Consumer prices in Hungary grew by an annual 8.5 percent in March, the worst inflation figures in Hungary in 15 years, quickening from 8.3 percent in the previous month, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) said on Friday.
Month on month, inflation was 1 percent.
Food prices increased by 13 percent as the price of bread jumped 27.9 percent and poultry prices rose by 21.4 percent.
In the category of goods that includes vehicle fuel, prices increased by 8.9 percent, with vehicle fuel prices up 11.4 percent.
Prices of spirits and tobacco products increased by 7 percent.
Harmonised CPI, adjusted for better comparison with other European Union member states, was 8.6 percent.
Core inflation, which excludes volatile fuel and food prices, was 9.1 percent.