# EU countries by health 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_health`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Harmonised index of consumer prices for health products and services (COICOP 2018 division 06, net of reimbursements by public schemes), 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, health products and services, COICOP 2018 CP06 (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, health products and services, COICOP 2018 CP06 (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-health-inflation/eu-countries

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Germany | 6 |
| 2 | Lithuania | 5.3 |
| 3 | Poland | 4.8 |
| 3 | Romania | 4.8 |
| 5 | Croatia | 4.7 |
| 6 | Slovakia | 4.2 |
| 7 | Austria | 4 |
| 8 | Czechia | 3.8 |
| 9 | Belgium | 3.6 |
| 9 | Hungary | 3.6 |
| 11 | Slovenia | 3.1 |
| 12 | Bulgaria | 3 |
| 12 | Latvia | 3 |
| 14 | Malta | 2.9 |
| 14 | Portugal | 2.9 |
| 16 | Estonia | 2.6 |
| 17 | Finland | 2.5 |
| 18 | Spain | 2 |
| 19 | Ireland | 1.8 |
| 20 | Luxembourg | 1.7 |
| 21 | Denmark | 1.4 |
| 21 | Greece | 1.4 |
| 23 | Italy | 1.3 |
| 23 | Netherlands | 1.3 |
| 25 | Cyprus | 1.1 |
| 26 | France | 0.9 |
| 27 | Sweden | -5.9 |