Natural gas, edible oil, potatoes and fuel prices have risen the most in the last year, while compared to the previous month, the largest price increases were recorded for air transport, gas and heat, according to National Institute of Statistics.

Between January 2021 and January 2022, natural gas prices rose by 60.99%, edible oil prices by 25.76%, potatoes by 25.67% and fuels by 24.45%.

In the category of non-food goods, in the last year, large increases were recorded, apart from natural gas and fuels, in thermal energy (plus 21.58%). According to the INS, electricity prices fell between January 2021 and January 2022 by 2.16%, according to Agerpres.

Compared to the previous month, gas prices rose by 6.22% in January 2022, thermal energy by 6.39%, and fuels by 3.59%. The average increase in prices compared to December 2021 was 1.73% in this respect.

In the case of services, the highest annual increases were recorded for postal services (plus 22.51%) and for water, sewerage, sanitation (plus 12%).

The annual inflation rate rose to 8.35% in January 2022, given that non-food goods rose by 10.18%, food by 7.24% and services by 5.66%.