# EU countries by housing and utilities 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_housing_utilities`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Harmonised index of consumer prices for housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels (COICOP 2018 division 04, which covers actual rents but not owner-occupied housing costs), 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, housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels, COICOP 2018 CP04 (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, housing, water, electricity, gas and other fuels, COICOP 2018 CP04 (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-housing-utilities-inflation/eu-countries

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Lithuania | 15 |
| 2 | Greece | 13.8 |
| 3 | Belgium | 12.9 |
| 4 | Croatia | 11.7 |
| 5 | Italy | 11.6 |
| 6 | Slovenia | 9.9 |
| 7 | Slovakia | 9.6 |
| 8 | Cyprus | 9.5 |
| 9 | Ireland | 9.4 |
| 10 | Estonia | 7.3 |
| 10 | Latvia | 7.3 |
| 10 | Romania | 7.3 |
| 13 | Spain | 7.2 |
| 14 | Sweden | 6.8 |
| 15 | Poland | 5.6 |
| 16 | Bulgaria | 5.3 |
| 17 | Austria | 4.3 |
| 17 | France | 4.3 |
| 19 | Netherlands | 4.2 |
| 20 | Malta | 3.4 |
| 20 | Portugal | 3.4 |
| 22 | Hungary | 2.8 |
| 23 | Denmark | 1.4 |
| 24 | Finland | 1.3 |
| 24 | Luxembourg | 1.3 |
| 26 | Germany | 1.1 |
| 27 | Czechia | -1 |