🇷🇴Romania food inflation
Romania's food inflation is 2.7% as of August 2026, from official Eurostat data. It fell from 5.3% the previous month. Over the period shown it has ranged from 0.6% to 20.4%. That is 1.6 percentage points above the euro-area average of 1.1% — the 4th of 30 European countries that report it.
Food inflation · Romania
2.7%
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▼ 2.6 pp
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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Romania food inflation — frequently asked questions
- What is Romania's food inflation?
- Romania's food inflation is 2.7% as of August 2026, from official Eurostat data.
- How does Romania's food inflation compare with the euro area?
- It is the 4th-highest of 30 European countries that report it, against a euro-area average of 1.1%.
- Is Romania's food inflation rising or falling?
- It fell from 5.3% to 2.7% in the latest reading (August 2026).