Food Inflation in Europe by Country (2025)
Annual food price inflation across 35 European countries in 2025: Turkey highest at 32.8%, Switzerland lowest at -0.4%, median 4.2%. Eurostat HICP data.
Data
| # | Country | % annual inflation | Change vs 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turkey | 32.8 | -24.5pp |
| 2 | Romania | 6.8 | +2.8pp |
| 3 | Estonia | 6.5 | +2.5pp |
| 4 | Bulgaria | 6.3 | +3pp |
| 5 | Latvia | 6.1 | +2.5pp |
| 6 | Iceland | 5.6 | +0.4pp |
| 7 | Croatia | 5.4 | +1pp |
| 8 | Lithuania | 5.4 | +4.5pp |
| 9 | North Macedonia | 5.4 | +1.3pp |
| 10 | Poland | 5.3 | +1.3pp |
| 11 | Netherlands | 5.1 | +0.5pp |
| 12 | Norway | 5.1 | unchanged |
| 13 | Slovenia | 5.1 | +3.2pp |
| 14 | Luxembourg | 4.9 | +0.4pp |
| 15 | Serbia | 4.6 | +0.3pp |
| 16 | Hungary | 4.5 | +2.8pp |
| 17 | Belgium | 4.3 | -0.7pp |
| 18 | Czechia | 4.2 | +4.2pp |
| 19 | Denmark | 4.1 | +2.4pp |
| 20 | Montenegro | 4.1 | +2.6pp |
| 21 | Sweden | 3.8 | +1.8pp |
| 22 | Ireland | 3.7 | +0.7pp |
| 23 | Slovakia | 3.6 | +0.4pp |
| 24 | Austria | 3.5 | +0.6pp |
| 25 | Malta | 3.2 | -1pp |
| 26 | Italy | 2.9 | +0.4pp |
| 27 | Germany | 2.7 | -0.1pp |
| 28 | Portugal | 2.7 | +0.3pp |
| 29 | Spain | 2.7 | -0.9pp |
| 30 | Finland | 2.6 | +1.4pp |
| 31 | Albania | 2.2 | -1pp |
| 32 | Greece | 2.1 | -0.7pp |
| 33 | France | 1.5 | -0.8pp |
| 34 | Cyprus | 0.2 | -2.7pp |
| 35 | Switzerland | -0.4 | -0.7pp |
About this Dataset
Food price inflation in 2025 ranges from -0.4% in Switzerland to 32.8% in Turkey, with a median of 4.2% and a panel average of 5.1% — +0.2pp on 2024, across the 35 countries covered.
Food is the component of the basket households track most closely and the one that lags furthest behind the energy shock that set it off. It is still catching up.
Below Turkey, the top of the table is Romania, Estonia, Bulgaria and Latvia. Food carries a heavier basket weight at lower income levels, so the same cost pressure shows up as a larger price move there. France, at 1.5%, ranks 33rd of 35, reflecting the annual price negotiations between French retailers and suppliers that damp pass-through relative to more fragmented retail markets.
Every row is the figure published for 2025; no value is carried over from an adjacent year to fill a gap. The chart tracks a fixed panel of 30 countries: those reporting in every year from 2005. The line therefore moves because the countries moved, not because the sample changed. The rate is Eurostat's published annual average rate of change for its HICP 'food including alcohol and tobacco' aggregate, so tobacco duty changes can move a country's figure.
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