Prices and consumption

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Consumer price index 2015 = 100 by commodity group

Commodity group 2021 2022 2023 Annual change 
2022–2023, %
Total index 105,8 113,4 120,4 6,2
Food and non-alcoholic beverages 103,3 114,2 124,5 9,0
Alcoholic beverages and tobacco 123,9 128,2 134,7 5,0
Clothing and footwear 94,9 96,8 99,8 3,1
Housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels 108,8 118,9 129,7 9,1
Furnishings, household equipment and routine maintenance of the house 98,2 103,6 110,2 6,4
Health 111,7 112,3 110,6 -1,5
Transport 108,3 120,5 119,3 -1,0
Communication 99,4 105,4 111,0 5,3
Recreation and culture 98,9 103,2 109,0 5,6
Education 109,0 110,6 114,3 3,4
Restaurants and hotels 111,1 117,9 126,1 6,9
Miscellaneous goods and services 101,1 103,8 115,9 11,7

Inflation

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Cost-of-living index 1951:10 = 100

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Real price development of selected food items 1995 = 100

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Average prices of liquid fuels

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Consumption of food commodities per person

Product Unit 2000 2010 2020 2022*
Milk kg 148,1 135,3 100,8 92,7
Butter kg 3,8 3,3 3,3 3,1
Sour milk kg 16,0 12,4 8,1 7,2
Yoghurt kg 17,1 23,4 19,6 18,6
Cheese 1) kg 16,5 19,0 25,3 25,5
Eggs kg 10,1 9,8 12,4 11,1
Nuts kg 0,7 1,1 2,0 1,8
Wheat kg 45,9 46,4 44,9 48,9
Rye kg 15,3 16,1 15,0 13,4
Oats kg 3,0 5,4 11,0 10,9
Rice kg 5,6 5,2 7,0 8,1
Fresh vegetables kg 52,8 56,1 64,5 63,7
Fresh fruit kg 45,2 47,1 58,5 47,9
Beef and veal 2) kg 19,0 18,6 18,7 17,0
Pork 2) kg 33,0 34,9 29,7 28,8
Poultry meat 2) kg 13,3 18,2 27,5 28,3
Fish 3) kg 13,2 15,2 15,2 14,5
Coffee 4) kg 9,2 10,0 9,3 5) 8,9
Cocoa kg 1,4 2,9 2,5 2,5
Sugar kg 32,0 31,8 32,2 30,9
Beer litre 78,4 82,8 70,0 66,0
Wine litre

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12,2 12,0 10,8
Ciders litre . . 9,3 4,8 4,4
Long drinks litre . . 9,0 10,2 10,7
Strong alcoholic beverages litre 5,0 5,6 4,2 4,0

* preliminary data

1) Incl. curd and cottage cheese
2) Including bones, i.e. carcass meat
3) As filleted weight
4) Sales of roasted coffee
5) Final data

Consumption of alcoholic beverages per person aged 15 or older, 100% alcohol

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1) Starting from 2000, passenger imports of alcoholic beverages, from 2017 onwards incl. online purchases from abroad

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Last updated 8 Feb 2024