OREANDA-NEWS. February 03, 2012. Moldova ranks fifth in Europe in terms of increase in the prices of foodstuffs, which went up by 7.4 per cent in 2011, according to a top elaborated by the RIA Analitica on the basis of data gathered from 33 states.

Belarus ranks first in this top, with a 2.2-fold increase in the prices of food products, being followed by Turkey, which witnessed a 12.2 per cent rise in prices, Cyprus, with a growth of 12.1 per cent and Kazakhstan, which recorded a 9.6-per-cent increase.

Meanwhile, in Sweden, the foodstuff prices stood at the same level two years in a row, whereas in Norway, the prices decreased by 0.2 per cent. Ukraine and Romania saw slight increases in prices of 0.7 per cent and 0.8 per cent respectively. In Russia, the prices of foodstuffs rose by 2.4 per cent in 2011.