# EU countries by personal care and miscellaneous 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_personal_care_misc`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Harmonised index of consumer prices for personal care, social protection and miscellaneous goods and services (COICOP 2018 division 13, which includes social protection services such as childcare and care homes), 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, personal care, social protection and miscellaneous goods and services, COICOP 2018 CP13 (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, personal care, social protection and miscellaneous goods and services, COICOP 2018 CP13 (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-personal-care-misc-inflation/eu-countries

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Bulgaria | 9.4 |
| 2 | Romania | 7.5 |
| 3 | Lithuania | 5.6 |
| 4 | Hungary | 5.3 |
| 5 | Portugal | 4.3 |
| 6 | Czechia | 3.9 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 3.9 |
| 8 | Latvia | 3.7 |
| 8 | Luxembourg | 3.7 |
| 10 | Estonia | 3.6 |
| 10 | Malta | 3.6 |
| 12 | Germany | 3.3 |
| 13 | Spain | 3.2 |
| 14 | Croatia | 3 |
| 14 | Poland | 3 |
| 16 | Belgium | 2.7 |
| 16 | Italy | 2.7 |
| 18 | Slovakia | 2.6 |
| 19 | France | 2.3 |
| 20 | Austria | 2.2 |
| 21 | Sweden | 2.1 |
| 22 | Denmark | 2 |
| 22 | Slovenia | 2 |
| 24 | Ireland | 1.8 |
| 25 | Greece | 1.6 |
| 26 | Cyprus | 0.8 |
| 27 | Finland | -1.9 |