Italy Inflation Rate

Last Release

Jun 30, 2025

Actual

1.7

Units In

1.6

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Jul 31, 2025

Time to Release

29 Days 7 Hours

Highest	Lowest	Average	Date Range	Source
25.64 Nov 1974	-0.6 Jan 2015	5.7 %	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

Italy's annual consumer price inflation inched higher to 1.7% in June of 2025 from 1.6% in the previous month, in line with market expectations. In turn, the EU-harmonized was slightly below market expectations at 1.7% to hold below the ECB's 2% target for the second straight month. Inflation rose for both non-processed (4.2% vs 3.5% in May) and processed food (3% vs 2.7%), in addition to transportation services (2.9% vs 2.6%). Additionally, deflation was softer for durable goods (-0.8% vs -1.1%). On the other hand, prices slowed for regulated energy (22.7% vs 29.3%) and decreased faster for unregulated energy (-4.6% vs -4.3%). The core inflation rate, which excludes volatile and often exogenous fresh food and energy subindices, rose to 2.1% from 1.9% in May. From the previous month, Italian consumer prices rose by 0.2%.