New data for January 2023 shows that the price of eggs in the EU was, on average, 30% higher than in January 2022. It means eggs were one of the foods with the biggest price rise, according to the European Commission.
Much smaller price increases were recorded in January 2022 compared with January 2021 (+7%) and in January 2021 compared with the pre-COVID-19 month of January 2020 (+1%).
Among the EU countries, the highest increase in annual inflation for eggs was recorded in Czechia (+85% in January 2023 compared with January 2022), followed by Hungary (+80%) and Slovakia (+79%). Smaller but still substantial increases were recorded in Germany and Luxembourg (both +18%), and Austria (+19%).