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EURO INDICATORS 16 April 2026 Next release: 20 May 2026 MARCH 2026
Annual inflation up to 2.6% in the euro area
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Up to 2.8% in the EU
Overview

The euro area annual inflation rate was 2.6% in March 2026, up from 1.9% in February. A year earlier, the rate was 2.2%. European Union annual inflation was 2.8% in March 2026, up from 2.1% in February. A year earlier, the rate was 2.5%. These figures are published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.

The lowest annual rates were registered in Denmark (1.0%), Czechia, Cyprus and Sweden (all 1.5%). The highest annual rates were recorded in Romania (9.0%), Croatia (4.6%) and Lithuania (4.4%). Compared with February 2026, annual inflation fell in three Member States, remained stable in one and rose in twenty-three.

In March 2026, services (+1.49 percentage points, pp), energy (+0.48 percentage points, pp), food, alcohol & tobacco (+0.45 percentage points, pp) and non-energy industrial goods (+0.13 percentage points, pp) contributed positively to the annual euro area inflation rate.

Inflation rates (%) measured by the HICP

	

Annual rate

	

Monthly rate




	

Mar 25

	

Oct 25

	

Nov 25

	

Dec 25

	

Jan 26

	

Feb 26

	

Mar 26

	

Mar 26




Euro area

	

2.2

	

2.1

	

2.1

	

2.0

	

1.7

	

1.9

	

2.6

	

1.3




EU

	

2.5

	

2.5

	

2.4

	

2.3

	

2.0

	

2.1

	

2.8

	

1.1




Belgium

	

3.6

	

2.5

	

2.6

	

2.2

	

1.4

	

1.4

	

2.2

	

0.3




Bulgaria

	

4.0

	

3.8

	

3.7

	

3.5

	

2.3

	

2.1

	

2.8

	

1.0




Czechia

	

2.6

	

2.3

	

1.8

	

1.7

	

1.2

	

1.0

	

1.5

	

0.6




Denmark

	

1.4

	

2.1

	

2.0

	

1.9

	

0.6

	

0.5

	

1.0

	

0.0




Germany

	

2.3

	

2.3

	

2.5

	

2.0

	

2.1

	

2.0

	

2.8

	

1.2




Estonia

	

4.3

	

4.5

	

4.7

	

4.0

	

3.8

	

3.2

	

3.5

	

0.0




Ireland

	

1.8

	

2.8

	

3.1

	

2.7

	

2.5

	

2.5

	

3.6

	

1.8




Greece

	

3.1

	

1.6

	

2.8

	

2.9

	

2.9

	

3.1

	

3.4

	

2.1




Spain

	

2.2

	

3.2

	

3.2

	

3.0

	

2.4

	

2.5

	

3.4

	

1.7




France

	

0.9

	

0.8

	

0.8

	

0.7

	

0.4

	

1.1

	

2.0

	

1.1




Croatia

	

4.3

	

4.0

	

4.3

	

3.8

	

3.6

	

3.9

	

4.6

	

1.2




Italy

	

2.1

	

1.3

	

1.1

	

1.2

	

1.0

	

1.5

	

1.6

	

1.7




Cyprus

	

2.1

	

0.2

	

0.1

	

0.1

	

1.2

	

0.9

	

1.5

	

1.1




Latvia

	

3.5

	

4.3

	

3.8

	

3.4

	

2.9

	

2.4

	

3.4

	

1.9




Lithuania

	

3.7

	

3.7

	

3.6

	

3.2

	

2.8

	

3.3

	

4.4

	

1.5




Luxembourg

	

1.6

	

3.0

	

3.5

	

3.3

	

1.6

	

1.8

	

3.8

	

1.8




Hungary

	

4.8

	

4.2

	

3.7

	

3.3

	

2.3

	

1.6

	

2.1

	

0.5




Malta

	

2.2

	

2.5

	

2.4

	

2.5

	

2.3

	

2.3

	

2.3

	

1.2




Netherlands

	

3.4

	

3.0

	

2.6

	

2.7

	

2.2

	

2.3

	

2.6

	

0.8




Austria

	

3.1

	

4.0

	

4.0

	

3.8

	

2.1

	

2.3

	

3.1

	

1.1




Poland

	

4.4

	

2.8

	

2.6

	

2.6

	

2.5

	

2.5

	

3.2

	

0.9




Portugal

	

1.9

	

2.0

	

2.1

	

2.4

	

1.9

	

2.1

	

2.7

	

2.3




Romania

	

5.1

	

8.4

	

8.6

	

8.6

	

8.5

	

8.3

	

9.0

	

0.9




Slovenia

	

2.2

	

3.1

	

2.4

	

2.6

	

2.4

	

2.8

	

2.4

	

0.4




Slovakia

	

4.2

	

3.9

	

3.9

	

4.1

	

4.3

	

4.0

	

3.7

	

0.0




Finland

	

1.8

	

1.4

	

1.5

	

1.7

	

1.0

	

1.8

	

2.5

	

0.8




Sweden

	

2.1

	

3.1

	

2.2

	

2.1

	

2.0

	

1.7

	

1.5

	

-0.7




Iceland

	

3.4

	

3.9

	

3.4

	

4.0

	

4.4

	

4.7

	

5.0

	

0.8




Norway

	

2.3

	

2.9

	

2.7

	

3.0

	

3.5

	

2.6

	

3.6

	

0.2




Switzerland

	

0.1

	

0.1

	

0.0

	

0.2

	

0.2

	

0.5

	

0.6

	

0.1

Source dataset: prc_hicp_minr

Tables

Euro area inflation rate (%), selected aggregates

	

Weights (‰)

	

Annual rate

	

Monthly rate




	

2026

	

Mar 25

	

Oct 25

	

Nov 25

	

Dec 25

	

Jan 26

	

Feb 26

	

Mar 26

	

Mar 26




All-items HICP

	

1000.0

	

2.2

	

2.1

	

2.1

	

2.0

	

1.7

	

1.9

	

2.6

	

1.3




All-items excluding:

energy

	

909.5

	

2.5

	

2.4

	

2.4

	

2.4

	

2.3

	

2.4

	

2.3

	

0.7




energy, unprocessed food

	

858.0

	

2.5

	

2.4

	

2.4

	

2.3

	

2.2

	

2.3

	

2.2

	

0.7




energy, food, alcohol & tobacco

	

719.8

	

2.4

	

2.4

	

2.4

	

2.3

	

2.2

	

2.4

	

2.3

	

0.8




energy, seasonal food

	

884.0

	

2.5

	

2.5

	

2.5

	

2.4

	

2.3

	

2.4

	

2.3

	

0.7




tobacco

	

979.7

	

2.1

	

2.1

	

2.1

	

1.9

	


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