Core HICP inflation (per cent) - Malta - Eurostat - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: HICP inflation (Eurostat)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In Malta, the core HICP inflation rate was 2.2 per cent in August 2026, compared to 2.3 in July.
Sample. There are 356 observations in the monthly series displayed in the graph above. The time period covered by the series is from January 1997 to August 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at some descriptive statistics computed on the entire sample: the inflation rate had a mean value of 2.0 per cent; it registered a minimum of -0.9 in April 2007; it hit a peak of 7.2 in September 2022.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Per cent |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 2.20000 |
| 2026-07-31 | 2.30000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 2.20000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Annual rate of change in the HICP excluding energy, food, alcohol and tobacco |
| Country | Malta |
| 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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