Italy Inflation Rate

Last Release

Mar 31, 2025

Actual

1.9

Units In

1.6

Frequency

Monthly

Next Release

Apr 30, 2025

Time to Release

12 Days 17 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 rose to 1.9% in March of 2025 from 1.6% in the earlier month, the highest in 18 months, but revised lower from the preliminary estimate of 2%. The increase marked the continued stabilization 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. Non-regulated energy prices rebounded (0.7% vs -1.9% in February), while they rose at a faster pace for tobacco (4.6% vs 4.1%), non-processed food (3.3% vs 2.9%), and recreational and cultural services (3.5% vs 3.1%). In turn, regulated energy inflation slowed (27.2% vs 31.4%). Annual core inflation, which excludes energy and fresh good, was unchanged from the previous month at 1.7%. From the previous month, the CPI rose by 0.2%.