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[] Down to 2.5% in the EU
Overview
[]The euro area annual inflation rate was 2.1% in October 2025, down from 2.2% in September. A year earlier, the rate was 2.0%. European Union annual inflation was 2.5% in October 2025, down from 2.6% in September. A year earlier, the rate was 2.3%. These figures are published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.
[]The lowest annual rates were registered in Cyprus (0.2%), France (0.8%) and Italy (1.3%). The highest annual rates were recorded in Romania (8.4%), Estonia (4.5%) and Latvia (4.3%). Compared with September 2025, annual inflation fell in fifteen Member States, remained stable in three and rose in nine.
[]In October 2025, the highest contribution to the annual euro area inflation rate came from services (+1.54 percentage points, pp), followed by food, alcohol & tobacco (+0.48 pp), non-energy industrial goods (+0.16 pp) and energy (-0.08 pp).
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| []Inflation rates (%) measured by the HICP | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| []Annual rate | []Monthly rate | ||||||
| []Oct 24 | []May 25 | []Jun 25 | []Jul 25 | []Aug 25 | []Sep 25 | []Oct 25 | []Oct 25 |
| []2.0 | []1.9 | []2.0 | []2.0 | []2.0 | []2.2 | []2.1 | []0.2 |
| []2.3 | []2.2 | []2.3 | []2.4 | []2.4 | []2.6 | []2.5 | []0.2 |
| []4.5 | []2.8 | []2.9 | []2.6 | []2.6 | []2.7 | []2.5 | []0.4 |
| []2.0 | []2.9 | []3.1 | []3.4 | []3.5 | []4.1 | []3.8 | []0.4 |
| []3.0 | []2.3 | []2.8 | []2.5 | []2.4 | []2.0 | []2.3 | []0.5 |
| []1.6 | []1.5 | []1.8 | []2.2 | []1.9 | []2.2 | []2.1 | []0.6 |
| []2.4 | []2.1 | []2.0 | []1.8 | []2.1 | []2.4 | []2.3 | []0.3 |
| []4.5 | []4.6 | []5.2 | []5.6 | []6.2 | []5.3 | []4.5 | []0.1 |
| []0.1 | []1.4 | []1.6 | []1.6 | []1.9 | []2.7 | []2.8 | []0.4 |
| []3.1 | []3.3 | []3.6 | []3.7 | []3.1 | []1.8 | []1.6 | []-0.1 |
| []1.8 | []2.0 | []2.3 | []2.7 | []2.7 | []3.0 | []3.2 | []0.5 |
| []1.6 | []0.6 | []0.9 | []0.9 | []0.8 | []1.1 | []0.8 | []0.1 |
| []3.6 | []4.3 | []4.4 | []4.5 | []4.6 | []4.6 | []4.0 | []0.2 |
| []1.0 | []1.7 | []1.8 | []1.7 | []1.6 | []1.8 | []1.3 | []-0.2 |
| []1.6 | []0.4 | []0.5 | []0.1 | []0.0 | []0.0 | []0.2 | []0.1 |
| []2.1 | []3.7 | []3.9 | []3.9 | []4.2 | []4.2 | []4.3 | []0.3 |
| []0.1 | []3.0 | []3.2 | []3.4 | []3.6 | []3.7 | []3.7 | []0.1 |
| []0.9 | []2.1 | []2.4 | []2.6 | []2.8 | []3.1 | []3.0 | []-0.1 |
| []3.4 | []4.5 | []4.6 | []4.2 | []4.2 | []4.3 | []4.2 | []0.0 |
| []2.4 | []2.7 | []2.5 | []2.5 | []2.7 | []2.4 | []2.5 | []-0.9 |
| []3.3 | []2.9 | []2.8 | []2.5 | []2.4 | []3.0 | []3.0 | []0.6 |
| []1.8 | []3.0 | []3.2 | []3.7 | []4.1 | []3.9 | []4.0 | []0.5 |
| []4.2 | []3.5 | []3.4 | []2.9 | []2.7 | []2.9 | []2.9 | []0.3 |
| []2.6 | []1.7 | []2.1 | []2.5 | []2.5 | []1.9 | []2.0 | []-0.3 |
| []5.0 | []5.4 | []5.8 | []6.6 | []8.5 | []8.6 | []8.4 | []0.5 |
| []0.0 | []1.9 | []2.5 | []2.9 | []3.0 | []2.7 | []3.1 | []0.1 |
| []3.5 | []4.3 | []4.6 | []4.6 | []4.4 | []4.6 | []3.9 | []0.1 |
| []1.5 | []2.0 | []1.9 | []1.9 | []2.2 | []2.2 | []1.4 | []-0.1 |
| []1.6 | []2.3 | []2.9 | []3.1 | []3.4 | []3.2 | []3.1 | []0.4 |
| []3.7 | []3.5 | []3.9 | []3.7 | []3.7 | []4.3 | []3.9 | []-0.5 |
| []2.2 | []2.7 | []2.7 | []3.1 | []3.5 | []3.6 | []3.0 | []0.1 |
| []0.7 | []-0.2 | []0.2 | []0.1 | []0.0 | []0.0 | []0.1 | []0.0 |
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Tables
| []Euro area inflation rate (%), selected aggregates | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| []Weights (‰) | []Annual rate | []Monthly rate | |||||||
| []2025 | []Oct 24 | []May 25 | []Jun 25 | []Jul 25 | []Aug 25 | []Sep 25 | []Oct 25 | []Oct 25 | |
| []1000.0 | []2.0 | []1.9 | []2.0 | []2.0 | []2.0 | []2.2 | []2.1 | []0.2 | |
| []906.0 | []2.7 | []2.5 | []2.5 | []2.5 | []2.5 | []2.5 | []2.4 | []0.2 | |
| []863.4 | []2.7 | []2.4 | []2.4 | []2.4 | []2.3 | []2.4 | []2.4 | []0.2 | |
| []712.8 | []2.7 | []2.3 | []2.3 | []2.3 | []2.3 | []2.4 | []2.4 | []0.3 | |
| []881.7 | []2.7 | []2.5 | []2.4 | []2.5 | []2.4 | []2.5 | []2.5 | []0.2 | |
| []978.5 | []1.9 | []1.8 | []1.9 | []2.0 | []2.0 | []2.2 | []2.1 | []0.2 | |
| []193.3 | []2.9 | []3.2 | []3.1 | []3.3 | []3.2 | []3.0 | []2.5 | []0.2 | |
| []150.6 | []2.8 | []2.9 | []2.6 | []2.7 | []2.6 | []2.6 | []2.3 | []0.0 | |
| []42.7 | []3.0 | []4.3 | []4.6 | []5.4 | []5.5 | []4.7 | []3.2 | []0.6 | |
| []94.0 | []-4.6 | []-3.6 | []-2.6 | []-2.4 | []-2.0 | []-0.4 | []-0.9 | []-0.2 | |
| []256.3 | []0.5 | []0.6 | []0.5 | []0.8 | []0.8 | []0.8 | []0.6 | []0.5 | |
| []456.5 | []4.0 | []3.2 | []3.3 | []3.2 | []3.1 | []3.2 | []3.4 | []0.1 |
| []Contributions to the euro area annual inflation rate (pp),
[]selected aggregates |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| []Oct 24 | []May 25 | []Jun 25 | []Jul 25 | []Aug 25 | []Sep 25 | []Oct 25 | |
| []0.56 | []0.62 | []0.59 | []0.63 | []0.62 | []0.58 | []0.48 | |
| []0.43 | []0.43 | []0.40 | []0.40 | []0.39 | []0.39 | []0.35 | |
| []0.13 | []0.18 | []0.19 | []0.23 | []0.23 | []0.20 | []0.14 | |
| []-0.45 | []-0.34 | []-0.25 | []-0.23 | []-0.19 | []-0.03 | []-0.08 | |
| []0.13 | []0.16 | []0.13 | []0.18 | []0.18 | []0.20 | []0.16 | |
| []1.77 | []1.47 | []1.51 | []1.46 | []1.44 | []1.49 | []1.54 |
Notes for users
Revisions and timetable
[]A flash estimate of euro area inflation is issued at the end of each reference month. The euro area flash estimate for October 2025, published on 31 October 2025, was 2.1%.
[]The next flash estimate of euro area inflation with data for November 2025 is scheduled for 2 December 2025.
Methods and definitions
[]Annual inflation is the price change of consumer goods and services between the current month and the same month of the previous year. Monthly inflation is the price change between the current month and the previous month.
[]A contribution shows how much of the annual inflation rate comes from a particular component of the HICP. The contributions are calculated according to a method which ensures their additivity (allowing for rounding).
Geographical information
[]The euro area consists of Belgium, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Slovenia, Slovakia and Finland.
[]The European Union includes Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland and Sweden.
[]The euro area and European Union data refer to the respective country compositions at a specific point in time. Changes in the composition of these aggregates are incorporated using a chain index formula.
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