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Food price inflation by country, August 2026: ranking

In August 2026, Australia had the highest rate among 20 countries (3%) and Sweden the lowest (-6%). 7 countries rose from the previous month and 11 fell. The euro area figure was 0.8%.

These figures are the 12-month change in a price index (how fast prices rose), not the price level or the size of a bill.

Rank	Country	Latest	Period	Change from previous month	Definition	Source
1	Australia	3%	2026-08	-0.2pp	Food component of the national CPI	Australian Bureau of Statistics
2	Canada	2.85%	2026-08	-0.2pp	Food component of the national CPI	Statistics Canada
3	Spain	2.5%	2026-08	+0.8pp	HICP food	Eurostat (European Commission)
4	U.S.	2.2%	2026-08	-0.5pp	Food component of the national CPI	U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
5	Portugal	2.2%	2026-08	-0.1pp	HICP food	Eurostat (European Commission)
6	Norway	1.8%	2026-08	+0.7pp	HICP food	Eurostat (European Commission)
7	UK	1.3%	2026-08	0pp	Food component of the national CPI	Office for National Statistics (UK)
8	Italy	1.2%	2026-08	-0.1pp	HICP food	Eurostat (European Commission)
9	France	1.1%	2026-08	+0.1pp	HICP food	Eurostat (European Commission)
10	Finland	0.8%	2026-08	+0.8pp	HICP food	Eurostat (European Commission)
11	Germany	0.3%	2026-08	-0.2pp	HICP food	Eurostat (European Commission)
12	Ireland	0.1%	2026-08	-0.5pp	HICP food	Eurostat (European Commission)
13	Belgium	-0.4%	2026-08	-0.3pp	HICP food	Eurostat (European Commission)
14	Austria	-0.5%	2026-08	0pp	HICP food	Eurostat (European Commission)
15	South Korea	-0.54%	2026-08	-1.49pp	Food component of the national CPI	Statistics Korea (KOSIS)
16	Netherlands	-0.7%	2026-08	-0.4pp	HICP food	Eurostat (European Commission)
17	Switzerland	-0.7%	2026-08	+0.2pp	HICP food	Eurostat (European Commission)
18	Poland	-1.3%	2026-08	-0.6pp	HICP food	Eurostat (European Commission)
19	Denmark	-1.7%	2026-08	+0.4pp	HICP food	Eurostat (European Commission)
20	Sweden	-6%	2026-08	+0.6pp	HICP food	Eurostat (European Commission)
Regional average (not ranked)	Euro area	0.8%	2026-08	0pp	HICP food	Eurostat (European Commission)

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Change is the difference from the previous period of the same series, in percentage points.
Definitions are not identical across countries (see the definition column). The table compares published headline figures; it is not a ranking of living standards.

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Source

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — license
Source: Office for National Statistics, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 — license
Source: Statistics Canada. Reproduced and distributed on an "as is" basis with the permission of Statistics Canada — license
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics (CC BY 4.0) — license
Source: Statistics Korea (KOSIS), Consumer Price Survey / Economically Active Population Survey, 2026-08 — license
Source: Eurostat, accessed 2026-08 — license