Hungary food inflation rate 2026| ��ƽ��

Inflation rate for food in Hungary from January 2022 to June 2026

Characteristic	Inflation rate
Jun 26	0.2%
May 26	0.5%
Apr 26	1.5%
Mar 26	0%
Feb 26	0.2%
Jan 26	1.3%
Dec 25	2.6%
Nov 25	3.2%
Oct 25	3.9%
Sep 25	4.7%
Aug 25	5.9%
Jul 25	5.9%
Jun 25	6.2%
May 25	5.9%
Apr 25	5.4%
Mar 25	7%
Feb 25	7.1%
Jan 25	6%
Dec 24	5.4%
Nov 24	4.9%
Oct 24	4.5%
Sep 24	3.7%
Aug 24	2.4%
Jul 24	2.7%
Jun 24	1.1%
May 24	1%
Apr 24	1%
Mar 24	0.7%
Feb 24	2.2%
Jan 24	3.6%
Dec 23	4.8%
Nov 23	7.1%
Oct 23	10.4%
Sep 23	15.2%
Aug 23	19.5%
Jul 23	23.1%
Jun 23	29.3%
May 23	33.5%
Apr 23	37.9%
Mar 23	42.6%
Feb 23	43.3%
Jan 23	44%
Dec 22	44.8%
Nov 22	43.8%
Oct 22	40%
Sep 22	35.2%
Aug 22	30.9%
Jul 22	27%
Jun 22	22.1%
May 22	18.6%
Apr 22	15.6%
Mar 22	13%
Feb 22	11.3%
Jan 22	10.1%

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July 2026

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Hungary

Survey time period

January 2022 to June 2026

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In June 2026, the food inflation rate in Hungary was 0.2 percent. During the observed period, food inflation rates peaked in December 2022 at 44.8 percent.

Accelerating inflation rates

Besides food prices increasing throughout 2023, the overall inflation also accelerated in the country. By 2023, inflation rates were over 17 percent, which was the highest annual figure documented in the past decade. In comparison, the lowest inflation rate was recorded in 2014 at negative 1.2 percent.

Food inflation in CEE

As soaring inflation rates became a common phenomenon over the past years, Hungary wasn’t the only Central and Eastern European country experiencing a dramatic food price increase in recent years. In Czechia, food inflation peaked in November 2022 at 26 percent, while it reached over 35 percent in Lithuania at the same time.