# EU countries by food price inflation (HICP, annual rate), September 2026

All 27 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2026-09, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `hicp_annual_rate_food`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Harmonised index of consumer prices for food and non-alcoholic beverages (COICOP 2018 division 01), annual rate of change: the percentage change from the same month a year earlier. Monthly, comparable across EU countries (Eurostat).
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, HICP, monthly data, annual rate of change, food and non-alcoholic beverages, COICOP 2018 CP01 (prc_hicp_minr) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/prc_hicp_minr/default/table)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/eurostat
- Retrieved: 2026-10-18
- Citation: Eurostat. HICP, monthly data, annual rate of change, food and non-alcoholic beverages, COICOP 2018 CP01 (prc_hicp_minr). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/prc_hicp_minr/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-18.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/hicp-food-inflation/eu-countries

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Cyprus | 4 |
| 2 | Spain | 2.7 |
| 3 | Romania | 2.6 |
| 4 | Malta | 2.5 |
| 5 | Portugal | 2.4 |
| 6 | Finland | 2 |
| 7 | Italy | 1.7 |
| 8 | Bulgaria | 1.6 |
| 9 | France | 1.5 |
| 9 | Luxembourg | 1.5 |
| 11 | Germany | 0.4 |
| 12 | Austria | 0.3 |
| 12 | Ireland | 0.3 |
| 14 | Greece | -0.2 |
| 15 | Poland | -0.3 |
| 16 | Belgium | -0.4 |
| 17 | Croatia | -0.5 |
| 17 | Slovenia | -0.5 |
| 19 | Estonia | -1.2 |
| 20 | Lithuania | -1.8 |
| 20 | Netherlands | -1.8 |
| 22 | Denmark | -2.1 |
| 23 | Slovakia | -3.2 |
| 24 | Czechia | -3.8 |
| 25 | Hungary | -4.6 |
| 26 | Latvia | -4.8 |
| 27 | Sweden | -6.3 |