Food prices have risen 20% in five years, with bread and fruit prices approaching 40% (South Korea)

It has been revealed that food prices have risen by more than 20% over the past five years. According to the National Data Office on the 8th, the price index for "food and non-alcoholic beverages" last month rose 22.
The increase was 9%. This is about 7% higher than the overall consumer price index increase rate (16.2%) during the same period. By item, bread (38.5%), fruit (35.2%), cake (31.7%), milk (31.7%), and so on.
・Cheese and eggs (30.7%), mochi (25.8%), ramen (25.3%), etc. saw large increases. Other foods containing chili powder, sesame, etc. (21.4%), meat (21.
Fish and marine products (20.0%) were slightly lower than the average for food products, but still exceeded 20%. Among non-alcoholic beverages, coffee, tea and cocoa rose 38.2%,
Mineral water, soft drinks, fruit juice, and vegetable juice also increased by 22.7%. The increase rate for alcoholic beverages and tobacco was only 5.0%, but if we look at alcoholic beverages alone, the increase rate was 1.
Prices of food and non-alcoholic beverages will increase by 4.4% in 2020, 5.9% in 2021, 5.9% in 2022, 5.5% in 2023, and 3.1% in 2024.
The overall consumer price inflation rate for this period is expected to be 0.5% in 2020, 2.5% in 2021, 5.1% in 2022, 3.6% in 2023, and 4.9% in 2024.
Prices for items closely related to daily life also rose sharply. Food, drink, and accommodation rose the most, at 24.8%, and within this, food and drink services, which refers to the cost of eating out, saw a 2.3% increase.
The percentage of people who spent more than 200,000 yen on laundry and laundry products rose by 24.1%. The percentage of people who spent more than 200,000 yen on laundry and laundry products rose by 24.1%.
Prices for "household goods and services," which include housework services such as laundry and cleaning, rose 19.4%.
Prices for "housing, water, electricity and fuel," which includes housing costs (including monthly rent) and various utility fees, rose 16.7%, while prices for "clothing and shoes" rose 16.2%, almost the same as the average increase rate.
However, the cost of "transportation," which includes fuel costs, vehicle maintenance costs, and public transportation fares, was 15.9%, lower than the average. Entertainment and culture (9.5%), education (8.8%), and insurance (6.2%)
) also saw a small increase, with communication costs the only one to fall by 0.2%.