The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method for producing an alpha-fluoroacrylic acid ester, which has high starting material conversion rate, high selectivity and high yield. The present invention provides a method for producing a compound represented by formula (1) (wherein R represents an alkyl group that may be substituted by one or more fluorine atoms), which comprises a step A wherein the compound represented by formula (1) is obtained by reacting a compound represented by formula (2) (wherein X represents a bromine atom or a chlorine atom) with an alcohol represented by formula (3) (wherein the symbol is as defined above) and carbon monoxide in the presence of a transition metal catalyst and a base.