This statistic depicts the consumer price index (CPI) for food in the United States from 1960 to 2024. In December 2024, the consumer price index (CPI) for food amounted to ******, compared to the period from 1982 to 1984 (=100).

In 2023, the U.S. Consumer Price Index was 309.42, and is projected to increase to 352.27 by 2029. The base period was 1982-84. The monthly CPI for all urban consumers in the U.S. can be accessed here. After a time of high inflation, the U.S. inflation rateis projected fall to two percent by 2027. United States Consumer Price Index ForecastIt is projected that the CPI will continue to rise year over year, reaching 325.6 in 2027. The Consumer Price Index of all urban consumers in previous years was lower, and has risen every year since 1992, except in 2009, when the CPI went from 215.30 in 2008 to 214.54 in 2009. The monthly unadjusted Consumer Price Index was 296.17 for the month of August in 2022. The U.S. CPI measures changes in the price of consumer goods and services purchased by households and is thought to reflect inflation in the U.S. as well as the health of the economy. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics calculates the CPI and defines it as, "a measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services." The BLS records the price of thousands of goods and services month by month. They consider goods and services within eight main categories: food and beverage, housing, apparel, transportation, medical care, recreation, education, and other goods and services. They aggregate the data collected in order to compare how much it would cost a consumer to buy the same market basket of goods and services within one month or one year compared with the previous month or year. Given that the CPI is used to calculate U.S. inflation, the CPI influences the annual adjustments of many financial institutions in the United States, both private and public. Wages, social security payments, and pensions are all affected by the CPI.

The FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) averaged 124.9 points in January 2025, down 2.1 points from December 2024. The highest value for the index in the past 23 years was reached in March 2022. However, the rate of food price increases has been decreasing since.

Food prices worldwide The annual FAO Food Price Index (FFPI) by category shows that the price of vegetable oils grew by a particularly large margin. One of the factors that influenced the spike in oil prices worldwide during 2020 and 2021 were the supply-chain disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Moreover, after the war in Ukraine, shipping costs and grain prices also had a noticeable impact on global food prices. Global food prices are calculated to have increased by 3.68 percent, due to changes in shipping costs and grain prices. The European Union (EU) has experienced a particularly high increase in the annual consumer prices for food and non-alcoholic beverages, as compared to other selected countries worldwide. Inflation in Europe

The inflation rate for food in the EU grew from 0.2 percent in May 2021 to 19.2 percent in March 2023, as compared to the same month in the previous year. In the following months, the food inflation started decreasing again, reaching 1.86 percent in April 2024. The overall inflation rate in the Euro area reached its peak in December 2022 at 9.2 percent. The rate has since fallen to 2.4 percent in December 2024. As measured by the Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (HICP), inflation rates in Europe were highest in Turkey, North Macedonia, and Romania as of December 2024.

Cost of food in India decreased 1.06 percent in June of 2025 over the same month in the previous year. This dataset provides - India Food Inflation - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Monthly indexes and percentage changes for selected sub-groups of the food component of the Consumer Price Index (CPI), not seasonally adjusted, for Canada, provinces, Whitehorse and Yellowknife. Data are presented for the corresponding month of the previous year, the previous month and the current month. The base year for the index is 2002=100.

Measures of monthly UK inflation data including CPIH, CPI and RPI. These tables complement the consumer price inflation time series dataset.

Annual indexes for major components and special aggregates of the Consumer Price Index (CPI), for Canada, provinces, Whitehorse, Yellowknife and Iqaluit. Data are presented for the last five years. The base year for the index is 2002=100.

Key information about Hong Kong SAR (China) CPI: Food and Non Alcoholic Beverage Change

• Hong Kong SAR (China) CPI: Food and Non Alcoholic Beverage Change was reported at 0.912 % in Jan 2025.
• This records a decrease from the previous number of 1.002 % for Dec 2024.
• Hong Kong SAR (China) CPI: Food and Non Alcoholic Beverage Change data is updated monthly, averaging 2.760 % from Oct 2000 to Jan 2025, with 292 observations.
• The data reached an all-time high of 11.665 % in Jul 2008 and a record low of -3.333 % in Jul 2002.
• Hong Kong SAR (China) CPI: Food and Non Alcoholic Beverage Change data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by CEIC Data.
• The data is categorized under World Trend Plus’s Global Economic Monitor – Table: CPI: Food and Non Alcoholic Beverage: Y-o-Y Growth: Monthly: Seasonally Adjusted.

CEIC calculates Consumer Food Price Index Growth from monthly Consumer Food Price Index. Census and Statistics Department provides Consumer Food Price Index with base October 2019-September 2020=100. Consumer Food Price Index Growth prior to October 2019 is calculated from Consumer Food Price Index with base October 2014-September 2015=100, prior to October 2014 from Consumer Food Price Index with base October 2009-September 2010=100, and prior to October 2005 from Consumer Food Price Index with base October 2004-September 2005=100.

Since 2015, the consumer price index (CPI) of food in the United States has increased every year except for 2016, when the CPI decreased by *** percent. The increase of CPI for food compared to the previous year was the highest in 2022, at *** percent.

Ecuador Consumer Price Index (CPI): Weights: FB: Food: Meat: Sheep Meat: Sheep Meat data was reported at 0.012 % in 2024. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.012 % for 2023. Ecuador Consumer Price Index (CPI): Weights: FB: Food: Meat: Sheep Meat: Sheep Meat data is updated yearly, averaging 0.012 % from Dec 2014 (Median) to 2024, with 11 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.012 % in 2024 and a record low of 0.012 % in 2024. Ecuador Consumer Price Index (CPI): Weights: FB: Food: Meat: Sheep Meat: Sheep Meat data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Institute of Statistics and Census. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ecuador – Table EC.I003: Consumer Price Index: 2014=100: Weights.

Cost of food in Nigeria increased 21.97 percent in June of 2025 over the same month in the previous year. This dataset provides - Nigeria Food Inflation - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

Monthly indexes and percentage changes for major components and special aggregates of the Consumer Price Index (CPI), not seasonally adjusted, for Canada, provinces, Whitehorse, Yellowknife and Iqaluit. Data are presented for the corresponding month of the previous year, the previous month and the current month. The base year for the index is 2002=100.

Ecuador Consumer Price Index (CPI): Weights: FB: Food: BC: Pasta: Vermicelli & Noodles data was reported at 0.230 % in 2024. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.230 % for 2023. Ecuador Consumer Price Index (CPI): Weights: FB: Food: BC: Pasta: Vermicelli & Noodles data is updated yearly, averaging 0.230 % from Dec 2014 (Median) to 2024, with 11 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.230 % in 2024 and a record low of 0.230 % in 2024. Ecuador Consumer Price Index (CPI): Weights: FB: Food: BC: Pasta: Vermicelli & Noodles data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Institute of Statistics and Census. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ecuador – Table EC.I003: Consumer Price Index: 2014=100: Weights.

Ecuador Consumer Price Index (CPI): Weights: FB: Food: Meat: Fresh Viscera: Beef data was reported at 0.060 % in 2024. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.060 % for 2023. Ecuador Consumer Price Index (CPI): Weights: FB: Food: Meat: Fresh Viscera: Beef data is updated yearly, averaging 0.060 % from Dec 2014 (Median) to 2024, with 11 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.060 % in 2024 and a record low of 0.060 % in 2024. Ecuador Consumer Price Index (CPI): Weights: FB: Food: Meat: Fresh Viscera: Beef data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Institute of Statistics and Census. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ecuador – Table EC.I003: Consumer Price Index: 2014=100: Weights.

Cost of food in the United Kingdom increased 4.50 percent in June of 2025 over the same month in the previous year. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - United Kingdom Food Inflation - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

Inflation Rate in India decreased to 2.10 percent in June from 2.82 percent in May of 2025. This dataset provides - India Inflation Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

In 2024, the consumer price index (CPI) was 315.61. Data represents U.S. city averages. The monthly inflation rate for the United States can be found here. United States urban Consumer Price Index (CPI) The U.S. Consumer Price Index is a measure of change in the price of consumer goods and services purchased by households. The CPI is defined by the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics as "a measure of the average change over time in the prices paid by urban consumers for a market basket of consumer goods and services." To calculate the CPI, the Bureau of Labor Statistics considers the price of goods and services from various categories: housing, transportation, apparel, food & beverage, medical care, recreation, education and other/uncategorized. The CPI is a useful measure, as it indicates how the cost of urban living in the United States has changed over time, compared to a base period. CPI is also used to calculate inflation, or change in the purchasing power of money. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the U.S. urban CPI has been rising steadily since 1992. As of 2023, the CPI was 304.7, up from 233 ten years earlier and up from 184 twenty years earlier. This indicates the extent to which, compared to a base period 1982-1984 = 100, the price of various goods and services has risen.

Graph and download economic data for Personal Consumption Expenditures Excluding Food and Energy (Chain-Type Price Index) (PCEPILFE) from Jan 1959 to Jun 2025 about chained, core, energy, headline figure, PCE, consumption expenditures, consumption, personal, inflation, price index, indexes, price, and USA.

Ecuador Consumer Price Index (CPI): Weights: FB: Food: Fruit: Dried & Canned Fruits: Peanut data was reported at 0.046 % in 2024. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.046 % for 2023. Ecuador Consumer Price Index (CPI): Weights: FB: Food: Fruit: Dried & Canned Fruits: Peanut data is updated yearly, averaging 0.046 % from Dec 2014 (Median) to 2024, with 11 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.046 % in 2024 and a record low of 0.046 % in 2024. Ecuador Consumer Price Index (CPI): Weights: FB: Food: Fruit: Dried & Canned Fruits: Peanut data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by National Institute of Statistics and Census. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Ecuador – Table EC.I003: Consumer Price Index: 2014=100: Weights.

Key information about Indonesia CPI: Food and Non Alcoholic Beverage Change

• Indonesia CPI: Food and Non Alcoholic Beverage Change was reported at 2.253 % in Feb 2025.
• This records a decrease from the previous number of 3.694 % for Jan 2025.
• Indonesia CPI: Food and Non Alcoholic Beverage Change data is updated monthly, averaging 5.687 % from Jan 2008 to Feb 2025, with 206 observations.
• The data reached an all-time high of 20.120 % in Sep 2008 and a record low of -0.486 % in Nov 2017.
• Indonesia CPI: Food and Non Alcoholic Beverage Change data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by CEIC Data.
• The data is categorized under World Trend Plus’s Global Economic Monitor – Table: CPI: Food and Non Alcoholic Beverage: Y-o-Y Growth: Monthly.

CEIC calculates Consumer Food Price Index Growth from monthly Consumer Food Price Index. Statistics Indonesia provides Consumer Food Price Index with base 2022=100. Consumer Food Price Index Growth from January 2020 onwards covers Food, Beverage, and Tobacco. Consumer Food Price Index Growth prior to January 2024 is calculated from Consumer Food Price Index with base 2018=100. Consumer Food Price Index Growth prior to January 2020 is calculated from Consumer Food Price Index with base 2012=100 and prior to January 2014 is calculated from Consumer Food Price Index with base 2007=100, which cover Food only.