The annual inflation rate in the euro area reached 2.4 % in December 2024, up from 2.2 % in November. A year earlier, it was 2.9 %. In the European Union, annual inflation was 2.7 % in December 2024, up from 2.5 % in November. A year earlier, it was 3.4 %. These figures are published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.

The lowest annual inflation rates were recorded in Ireland (1.0 %), Italy (1.4 %), Luxembourg, Finland and Sweden (all 1.6 %). The highest annual rates were recorded in Romania (5.5 %), Hungary (4.8 %) and Croatia (4.5 %). Compared to November 2024, annual inflation fell in seven Member States, remained stable in one and increased in 19.

In December 2024, services (+1.78 percentage points, pp), followed by food, alcohol and tobacco (+0.51 pp), non-energy industrial goods (+0.13 pp) and energy (+0.01 pp) were the main contributors to the annual inflation rate in the euro area.

Inflation rate (%) measured by HICP

Roční míraMěsíční míra
12/237/248/249/2410/2411/2412/2412/24
Eurozone2.92.62.21.72.02.22.40.4
EU3.42.82.42.12.32.52.70.3
Belgium0.55.44.34.34.54.84.40.7
Bulgaria5.02.82.41.52.02.02.10.3
ČR7.62.52.42.83.03.13.3-0.3
Denmark0.41.01.41.21.61.61.8-0.3
Germany3.82.62.01.82.42.42.80.7
Estonia4.33.53.43.24.53.84.10.3
Ireland3.21.51.10.00.10.51.00.9
Greece3.73.03.23.13.13.02.90.1
Spain3.32.92.41.71.82.42.80.4
France4.12.72.21.41.61.71.80.2
Croatia5.43.33.03.13.64.04.50.2
Italy0.51.61.20.71.01.51.40.1
Cyprus1.92.42.21.61.62.23.1-0.3
Latvia0.90.80.91.62.12.33.40.3
Lithuania1.61.10.80.40.11.11.90.2
Luxembourg3.22.71.70.80.91.11.60.1
Hungary5.54.13.43.03.43.94.80.5
Malta3.72.32.42.12.42.11.8-0.4
Netherlands1.03.53.33.33.33.83.90.3
Austria5.72.92.41.81.81.92.10.7
Poland6.24.04.04.24.23.93.90.1
Portugal1.92.71.82.62.62.73.1-0.3
Romania7.05.85.34.85.05.45.50.3
Slovenia3.81.41.10.70.01.62.0-0.1
Slovakia6.63.03.22.93.53.63.2-0.5
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Finland1.30.51.11.01.51.71.60.1
Sweden1.91.71.31.21.62.01.60.3
Island6.95.14.33.43.83.53.60.3
Norway4.72.42.32.72.21.91.7-0.1
Switzerland2.11.21.00.90.70.70.4-0.1

Eurostat/ gnews.cz - RoZ

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