Food price inflation (HICP) in European Union
Food prices in the European Union changed by 3.2% in 2025.
European Union is a group: European Union, 27 member states (composition from February 2020). The value is the aggregate published by Eurostat, not an average calculated on this site.
European Union, 2025
3.2%
Change from 2024
+0.9percentage points
Food price inflation (HICP) in European Union over time
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Annual average rate of change, %. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | European Union |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 3.2% |
| 2024 | 2.3% |
| 2023 | 12.6% |
| 2022 | 11.9% |
| 2021 | 1.6% |
| 2020 | 2.5% |
| 2019 | 2.1% |
| 2018 | 1.9% |
| 2017 | 2.1% |
| 2016 | 0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.3% |
| 2014 | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 2.4% |
| 2012 | 3.0% |
| 2011 | 3.2% |
| 2010 | 0.7% |
| 2009 | 0.5% |
| 2008 | 6.2% |
| 2007 | 3.3% |
| 2006 | 2.4% |
| 2005 | 1.1% |
| 2004 | 1.9% |
| 2003 | 2.2% |
| 2002 | 3.2% |
| 2001 | 6.7% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.9 percentage points from 2.3% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 0.3%, the figure has changed by +2.9 percentage points.
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