Food price inflation by country: latest official figures

Latest official food price inflation for 19 countries in one table, as of 2026-09, with each country's period, change and source.

Updated when a new official figure arrives.

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	Definition	Source
1	Australia	3.2%	2026-09	+0.2pp	Food component of the national CPI	Australian Bureau of Statistics
2	Spain	2.9%	2026-09	+0.4pp	HICP food	Eurostat (European Commission)
3	Norway	2.4%	2026-09	+0.6pp	HICP food	Eurostat (European Commission)
4	Portugal	2.4%	2026-09	+0.2pp	HICP food	Eurostat (European Commission)
5	Canada	2.18%	2026-09	-0.67pp	Food component of the national CPI	Statistics Canada
6	U.S.	1.8%	2026-09	-0.4pp	Food component of the national CPI	U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
7	Italy	1.8%	2026-09	+0.6pp	HICP food	Eurostat (European Commission)
8	France	1.6%	2026-09	+0.5pp	HICP food	Eurostat (European Commission)
9	UK	1.3%	2026-09	0pp	Food component of the national CPI	Office for National Statistics (UK)
10	Finland	1.1%	2026-09	+0.3pp	HICP food	Eurostat (European Commission)
11	Germany	0.5%	2026-09	+0.2pp	HICP food	Eurostat (European Commission)
12	Austria	0.4%	2026-09	+0.9pp	HICP food	Eurostat (European Commission)
13	Ireland	0.3%	2026-09	+0.2pp	HICP food	Eurostat (European Commission)
14	Belgium	-0.6%	2026-09	-0.2pp	HICP food	Eurostat (European Commission)
15	Poland	-0.7%	2026-09	+0.6pp	HICP food	Eurostat (European Commission)
16	Switzerland	-0.7%	2026-09	0pp	HICP food	Eurostat (European Commission)
17	Netherlands	-1.7%	2026-09	-1pp	HICP food	Eurostat (European Commission)
18	Denmark	-2.2%	2026-09	-0.5pp	HICP food	Eurostat (European Commission)
19	Sweden	-5.9%	2026-09	+0.1pp	HICP food	Eurostat (European Commission)
Regional average (not ranked)	Euro area	1.1%	2026-09	+0.3pp	HICP food	Eurostat (European Commission)

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How to read this

Each value is the most recent figure the official statistics agency has published. Countries publish on different days, so periods can differ; the period column shows which month each value refers to.
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.

Monthly rankings

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: Eurostat, accessed 2026-09 — license