“Preliminary numbers show a decrease in food prices by 5.5 percent from March to April”, says Sofie Öhman statistician at Statistics Sweden.

According to preliminary statistics, the inflation rate according to the CPI decreased from 0.5 percent in March to -0.1 percent in April. The monthly change for the CPI from March to April was -0.6 percent.

The preliminary inflation rate according to the CPIF (Consumer Price Index with fixed interest rate) decreased from 1.6 percent in March to 0.8 percent in April. The monthly change for the CPIF from March to April was -0.6 percent.

CPIF-XE (CPIF excluding energy) decreased from 1.1 percent in March to 0.0 percent in April according to preliminary numbers. The monthly change for the CPIF-XE from March to April was -0.6 percent.

The CPI flash estimates are preliminary estimates published five working days before the official publication. For the flash estimates, only CPI, CPIF, and CPIF-XE at the aggregated level are published as well as rate of changes for divisions and special aggregates. More detailed information and definitive figures will be available on May 13.

Read more about the CPI flash estimates here: Information about the CPI flash estimates (scb.se)

Different measures of inflation

Statistics Sweden calculates different measures of inflation for different purposes. In Sweden, the change in the Consumer Price Index (CPI) is the most common measure of inflation, but the CPIF is the measure that the Riksbank uses as its target variable for the monetary policy. The CPIF includes the same goods and services as the CPI. The difference between the CPI and the CPIF is that in the CPIF, household mortgage interest rates are held constant. This means that the effect of changes in household mortgage interest rates is only captured in the CPI and not in the CPIF.

Changes for users retrieving data using the API

In the autumn of 2025, PxWebApi v1 was replaced by the new PxWebApi v2. PxWebApi v1 will remain operational until the turn of the year 2026/2027, after which it will no longer be available. For further information and guidance on the transition, see

PxWebApi v2.

More details in Flash CPI

Starting in March, the flash CPI includes more details on what affects the price development. For more information on the new details, see (in Swedish):

Fler detaljer om inflationen släpps i Snabb-KPI

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