# EU countries by recreation, sport and culture 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_recreation_culture`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Harmonised index of consumer prices for recreation, sport and culture (COICOP 2018 division 09, package holidays included), 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, recreation, sport and culture, COICOP 2018 CP09 (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, recreation, sport and culture, COICOP 2018 CP09 (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-recreation-culture-inflation/eu-countries

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Romania | 9.1 |
| 2 | Bulgaria | 7.7 |
| 3 | Croatia | 5.6 |
| 4 | Latvia | 5.4 |
| 5 | Poland | 5.1 |
| 6 | Lithuania | 5 |
| 7 | Slovakia | 4.2 |
| 7 | Spain | 4.2 |
| 9 | Belgium | 4.1 |
| 9 | Cyprus | 4.1 |
| 11 | Malta | 3.6 |
| 11 | Slovenia | 3.6 |
| 13 | Hungary | 3.4 |
| 14 | Austria | 3.2 |
| 14 | Luxembourg | 3.2 |
| 16 | Netherlands | 3 |
| 17 | Czechia | 2.7 |
| 17 | Denmark | 2.7 |
| 19 | Sweden | 2.1 |
| 20 | Greece | 2 |
| 21 | Finland | 1.6 |
| 21 | Ireland | 1.6 |
| 23 | Germany | 1.5 |
| 24 | Italy | 1.3 |
| 25 | Portugal | 0.3 |
| 26 | France | 0 |
| 27 | Estonia | -1.3 |