🇩🇪Germany food inflation
Germany's food inflation is 0.9% as of August 2026, from official Eurostat data. It fell from 1.3% the previous month. Over the period shown it has ranged from 0.7% to 18.7%. That is 0.2 percentage points below the euro-area average of 1.1% — the 11th of 21 member states that report it.
Food inflation · Germany
0.9%
vs prev
▼ 0.4pp
Source: Eurostat (prc_hicp_minr) · data through August 2026 · released 2026-09-17 · modifications: none
Food inflation here is the HICP aggregate "food including alcohol and tobacco" — the component the ECB reports alongside energy, non-energy industrial goods and services. It covers more than the grocery basket.
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Germany food inflation — frequently asked questions
- What is Germany's food inflation?
- Germany's food inflation is 0.9% as of August 2026, from official Eurostat data.
- How does Germany's food inflation compare with the euro area?
- It is the 11th-highest of 21 euro-area members that report it, against a euro-area average of 1.1%.
- Is Germany's food inflation rising or falling?
- It fell from 1.3% to 0.9% in the latest reading (August 2026).
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