Euro Area Inflation Rate

Last Release

Oct 31, 2025

Actual

2.1

Units In

2.2

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Dec 02, 2025

Time to Release

30 Days 12 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 eased to 2.1% in October 2025, in line with market expectations and down from 2.2% in September, edging closer to the ECB’s 2% target, according to preliminary data. Food, alcohol, and tobacco prices rose more slowly at 2.5%, versus 3.0% the previous month, led by both processed (2.4% vs 2.6%) and unprocessed food (3.2% vs 4.7%). Non-energy industrial goods inflation eased to 0.6% from 0.8%, while energy costs fell more sharply at -1.0% versus -0.4%. In contrast, services inflation accelerated for a second straight month to 3.4%, the highest since April, while core inflation, excluding energy, food, alcohol, and tobacco, remained stable at 2.4%, slightly above forecasts of 2.3%.