{
  "query": {
    "country": "IE",
    "spend": "food and non-alcoholic beverages"
  },
  "status": "ok",
  "price": {
    "currency": "INDEX",
    "unit": "price level index (the OECD average = 100)",
    "value": 105,
    "measure": "average",
    "median": null,
    "typical_low": null,
    "typical_high": null,
    "min": null,
    "max": null
  },
  "sample_size": null,
  "period": {
    "from": "2024-01-01",
    "to": "2024-12-31"
  },
  "confidence": "medium",
  "price_type": "official_statistic",
  "statistic": {
    "measure": "average",
    "reference_period": "2024",
    "note": "A price level index from the PPP survey, not a shop price or a receipt."
  },
  "as_of": "2026-10-20T17:51:21.778Z",
  "source": {
    "id": "oecd-price-levels",
    "name": "OECD / Eurostat PPP programme: price level indices by spending group",
    "publisher": "OECD Statistics Directorate, with Eurostat (Eurostat-OECD PPP Programme, itself part of the World Bank's International Comparison Program)",
    "licence": "OECD Terms and Conditions: data may be used for any purpose including commercial use, with credit to the OECD",
    "licence_url": "https://www.oecd.org/en/about/terms-conditions.html",
    "attribution": "Source: OECD (2026), Purchasing power parities detailed results (dataflow DSD_PPP@DF_PPP), https://sdmx.oecd.org, used under the OECD Terms and Conditions. Figures are passed on as published; ranks and the percentage gap to the comparison average are calculated by ProofPrice.",
    "url": "https://www.oecd.org/en/data/indicators/purchasing-power-parities-ppp.html"
  },
  "method": "OECD/Eurostat PPP programme: price level index for food and non-alcoholic beverages, with the OECD average = 100, from the international price survey; passed on as published, with the percentage gap and the rank among surveyed countries calculated by ProofPrice. An index, not a list of prices.",
  "method_url": "https://proofprice.com/method",
  "summary": "Prices for food and non-alcoholic beverages in Ireland were at an index of 105 in 2024 (the OECD average = 100), 5% above the OECD average; number 14 most expensive of 47 countries surveyed. Official average published by OECD Statistics Directorate, with Eurostat (Eurostat-OECD PPP Programme, itself part of the World Bank's International Comparison Program) for 2024.",
  "notice": "Information, not a valuation or offer. Ranges describe past recorded prices.",
  "extra": {
    "index": true,
    "spending_group": "food and non-alcoholic beverages",
    "oecd_category_code": "A0101",
    "comparison_area": "the OECD average",
    "price_level_index": 105,
    "percent_above_comparison": 5,
    "ppp_national_currency_per_unit": 0.974,
    "ppp_unit": "national currency per US dollar",
    "rank": {
      "place": 14,
      "of": 47,
      "dearest": "Switzerland",
      "cheapest": "North Macedonia"
    },
    "history": [
      {
        "year": 2024,
        "price_level_index": 105,
        "ppp_national_currency_per_unit": 0.974
      },
      {
        "year": 2023,
        "price_level_index": 105,
        "ppp_national_currency_per_unit": 0.969
      },
      {
        "year": 2022,
        "price_level_index": 107,
        "ppp_national_currency_per_unit": 1.02
      }
    ],
    "spending_groups": [
      "all household consumption",
      "food and non-alcoholic beverages",
      "meat",
      "fish and seafood",
      "milk, dairy products and eggs",
      "cereals and cereal products",
      "oils and fats",
      "fruit and nuts",
      "vegetables, tubers and pulses",
      "sugar, confectionery and desserts",
      "non-alcoholic beverages",
      "alcoholic beverages",
      "tobacco",
      "clothing and footwear",
      "housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels",
      "furnishings, household equipment and routine household maintenance",
      "health",
      "transport",
      "purchase of vehicles",
      "information and communication",
      "recreation, sport and culture",
      "education services",
      "restaurants and accommodation services",
      "miscellaneous goods and services",
      "consumer goods",
      "consumer services",
      "gross domestic product (whole economy)"
    ]
  },
  "answer_id": "ans_c23368606e884dc11bf1",
  "method_version": "1",
  "retrieved_at": "2026-10-20T17:51:21.778Z",
  "evidence": {
    "type": "official_statistic",
    "label": "Official published average",
    "meaning": "One average or median that a statistics office or regulator publishes for a reference period: it describes a group, not a distribution, and says nothing about any single price."
  },
  "reliability": "official_median_no_count",
  "data_as_of": "2024-12-31",
  "data_age_days": 658,
  "suggestions": [
    "This is one published average or median with no record count: use it as a reference point, not as a range of what individuals paid.",
    "For a decision on a specific job or purchase, ask for an itemised quote.",
    "The newest data is over a year old: prices may have moved, so check for a more recent source."
  ]
}