# EU countries by education 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_education`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Harmonised index of consumer prices for education services (COICOP 2018 division 10, fees paid by households), 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, education services, COICOP 2018 CP10 (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, education services, COICOP 2018 CP10 (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-education-inflation/eu-countries

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Ireland | 9 |
| 2 | Romania | 8.6 |
| 3 | Bulgaria | 7.7 |
| 4 | Poland | 5.4 |
| 5 | Hungary | 5 |
| 6 | Czechia | 4.6 |
| 6 | Portugal | 4.6 |
| 8 | Slovakia | 4.4 |
| 9 | Finland | 4.2 |
| 10 | Austria | 4.1 |
| 10 | Denmark | 4.1 |
| 12 | Lithuania | 4 |
| 13 | Germany | 3.6 |
| 14 | France | 3.4 |
| 14 | Netherlands | 3.4 |
| 16 | Croatia | 3.3 |
| 17 | Malta | 3.2 |
| 18 | Greece | 2.9 |
| 19 | Slovenia | 2.7 |
| 20 | Cyprus | 2.6 |
| 21 | Belgium | 2.2 |
| 22 | Spain | 2 |
| 23 | Latvia | 1.8 |
| 24 | Italy | 1.4 |
| 25 | Luxembourg | 0.5 |
| 26 | Estonia | -7.8 |
| 27 | Sweden | -15.2 |