Plain Vitals

Euro area consumer prices (HICP)

Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices for the euro area from Eurostat, the measure the ECB targets at 2 percent.

Latest reading: 104.29 index 2025=100 for September 2026. A year earlier: 100.44 index 2025=100.

Published monthly by Eurostat. How to read it: up = more inflation. Part of Prices.

Recent readings

PeriodValue
September 2026104.29 index 2025=100
August 2026103.66 index 2025=100
July 2026103.22 index 2025=100
June 2026103 index 2025=100
May 2026103.1 index 2025=100
April 2026103.02 index 2025=100
March 2026101.98 index 2025=100
February 2026100.7 index 2025=100
January 2026100.04 index 2025=100
December 2025100.62 index 2025=100
November 2025100.44 index 2025=100
October 2025100.73 index 2025=100