🇸🇪Sweden food inflation
Sweden's food inflation is -4.7% as of August 2026, from official Eurostat data. It rose from -5.2% the previous month. Over the period shown it has ranged from -5.2% to 18.1%. That is 5.8 percentage points below the euro-area average of 1.1% — the 30th of 30 European countries that report it.
Food inflation · Sweden
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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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Sweden food inflation — frequently asked questions
- What is Sweden's food inflation?
- Sweden's food inflation is -4.7% as of August 2026, from official Eurostat data.
- How does Sweden's food inflation compare with the euro area?
- It is the 30th-highest of 30 European countries that report it, against a euro-area average of 1.1%.
- Is Sweden's food inflation rising or falling?
- It rose from -5.2% to -4.7% in the latest reading (August 2026).