The consumer price index increased in 2011
According to Statistics Estonia, the consumer price index increased 5.0% in 2011 compared to the average of 2010. The change in the consumer price index was mainly influenced by food and non-alcoholic beverages.
The annual change of the consumer price index was mainly influenced by the 9.7% price increase of food and non-alcoholic beverages, which gave two fifths of the total increase. Also by the 6.2% price increase of electricity, heat energy and heating, and the 12.2% price increase of motor fuel, which both added another fifth to the total increase.
In 2011 compared to the average of the previous year, coffee was 45% and sugar 43% more expensive. In spite of the price decreases at the end of the year, potatoes remained 34% more expensive than in 2010. But eggs were 9.4% cheaper.
| Commodity group | 2010–2011, % |
| TOTAL | 5.0 |
| Food and non-alcoholic beverages | 9.7 |
| Alcoholic beverages and tobacco | 6.3 |
| Clothing and footwear | 3.5 |
| Housing | 5.9 |
| Household goods | 0.7 |
| Health | 0.4 |
| Transport | 5.1 |
| Communications | -4.2 |
| Recreation and culture | 0.7 |
| Education | 2.2 |
| Hotels, cafés and restaurants | 6.0 |
| Miscellaneous goods and services | 2.8 |