Cost of food in the United States increased 2.90 percent in May of 2025 over the same month in the previous year. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - United States Food Inflation - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

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).

Graph and download economic data for Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Food in U.S. City Average (CPIUFDNS) from Jan 1913 to May 2025 about urban, food, consumer, CPI, inflation, price index, indexes, price, and USA.

United States - Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Food Away from Home in U.S. City Average was 378.36300 Index 1982-84=100 in March of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Food Away from Home in U.S. City Average reached a record high of 378.36300 in March of 2025 and a record low of 21.40000 in February of 1953. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Food Away from Home in U.S. City Average - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on May of 2025.

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United States CPI U: AW: FB: Food: Food Away From Home (Away) data was reported at 5.822 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 5.799 % for 2016. United States CPI U: AW: FB: Food: Food Away From Home (Away) data is updated yearly, averaging 5.925 % from Dec 1997 (Median) to 2017, with 21 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 6.474 % in 2008 and a record low of 5.658 % in 2000. United States CPI U: AW: FB: Food: Food Away From Home (Away) data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.I011: Consumer Price Index: Urban: Weights (Annual).

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.

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.

United States - Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Nondurables Less Food in U.S. City Average was 230.05700 Index 1982-84=100 in March of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Nondurables Less Food in U.S. City Average reached a record high of 255.16300 in June of 2022 and a record low of 16.10000 in July of 1935. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Nondurables Less Food in U.S. City Average - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on June of 2025.

CPI U: AW: FB: Food: Home: FV: Fresh data was reported at 1.053 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 1.047 % for 2016. CPI U: AW: FB: Food: Home: FV: Fresh data is updated yearly, averaging 0.988 % from Dec 1997 (Median) to 2017, with 21 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.135 % in 2000 and a record low of 0.851 % in 2009. CPI U: AW: FB: Food: Home: FV: Fresh data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.I011: Consumer Price Index: Urban: Weights (Annual).

CPI U: AW: FB: Food: Away: Limited Service Meals & Snacks data was reported at 2.478 % in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 2.459 % for 2016. CPI U: AW: FB: Food: Away: Limited Service Meals & Snacks data is updated yearly, averaging 2.455 % from Dec 1997 (Median) to 2017, with 21 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 2.746 % in 2003 and a record low of 1.654 % in 2000. CPI U: AW: FB: Food: Away: Limited Service Meals & Snacks data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.I011: Consumer Price Index: Urban: Weights (Annual).

United States - Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Food and Beverages in U.S. City Average was 335.48900 Index 1982-84=100 in May of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Food and Beverages in U.S. City Average reached a record high of 335.48900 in May of 2025 and a record low of 34.60000 in April of 1967. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Food and Beverages in U.S. City Average - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on July of 2025.

CPI U: AW: FB: Food data was reported at 13.628 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 13.698 % for 2016. CPI U: AW: FB: Food data is updated yearly, averaging 14.264 % from Dec 1997 (Median) to 2017, with 21 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 15.422 % in 1998 and a record low of 13.628 % in 2017. CPI U: AW: FB: Food data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.I011: Consumer Price Index: Urban: Weights (Annual).

United States - Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Other Foods in U.S. City Average was 286.39000 Index 1982-84=100 in July of 2024, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Other Foods in U.S. City Average reached a record high of 287.10600 in January of 2024 and a record low of 102.20000 in January of 1984. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Other Foods in U.S. City Average - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on June of 2025.

Consumer Price Index: All Items Excluding Food and Energy for the United States was 132.38550 Index 2010=100 in January of 2024, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, Consumer Price Index: All Items Excluding Food and Energy for the United States reached a record high of 132.38550 in January of 2024 and a record low of 12.64896 in January of 1960. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Consumer Price Index: All Items Excluding Food and Energy for the United States - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on July of 2025.

United States - Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Food at Home in U.S. City Average was 168.37200 Index Dec 1999=100 in April of 2025, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Food at Home in U.S. City Average reached a record high of 168.80600 in March of 2025 and a record low of 100.00000 in December of 1999. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Chained Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Food at Home in U.S. City Average - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on June of 2025.

United States - Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Food Away from Home in South - Size Class A was 375.51600 Index 1982-1984=100 in July of 2024, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, United States - Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Food Away from Home in South - Size Class A reached a record high of 375.51600 in July of 2024 and a record low of 103.40000 in January of 1984. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for United States - Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers: Food Away from Home in South - Size Class A - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on July of 2025.

CPI U: AW: FB: Food: Home: FV: Processed data was reported at 0.278 % in 2017. This records a decrease from the previous number of 0.292 % for 2016. CPI U: AW: FB: Food: Home: FV: Processed data is updated yearly, averaging 0.285 % from Dec 1997 (Median) to 2017, with 21 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.329 % in 2001 and a record low of 0.247 % in 2007. CPI U: AW: FB: Food: Home: FV: Processed data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Bureau of Labor Statistics. The data is categorized under Global Database’s USA – Table US.I011: Consumer Price Index: Urban: Weights (Annual).

Consumer Price Index: Food for the United States (DISCONTINUED) was 110.91410 Index 2010=100 in January of 2018, according to the United States Federal Reserve. Historically, Consumer Price Index: Food for the United States (DISCONTINUED) reached a record high of 112.45771 in July of 2015 and a record low of 13.72959 in April of 1955. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Consumer Price Index: Food for the United States (DISCONTINUED) - last updated from the United States Federal Reserve on June of 2025.