Information and communication price inflation (HICP, annual rate)
Harmonised index of consumer prices for information and communication (COICOP 2018 division 08: phones, computers, software and telecommunication services), annual rate of change: the percentage change from the same month a year earlier. Monthly, comparable across EU countries (Eurostat).
Eurostat publishes the HICP under COICOP 2018 from the data for January 2026 and recalculated the category series back to 1997 on that basis, so figures for earlier years can differ from those first published under ECOICOP, by a lot for divisions 08 to 13. The headline rate for all items is hicp_annual_rate. Eurostat marks some back-calculated months as estimates.
Key facts
- Information and communication price inflation (HICP, annual rate) in the European Union (27) was 2.5% in September 2026, according to Eurostat, European Commission.
- Romania had the highest information and communication price inflation (HICP, annual rate) of 27 EU countries in September 2026, at 8.6%, and Malta the lowest, at -3.7%. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.
- Published for 28 places, with figures from January 2000 to September 2026.
Rankings
EU countries by information and communication price inflation (HICP, annual rate), September 2026
Places with data
World, EU and euro area
Countries
- Germany
- France
- Italy
- Spain
- Poland
- Romania
- Netherlands
- Belgium
- Czechia
- Portugal
- Estonia
- Finland
- Croatia
- Denmark
- Latvia
- Lithuania
Use this data in your AI agent
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Which places have the highest information and communication price inflation (HICP, annual rate)? Use official data and cite it.
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