# EU countries by information and communication 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_information_communication`
- Unit: %
- Definition: 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).
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, HICP, monthly data, annual rate of change, information and communication, COICOP 2018 CP08 (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, information and communication, COICOP 2018 CP08 (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-information-communication-inflation/eu-countries

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Romania | 8.6 |
| 2 | Hungary | 4.8 |
| 3 | Finland | 4.5 |
| 4 | Denmark | 3.7 |
| 4 | Poland | 3.7 |
| 6 | Spain | 3.3 |
| 7 | France | 3.2 |
| 8 | Czechia | 3 |
| 9 | Luxembourg | 2.9 |
| 10 | Slovakia | 2.8 |
| 11 | Slovenia | 2.6 |
| 12 | Sweden | 2.2 |
| 13 | Belgium | 2.1 |
| 13 | Croatia | 2.1 |
| 15 | Italy | 1.7 |
| 16 | Germany | 1.5 |
| 16 | Ireland | 1.5 |
| 18 | Latvia | 1.4 |
| 18 | Netherlands | 1.4 |
| 20 | Austria | 0.6 |
| 21 | Bulgaria | 0.3 |
| 22 | Lithuania | -0.1 |
| 23 | Estonia | -0.5 |
| 24 | Cyprus | -0.9 |
| 24 | Greece | -0.9 |
| 26 | Portugal | -2.1 |
| 27 | Malta | -3.7 |