World Cup: Watching away games will become more expensive in 2026

Watching World Cup games in bars or restaurants can be more expensive than watching the matches at home, data from FGV Ibre show. (Brazilian Institute of Economics of the Getulio Vargas Foundation)

Drinks and food consumed outside the home registered increases above general inflation in the accumulated variation in the 12 months up to April.

In the period, the IPC (Consumer Price Index) increased 3.84%, while restaurants registered a variation of 7.28%.

Beef, sweets, snacks, soft drinks and beer lead the World Cup inflation score:

- beef: 8.24%;
- sweets and savory snacks: 7.78%;
- sandwiches: 5.74%;
- soft drinks and mineral water outside the home: 5.08%;
- beers and draft beer: 4.76%.

The items needed to watch games at home showed a variation below the IPC.

This is the case with the TV set: anyone who intends to buy a new television will be faced with an accumulated variation of 0.91% in 12 months.

The survey also showed that monthly internet fees became cheaper in the period, with a drop of 2.14%.

Despite the relief on the internet, the price of streaming continues to rise. In the last 12 months, there was a variation of 4.21%, above the IPC.

Source: CNN