France Inflation Rate

Last Release

May 31, 2025

Actual

0.7

Units In

0.8

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Jun 27, 2025

Time to Release

12 Days 6 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
18.8 Apr 1958	-0.7 Jul 2009	4.21 %	1958-2025	N/A

In France, the most important category in the consumer price index is services (48 percent of total weight), in particular actual rentals and services for dwellings (7 percent), health services (6 percent), transport (3 percent), and communication (2 percent). The index also includes: manufactured products (26 percent) such as medical products (4 percent) and clothing and footwear (4 percent); food (16 percent); energy (8 percent) such as petroleum products (4 percent); and tobacco (2 percent).

Latest Updates

France’s annual inflation rate eased to 0.7% in May 2025, confirming initial estimates and down from 0.8% in both March and April. This marked the lowest reading since February 2021, driven by a slowdown in services inflation (2.1% vs. 2.4% in April) and a steeper decline in energy prices (-8% vs. -7.8%). Meanwhile, food prices rose slightly faster (1.3% vs. 1.2%), while prices of manufactured goods (-0.2%) and tobacco (4.1%) were unchanged from April. On a monthly basis, the CPI fell 0.1%, marking the first decline since last November, and following a 0.6% rise in April, mainly due to lower energy and services prices. In the meantime, the EU’s annual harmonized inflation rate eased to 0.6% from 0.9%, the lowest since December 2020, while the monthly harmonized CPI fell 0.2%, reversing April’s 0.7% increase.