Cost of food in Romania increased 7.86 percent in January of 2026 over the same month in the previous year. Food Inflation in Romania averaged 16.60 percent from 1995 until 2026, reaching an all time high of 178.30 percent in April of 1997 and a record low of -7.57 percent in May of 2016. source: Institutul National de Statistica
Food Inflation in Romania is expected to be 9.00 percent by the end of this quarter, according to Trading Economics global macro models and analysts expectations. In the long-term, the Romania Food Inflation is projected to trend around 3.00 percent in 2027, according to our econometric models.