Stoked by higher energy prices, inflation in the OECD ticked up slightly in January, according to the latest data from the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.

The group reports that consumer prices in the OECD area rose by 1.7% in the year to January, up from 1.6% in December. The increase was driven mainly by energy prices, the OECD says, as they increased by 2.1% in the year to January, compared with 1.7% in December.

Conversely, food price inflation slowed to 1.4% in January from 1.5%. Excluding food and energy, the OECD says that its annual inflation rate was stable at 1.6% in January.

Among the major economies, annual inflation picked up most notably in Canada, rising to 1.5% in January, up from 1.2% in December. Inflation also rose in the U.S., but was stable in Europe overall, and it slowed in Japan.

Elsewhere in the G20 countries, the OECD reports that annual inflation decelerated in Brazil, Russia, India, and Indonesia, remained stable in China, and rose in South Africa.

On a month over month basis, consumer prices in the OECD area rose by 0.1% in January, the OECD says. Prices increased most in the U.S., up 0.4%, and Canada, up 0.3%. Prices were also up by 0.2% in Italy, but they fell in France, Germany, the UK and Japan.