“Greece has the sixth lowest food inflation in the EU-27 in March 2023, based on Eurostat,” the Minister of Development and Investments, Adonis Georgiadis, said in a post on social media.

Then, Mr. Georgiadis notes:

“Food Inflation

FEB 23 vs JAN 23

Hungary 45.1% from 47%

Slovakia 29.1% from 27.5%

Lithuania 27.5% from 29.7%

Estonia 25.5 out of 25.8%

Poland 25.1% from 24.5%

Czech Republic 24.6% from 25.2%

Latvia 24.3% from 25.4%

Germany 22.9% from 22.3%

Bulgaria 22.2% from 25%

Romania 22.2% from 22.9%

Sweden 21% from 22.6%

Belgium 20.7% from 18.9%

Portugal 20% from 22%

Slovenia 19.8% from 19%

EU 19.6% from 19.5%

Netherlands 18.4% from 18.4%

Croatia 18.3% from 17.9%

Eurozone 17.9% from 17.7%

Finland 17.7% from 17.3%

France 17.2% from 16.1%

Spain 16.5% from 16.7%

Denmark 16.1% from 15.3%

Austria 14.6% from 16.5%

Greece 14.1% from 14.7%

Luxembourg 13.5% from 13.5%

Malta 13.3% from 13.6%

Italy 13.3% from 13.5%

Ireland 13.3% from 13.3%

Cyprus 6.1% from 9.1%.

With Spain the gap in food inflation widened further to 2.4% (Greece 14.1%, Spain 16.5%) in March from 2% in February (Greece 14.7%, Spain 16.7%)” .