-039.7
2009-029
2009-017.2
2008-128
2008-115.6
2008-107.2
2008-094.9
2008-085.5
2008-076.5
2008-067
2008-056.9
2008-046.7
2008-037.5
2008-027.3
2008-016.6
2007-126.2
2007-115.8
2007-105.4
2007-095.4
2007-084.4
2007-072.5
2007-062.1
2007-050.8
2007-040.7
2007-031
2007-021.8
2007-012.2
2006-122.6
2006-113.1
2006-102.1
2006-092.7
2006-081.8
2006-072.9
2006-060.9
2006-051.8
2006-042.8
2006-031.4
2006-02-1.1
2006-010.7
2005-121.2
2005-112
2005-103.8
2005-092.6
2005-080.2
2005-071.3
2005-063.2
2005-053.3
2005-041.3
2005-030.8
2005-021.8
2005-01-0.4
2004-12-0.3
2004-112
2004-10-0.5
2004-091.5
2004-084
2004-073.9
2004-061.9
2004-051.9
2004-043.3
2004-033.3
2004-023.8
2004-015.7
2003-125.4
2003-112.7
2003-103.2
2003-091.3
2003-080.3
2003-07-0.3
2003-061.1
2003-051.7
2003-041.4
2003-032.9
2003-022.5
2003-010.1
2002-121.2
2002-112.2
2002-103.3
2002-091.7
2002-081.9
2002-072.4
2002-063.7
2002-054.5
2002-044.4
2002-034.8
2002-025.7
2002-017.4
2001-126.7
2001-115
2001-104.5
2001-096.4
2001-086.6
2001-076.2
2001-065.4
2001-053.5
2001-043
2001-031.6
2001-020.8
2001-010.1
2000-121.9
2000-113.6
2000-102.7
2000-092.6
2000-082.4
2000-071.9
2000-061.8
2000-052.7
2000-043.2
2000-033.9
2000-023.3
2000-013.9

Compared with European Union (27)

PlaceSeptember 2026
Malta2.4
European Union (27)1.2

Malta compared with nearby places

Austria: 0.7 %Belgium: 0.4 %Bulgaria: 2.6 %Cyprus: 3.4 %Czechia: -1 %Germany: 1.1 %Denmark: -1.4 %Estonia: 0.5 %Spain: 2.7 %Finland: 2.4 %France: 1.6 %Greece: -0.1 %Croatia: 0.2 %Hungary: -2.7 %Ireland: 0.8 %Italy: 1.9 %Lithuania: 0.5 %Luxembourg: 3.3 %Latvia: -3.1 %Malta: 2.4 %Netherlands: -1.2 %Poland: 1.9 %Portugal: 2.3 %Romania: 3 %Sweden: -4.8 %Slovenia: 0.6 %Slovakia: -2.2 %
  • Under -2.5
  • -2.5 to -1.3
  • -1.3 to 0
  • 0 to 0.8
  • 0.8 to 2.4
  • 2.4 and over
Food, alcohol and tobacco price inflation (HICP, annual rate), September 2026, %. Malta is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: Eurostat, European Commission. Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain).

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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), Malta, 2000-01 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), Malta, 2000-01 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/malta. 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), Malta, 2000-01 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/malta.

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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), Malta, 2000-01 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/malta (Accessed: 18 October 2026).

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What is the food, alcohol and tobacco price inflation (HICP, annual rate) in Malta?

Food, alcohol and tobacco price inflation (HICP, annual rate) in Malta was 2.4% in September 2026, according to Eurostat, European Commission. That is down 0.9 pts from September 2025. That is the 6th highest of 27 EU countries in September 2026.

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Eurostat, European Commission. HICP, monthly data, annual rate of change, food, including alcoholic beverages and tobacco, COICOP 2018 FOOD (prc_hicp_minr). Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-18.

What was the highest food, alcohol and tobacco price inflation (HICP, annual rate) in Malta?

12.1% in October 2022, the highest value since January 2000 in this series.

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