The 63 products now cost 254.32 euros. This list of products includes meat, frozen foods, fruit and vegetables, dairy, groceries, and fish, and has been monitored by Deco ProTeste since 2022.
Essential food basket reaches its highest value ever
Thursday, 19 March 2026RSS
Context & Explainers
Inflation measures how much general prices rise over time, usually reported year‑on‑year to compare a month with the same month a year earlier. Portugal’s National Institute of Statistics (INE) estimated January inflation at 1.9% year‑on‑year, down 0.3 percentage points from December, which affects rents, wages and everyday purchasing power for residents.
