Inflation Rate In the Euro Area increased to 2.20 percent in September from 2.10 percent in August of 2025. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - Euro Area Inflation Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

This dataset provides values for INFLATION RATE reported in several countries. The data includes current values, previous releases, historical highs and record lows, release frequency, reported unit and currency.

Inflation Rate in European Union increased to 2.60 percent in September from 2.40 percent in August of 2025. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - European Union Inflation Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

The inflation rate for recreation and culture in the European Union reached 2.9 percent in January 2025. During this month, the inflation rate for the EU economy as a whole was 2.8 percent.

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Core consumer prices In the Euro Area increased 2.40 percent in September of 2025 over the same month in the previous year. This dataset provides the latest reported value for - Euro Area Core Inflation Rate - plus previous releases, historical high and low, short-term forecast and long-term prediction, economic calendar, survey consensus and news.

The inflation rate for communications in the European Union was -2.2 percent in January 2025. While the price level in this sector experienced a spike in 2022 and 2023 compared to its pre-pandemic levels, this rate was far below the inflation rate. During January 2025, the inflation rate in the EU economy as a whole was 2.8 percent.

The dataset contains the average annual inflation rates based on the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) in the European Union. The HICP gives comparable measures of inflation for the countries and country groups for which it is produced. It is an economic indicator that measures the change over time…

The inflation rate for transport in the European Union was 2.1 percent in January 2025. During the entire period, June 2022 registered the highest prince increase in transport with a 16 percent rate. The inflation rate for the EU economy as a whole was 2.8 percent in January 2025.

Core consumer prices in European Union increased 2.60 percent in September of 2025 over the same month in the previous year. This dataset provides - European Union Core Inflation Rate - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.

The inflation rate for health in the European Union was 3.8 percent in January 2025, representing a decline from its peak of 5 percent in August 2023. During January, the inflation rate for the EU economy as a whole was 2.8 percent.

Harmonised Indices of Consumer Prices (HICPs) are designed for international comparisons of consumer price inflation. HICP is used for example by the European Central Bank for monitoring of inflation in the Economic and Monetary Union and for the assessment of inflation convergence as required under Article 121 of the Treaty of Amsterdam. For the U.S. and Japan national consumer price indices are used in the table.

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Inflation Expectations In the Euro Area increased to 2.80 percent in August from 2.60 percent in July of 2025. This dataset includes a chart with historical data for Euro Area Inflation Expectations.

The inflation rate for food and non-alcoholic beverages in the European Union reached a peak of 17.9 percent in November 2022, after which it has fallen significantly to 2.3 percent in January 2025.

The Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) gives comparable measures of inflation for the countries and country groups for which it is produced. It is an economic indicator that measures the change over time of the prices of consumer goods and services acquired by households. In other words, it is a set of consumer price indices (CPIs) calculated according to a harmonised approach and a set of definitions as laid down in Regulations and Recommendations.

In addition, the HICP provides the official measure of consumer price inflation in the euro area for the purposes of monetary policy and the assessment of inflation convergence as required under the Maastricht criteria for accession to the euro.

The HICP is available for all EU Member States, Iceland, Norway and Switzerland. In addition to the individual country series there are three country groups: the euro area (EA), the European Union (EU), and the European Economic Area (EEA), the latter covering Iceland and Norway, in addition to the EU. Liechtenstein does not produce HICP and is therefore not included in the EEA HICP aggregate.

The official indices for the country-groups reflect the changing country composition of the EA, the EU and the EEA. The HICP for new Member States is chained into the aggregate indices at the time of accession. For analytical purposes Eurostat also computes country-group indices with stable country composition over time.

HICP for Albania, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Türkiye (candidate countries), as well as Kosovo (^*) are also published. Their data is flagged with 'd' ('definition differs'), given that its conformity with the methodological HICP requirements has not been evaluated by Eurostat.

A proxy-HICP for the all-items index and main headings is also available for the USA.

National HICPs are produced by National Statistical Institutes (NSIs), while country-group indices (EU, EA and EEA) are produced by Eurostat.

The data are released monthly in Eurostat's database and include price indices and rates of change (monthly, annual and 12-month moving average changes). In addition to the headline 'all-items HICP', over 400 sub-indices for different goods and services and over 30 special aggregates are available, including the HICP at administered prices (HICP-AP).

Every year, with the release of the January data, the relative weights for the indices and the special aggregates (item weights) as well as the individual countries' weight within the country groups (country weights) are published.

The composition of the HICP for administered prices (HICP-AP), i.e. which sub-indices are classified as mainly or fully administered by each Member State, is updated at the same time (more information on HICP-AP can be found under the Specific topics on the web page: Information on data - Harmonised Indices of Consumer Prices (HICP) - Eurostat (europa.eu) (#HICP - administered prices).

Eurostat publishes early estimates, called 'flash estimate', of the euro area overall inflation rate and selected components. These are published monthly, usually on the last working day of the reference month.

The HICP at constant tax rates (HICP-CT) is also published every month and follows the same computation principles as the HICP, but is based on prices at constant tax rates. The comparison with the standard HICP can show the potential impact of changes in indirect taxes, such as value-added tax (VAT) and excise duties, on the overall inflation (more information can be found in the 'HICP-CT Reference methodology document').

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Flags used in the Eurostat online database provide information about the status of the data or a specific data value. The list of used flags can be found in the web page Database - Eurostat (europa.eu), above the tree, through the 'i' box 'information on the database' and then 'Flags and special values' topic.

(*) Under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244/99.

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The core inflation differential vis-à-vis the euro zone is an annual data indicator measuring the HICP annual average rate of change of the TOT_X_NRG_FOOD (all-items excluding energy, food, alcohol and tobacco) aggregate of the EU member states in comparison to the euro area.

It is calculated in percentage points by subtracting the euro area annual average TOT_X_NRG_FOOD rate of change from the one of the respective member state. It is also measured for the European fixed country composition aggregates – EU27 and EA20 – being by definition equal to 0.0 for the latter.

The data source is the HICP annual dataset (prc_hicp_aind).

Cost of food in European Union increased 3.50 percent in September of 2025 over the same month in the previous year. This dataset provides - European Union Food Inflation - actual values, historical data, forecast, chart, statistics, economic calendar and news.