Core HICP inflation (per cent) - European Union - Eurostat - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: HICP inflation (Eurostat)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In the European Union, the core HICP inflation rate stood at 2.6 per cent in August 2026, compared to 2.7 in July.
Sample. There are 309 observations overall in the monthly series presented in the chart above. The time range covered by the series is from December 2000 to August 2026.
History. Here's a peek at a few descriptive statistics we calculated on the full sample: the inflation rate recorded its maximum of 6.6 per cent in February 2023; it reached a trough of 0.6 in May 2014; it had an average value of 1.9.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Per cent |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 2.60000 |
| 2026-07-31 | 2.70000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 2.60000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Annual rate of change in the HICP excluding energy, food, alcohol and tobacco |
| Country | European Union |
| Economic concept | Prices |
| Data type | Price index |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Rescaling | None |
| Measure type | Growth rate |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Unit | Per cent |
| Source | Eurostat |
| Source type | International organization |
| Data licence | Free reuse with attribution |
| Other information | Eurostat HICP first-release figures (ECOICOP 2018) |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LM1 |
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