Services HICP inflation (per cent) - Euro Area - Eurostat - Monthly
This series is part of the dataset: HICP inflation (Eurostat)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. In the Euro Area, the services HICP inflation rate stood at 3.0 per cent in August 2026, compared to 3.3 in July.
Sample. There are 356 records in the monthly time series shown in the chart above. The series covers the time range going from January 1997 to August 2026.
History. Check out some simple statistics computed on the full sample: the inflation rate reached its highest level of 5.6 per cent in July 2023; it hit a trough of 0.4 in October 2020; it averaged 2.1.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Per cent |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 3.2 |
| 2026-07-31 | 3.3 |
| 2026-08-31 | 3.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Annual rate of change in the services HICP |
| Country | Euro Area |
| 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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