Brazil: average price of the basic food basket October 2023, by city
The basic food basket in Brazil takes into account the prices of 13 food products that are necessary to guarantee, for one month, the sustenance of an adult worker. In October 2023, the Brazilian city with the highest value of the basic food basket was Porto Alegre with a value of over 739 Brazilian reals. By contrast, the city with the lowest basket price was Aracaju with approximately 522 Brazilian reals, which reveals a difference of 30 percent between the most expensive and the cheapest city.