# EU countries by alcohol and tobacco price inflation (HICP, annual rate), September 2026

All 27 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2026-09, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `hicp_annual_rate_alcohol_tobacco`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Harmonised index of consumer prices for alcoholic beverages, tobacco and narcotics (COICOP 2018 division 02), annual rate of change: the percentage change from the same month a year earlier. Monthly, comparable across EU countries (Eurostat).
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, HICP, monthly data, annual rate of change, alcoholic beverages, tobacco and narcotics, COICOP 2018 CP02 (prc_hicp_minr) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/prc_hicp_minr/default/table)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/eurostat
- Retrieved: 2026-10-18
- Citation: Eurostat. HICP, monthly data, annual rate of change, alcoholic beverages, tobacco and narcotics, COICOP 2018 CP02 (prc_hicp_minr). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/prc_hicp_minr/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-18.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/hicp-alcohol-tobacco-inflation/eu-countries

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Poland | 8.4 |
| 2 | Lithuania | 7.3 |
| 3 | Estonia | 6.6 |
| 4 | Bulgaria | 6.4 |
| 5 | Romania | 5.3 |
| 6 | Slovenia | 5 |
| 7 | Luxembourg | 4.7 |
| 8 | Czechia | 4.6 |
| 9 | Finland | 3.8 |
| 10 | Germany | 3.5 |
| 11 | Hungary | 3 |
| 12 | Spain | 2.8 |
| 13 | Ireland | 2.6 |
| 14 | Croatia | 2.5 |
| 15 | Austria | 2.4 |
| 15 | Belgium | 2.4 |
| 17 | Italy | 2.3 |
| 17 | Latvia | 2.3 |
| 17 | Netherlands | 2.3 |
| 20 | Slovakia | 2 |
| 21 | France | 1.9 |
| 21 | Sweden | 1.9 |
| 23 | Malta | 1.8 |
| 24 | Portugal | 1.5 |
| 25 | Denmark | 1.4 |
| 26 | Cyprus | 1.2 |
| 27 | Greece | 0.1 |