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Inflation in Europe by country, September 2026

Annual HICP inflation in September 2026: euro area 3.8%, EU 3.8%; among countries reporting for September 2026 highest Türkiye 29.7%, lowest Sweden 1.0% — Eurostat, every country and month.

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What was the annual inflation rate in each European country and the euro area in September 2026?

Country or area	All items	Core (excl. energy, food, alcohol, tobacco)	Energy	Food, alcohol, tobacco	Services	Electricity, gas, heat
Euro area (changing composition)	3.8%	2.5%	18.9%	1.3%	3.2%	6.9%
European Union (27 countries, from 2020)	3.8%	2.7%	17.6%	1.2%	3.5%	6.2%
Türkiye	29.7%	28.7%	47.6%	28.0%	37.6%	41.0%
Kosovo*	7.8%	6.2%	29.9%	3.0%	10.0%	9.8%
Romania	6.5%	7.0%	14.4%	3.0%	9.3%	3.5%
Lithuania	6.1%	3.9%	33.0%	0.5%	6.9%	24.9%
Bulgaria	5.6%	4.2%	21.6%	2.6%	7.6%	4.9%
Montenegro	5.5%	4.8%	15.2%	3.8%	6.5%	0.4%
Iceland	5.4%	6.8%	−4.2%	4.1%	8.9%	6.6%
Cyprus	5.2%	3.9%	21.0%	3.4%	7.1%	11.8%
Luxembourg	5.2%	2.3%	25.8%	3.3%	3.4%	−20.9%
Greece	5.1%	4.6%	25.4%	−0.1%	6.4%	18.0%
Georgia	5.1%	3.7%	21.8%	3.6%	4.4%	10.6%
Spain	5.0%	3.5%	22.1%	2.7%	4.1%	9.9%
Belgium	4.5%	2.6%	30.6%	0.4%	3.3%	20.7%
Croatia	4.3%	3.3%	19.6%	0.2%	6.7%	10.8%
Italy	4.2%	1.9%	22.6%	1.9%	2.5%	19.1%
Serbia	4.2%	4.7%	12.0%	0.6%	5.8%	7.9%
Poland	4.0%	2.9%	14.2%	1.9%	5.9%	6.3%
Ireland	3.8%	3.1%	15.3%	0.8%	4.0%	6.0%
Slovenia	3.7%	2.3%	18.3%	0.6%	4.0%	8.2%
Austria	3.6%	3.0%	15.2%	0.7%	4.4%	0.1%
Portugal	3.6%	2.9%	17.0%	2.3%	4.0%	1.0%
North Macedonia	3.5%	3.6%	12.4%	1.6%	5.1%	2.8%
France	3.4%	1.8%	21.1%	1.6%	2.6%	7.3%
Norway	3.4%	3.1%	9.6%	2.5%	4.2%	2.8%
Germany	3.3%	2.5%	13.4%	1.1%	2.8%	−4.2%
Estonia	3.1%	1.4%	16.8%	0.5%	2.0%	7.5%
Latvia	3.0%	2.9%	17.2%	−3.1%	4.3%	9.3%
Netherlands	3.0%	2.9%	14.0%	−1.2%	3.8%	4.2%
Slovakia	3.0%	3.3%	14.0%	−2.2%	3.9%	11.1%
Albania	2.7%	2.4%	8.1%	2.4%	3.8%	−0.4%
Finland	2.7%	1.4%	13.1%	2.4%	1.7%	−2.0%
Malta	2.4%	2.5%	0.0%	2.4%	3.4%	0.0%
Czechia	2.2%	3.0%	5.7%	−1.0%	4.4%	−5.9%
Denmark	2.1%	2.3%	8.7%	−1.4%	3.4%	−1.3%
Hungary	2.1%	3.7%	5.2%	−2.7%	5.5%	2.6%
Switzerland	1.2%	0.8%	12.6%	0.0%	1.2%	−2.6%
Sweden	1.0%	1.1%	15.8%	−4.8%	1.6%	13.2%

Source: Eurostat (reuse with attribution). Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices, ECOICOP version 2, change on the same month a year earlier (dataset prc_hicp_minr). Euro area in its changing composition. Source record.

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