In the last four years food prices in Italy rose by 25%
95% confidence
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Omissions
The data refers specifically to the period October 2021 to October 2025, which is a four-year span ending approximately five months before the claim was made. The figure of 24.9% was published by ISTAT in October 2025.
The increase was significantly higher than overall consumer price inflation, which was about 8 percentage points lower during the same period.
Il Sole 24 Ore headline refers to 'five years' while the data covers a four-year period from October 2021 to October 2025.