Inflation in the largest EU economies
Inflation rate (HICP, annual average), from Eurostat. Every place uses the same definition and unit, so the values can be compared directly. 2025 is the most recent period with a value for every selected place.
Values for 2025
European Union, 2025
2.5%
aggregate · −1.1 percentage points since 2001
Germany, 2025
2.3%
+0.4 percentage points since 2001
Italy, 2025
1.6%
−0.7 percentage points since 2001
France, 2025
0.9%
−0.9 percentage points since 2001
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Annual average rate of change, %. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Germany | France | Italy | European Union |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.3% | 0.9% | 1.6% | 2.5% |
| 2024 | 2.5% | 2.3% | 1.1% | 2.6% |
| 2023 | 6.0% | 5.7% | 5.9% | 6.4% |
| 2022 | 8.7% | 5.9% | 8.7% | 9.2% |
| 2021 | 3.2% | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2.9% |
| 2020 | 0.4% | 0.5% | -0.2% | 0.7% |
| 2019 | 1.4% | 1.3% | 0.7% | 1.4% |
| 2018 | 1.9% | 2.1% | 1.2% | 1.8% |
| 2017 | 1.7% | 1.2% | 1.3% | 1.6% |
| 2016 | 0.4% | 0.3% | -0.1% | 0.2% |
| 2015 | 0.7% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 0.1% |
| 2014 | 0.8% | 0.6% | 0.2% | 0.4% |
| 2013 | 1.6% | 1.0% | 1.3% | 1.3% |
| 2012 | 2.1% | 2.2% | 3.3% | 2.6% |
| 2011 | 2.5% | 2.3% | 2.9% | 2.9% |
| 2010 | 1.1% | 1.7% | 1.6% | 1.8% |
| 2009 | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.8% | 0.8% |
| 2008 | 2.8% | 3.2% | 3.5% | 3.7% |
| 2007 | 2.3% | 1.6% | 2.0% | 2.4% |
| 2006 | 1.8% | 1.9% | 2.2% | 2.3% |
| 2005 | 1.9% | 1.9% | 2.2% | 2.3% |
| 2004 | 1.8% | 2.3% | 2.3% | 2.5% |
| 2003 | 1.1% | 2.2% | 2.8% | 2.3% |
| 2002 | 1.3% | 1.9% | 2.6% | 2.8% |
| 2001 | 1.9% | 1.8% | 2.3% | 3.6% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.