Italy Inflation Rate

Last Release

Apr 30, 2025

Actual

Units In

1.9

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

May 30, 2025

Time to Release

29 Days 5 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
25.64 Nov 1974	-0.6 Jan 2015	5.71 %	1962-2025	National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT)

In Italy, the most important categories in the Consumer Price Index are: food and non-alcoholic beverages (16 percent of total weight); transport (15 percent); restaurants and hotels (12 percent); housing, water, electricity and other fuels (10 percent); and miscellaneous goods and services (10 percent). The index also includes: health (9 percent); recreation and culture (8 percent); clothing and footwear (7 percent); and furnishing and household equipment (7 percent). Alcoholic beverages, tobacco, communication and education contribute with the remaining 6 percent.

Latest Updates

The annual inflation rate in Italy edged higher to 2% in April of 2025 from 1.9% in the previous month, in line with market expectations. It was the sharpest increase in 19 months, extending the normalization of price growth among major parts of the Italian consumer basket that underwent periods of surges and plunges amid energy and food shocks after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Inflation picked up for regulated energy (32.9% vs 27.2% in March), transportation services (4.4% vs 1.6%), and both fresh (4.2% vs 3.3%) and processed food (2.3% vs 1.9%). In the meantime, non-regulated energy prices swung to a decline (-2.9% vs 0.7%). The core inflation rate, which excludes energy and unprocessed food, rose sharply to 2.1% from 1.7% in the previous month, the highest in one year. From the previous month, the Italian CPI rose by 0.2%.