Euro Area Inflation Rate

Last Release

Sep 30, 2025

Actual

2.2

Units In

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Oct 31, 2025

Time to Release

28 Days 15 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
10.6 Oct 2022	-0.6 Jul 2009	2.24 %	1991-2025	Eurostat

In Euro Area, the inflation rate is calculated using the weighted average of the Harmonised Index of Consumer Price (HICP) aggregates. The main components of the HICP are: food, alcohol and tobacco (19 percent of the total weight), energy (11 percent), non-energy industrial goods (29 percent) and services (41 percent). The HICP aggregates are computed as the weighted average of each country’s HICP components. The weight of a country is its share of household final monetary consumption expenditure in the total of the country’s group. The local HICPs are supplied to the Eurostat by the National Statistical Institutes.

Latest Updates

Euro area consumer price inflation rose to 2.2% in September 2025, up from 2.0% in the previous three months, moving slightly above the European Central Bank’s 2.0% mid-point target, according to preliminary data. The increase was driven mainly by a smaller decline in energy costs, which fell just 0.4% compared with a 2.0% drop in August. Services inflation edged up to 3.2% from 3.1%, while prices for food, alcohol and tobacco rose at a slower 3.0% versus 3.2% previously, reflecting weaker unprocessed food inflation. Non-energy industrial goods inflation remained unchanged at 0.8%. Meanwhile, core inflation—which excludes energy, food, alcohol, and tobacco—was stable at 2.3%, holding at its lowest level since January 2022.