Monthly inflation rate (HICP, annual rate of change)
The change in the all-items Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices compared with the same month of the previous year.
37 countries have a value for September 2026, the latest period with data for most countries. Some countries have newer figures; see the ranking below for each country's latest year.
Trend over time
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% change on the same month a year earlier. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | European Union | Germany | France | Spain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2026 | – | 2.8%e (estimated) | 3.8%e (estimated) | 4.9%e (estimated) |
| September 2026 | 3.8% | 3.3% | 3.4% | 5.0% |
| August 2026 | 3.2% | 2.9% | 2.6% | 4.6% |
| July 2026 | 3.0% | 2.8% | 2.4% | 3.9% |
| June 2026 | 2.9% | 2.4% | 2.0% | 3.6% |
| May 2026 | 3.3% | 2.7% | 2.8% | 3.6% |
| April 2026 | 3.2% | 2.9% | 2.5% | 3.5% |
| March 2026 | 2.8% | 2.8% | 2.0% | 3.4% |
| February 2026 | 2.1% | 2.0% | 1.1% | 2.5% |
| January 2026 | 2.0% | 2.1% | 0.4% | 2.4% |
| December 2025 | 2.3% | 2.0% | 0.7% | 3.0% |
| November 2025 | 2.4% | 2.5% | 0.8% | 3.2% |
| October 2025 | 2.5% | 2.3% | 0.8% | 3.2% |
| September 2025 | 2.6% | 2.3% | 1.1% | 3.0% |
| August 2025 | 2.4% | 2.0% | 0.8% | 2.7% |
| July 2025 | 2.4% | 1.9% | 0.9% | 2.7% |
| June 2025 | 2.3% | 2.0% | 0.9% | 2.3% |
| May 2025 | 2.2% | 2.1% | 0.6% | 2.0% |
| April 2025 | 2.4% | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2.2% |
| March 2025 | 2.5% | 2.3% | 0.9% | 2.2% |
| February 2025 | 2.7% | 2.6% | 0.9% | 2.9% |
| January 2025 | 2.8% | 2.8% | 1.8% | 2.9% |
| December 2024 | 2.7% | 2.8% | 1.8% | 2.8% |
| November 2024 | 2.5% | 2.4% | 1.7% | 2.4% |
| October 2024 | 2.3% | 2.4% | 1.6% | 1.8% |
| September 2024 | 2.1% | 1.9% | 1.4% | 1.7% |
| August 2024 | 2.4% | 2.1% | 2.2% | 2.4% |
| July 2024 | 2.8% | 2.6% | 2.7% | 2.9% |
| June 2024 | 2.6% | 2.6% | 2.5% | 3.6% |
| May 2024 | 2.7% | 2.8% | 2.6% | 3.8% |
| April 2024 | 2.6% | 2.4% | 2.4% | 3.4% |
| March 2024 | 2.6% | 2.4% | 2.4% | 3.2% |
| February 2024 | 2.8% | 2.7% | 3.2% | 2.9% |
| January 2024 | 3.1% | 3.0% | 3.4% | 3.5% |
| December 2023 | 3.4% | 3.7% | 4.1% | 3.3% |
| November 2023 | 3.1% | 2.3% | 3.9% | 3.3% |
| October 2023 | 3.6% | 2.9% | 4.5% | 3.5% |
| September 2023 | 5.0% | 4.3% | 5.7% | 3.3% |
| August 2023 | 5.9% | 6.4% | 5.7% | 2.4% |
| July 2023 | 6.1% | 6.5% | 5.1% | 2.1% |
Flags: e estimated . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- Among the 37 countries with a value for September 2026, the highest is Türkiye (29.7%) and the lowest Sweden (1.0%).
- Half of the countries are above 3.7% and half below.
- From August 2026 to September 2026 the value rose in 13 countries and fell in 3.
- The figure for the European Union was 3.8% in September 2026, against 3.6% in September 2021 (+0.2 percentage points).
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All countries in September 2026 Every value is for September 2026, so the countries are compared at the same point in time.
- 1 Türkiye 29.7%
- 2 Kosovo 7.8%
- 3 Romania 6.5%
- 4 Lithuania 6.1%
- 5 Bulgaria 5.6%
- 6 Montenegro 5.5%
- 7 Iceland 5.4%
- 8 Cyprus 5.2%
- 9 Luxembourg 5.2%
- 10 Georgia 5.1%
- 11 Greece 5.1%
- 12 Spain 5.0%
- 13 Belgium 4.5%
- 14 Croatia 4.3%
- 15 Italy 4.2%
- 16 Serbia 4.2%
- 17 Poland 4.0%
- 18 Ireland 3.8%
- 19 Slovenia 3.7%
- 20 Austria 3.6%
- 21 Portugal 3.6%
- 22 North Macedonia 3.5%
- 23 France 3.4%
- 24 Norway 3.4%
- 25 Germany 3.3%
- 26 Estonia 3.1%
- 27 Latvia 3.0%
- 28 Netherlands 3.0%
- 29 Slovakia 3.0%
- 30 Albania 2.7%
- 31 Finland 2.7%
- 32 Malta 2.4%
- 33 Czechia 2.2%
- 34 Denmark 2.1%
- 35 Hungary 2.1%
- 36 Switzerland 1.2%
- 37 Sweden 1.0%
- European Union 3.8%
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Grey: no value for September 2026. Colour groups split countries into roughly equal numbers. Boundaries: Natural Earth.