February 26, 2025

The euro area’s annual inflation rate was 2.5% in January 2025, up from 2.4% in December. A year ago, the rate was 2.8%. Annual inflation in the European Union rose to 2.8% in January 2025, from 2.7% in December. A year earlier, the rate was 3.1%.

Denmark had the lowest yearly rates (1.4%), followed by Italy (1.4%), Finland and Ireland (all 1.7%). The highest annual rates were found in Hungary (5.7%), Romania (5.3%), and Croatia (5.0%). Compared to December 2024, annual inflation declined in eight Member States, held stable in four, and increased in fifteen.

In January 2025, services contributed the most to the annual euro area inflation rate (+1.77 percentage points), followed by food, alcohol, and tobacco (+0.45 pp), energy (+0.18 pp) and non-energy industrial goods (+0.12 pp).

(Source: Eurostat)

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