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 was 2.7 per cent in September 2026, compared to 2.6 in August.
Sample. This monthly time series has 310 data points overall. The span of time covered by the series stretches from December 2000 to September 2026.
History. Take a look at some statistics we computed on the full sample: the inflation rate was equal on average to 1.9 per cent; it reached its maximum of 6.6 per cent in February 2023; it hit a trough of 0.6 per cent in May 2014.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Per cent |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-31 | 2.70000 |
| 2026-08-31 | 2.60000 |
| 2026-09-30 | 2.70000 |
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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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