Hungarian Central Statistical Office puts the annual change in consumer prices at 1.6 per cent

27 October 2026

The Hungarian Central Statistical Office reports that consumer prices in Hungary were 1.6% higher on average in September 2026 than a year earlier. Compared to August, prices were up by 0.2%. Food prices decreased by 1.3% over twelve months, within which the price of canned meat lessened by 26.7%, that of butter by 15.6% and the price of pork by 11.0%. Services became 4.9% more expensive, and alcoholic beverage and tobacco prices rose by 3.3%. The Magyar Nemzeti Bank cited the same 1.6% figure, with core inflation at 1.9%, when it held the central bank base rate at its October meeting.