# EU countries by services 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_services`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Harmonised index of consumer prices for services (Eurostat special aggregate SERV: the overall index excluding goods), 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, services, COICOP 2018 SERV (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, services, COICOP 2018 SERV (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-services-inflation/eu-countries

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Romania | 9.3 |
| 2 | Bulgaria | 7.6 |
| 3 | Cyprus | 7.1 |
| 4 | Lithuania | 6.9 |
| 5 | Croatia | 6.7 |
| 6 | Greece | 6.4 |
| 7 | Poland | 5.9 |
| 8 | Hungary | 5.5 |
| 9 | Austria | 4.4 |
| 9 | Czechia | 4.4 |
| 11 | Latvia | 4.3 |
| 12 | Spain | 4.1 |
| 13 | Ireland | 4 |
| 13 | Portugal | 4 |
| 13 | Slovenia | 4 |
| 16 | Slovakia | 3.9 |
| 17 | Netherlands | 3.8 |
| 18 | Denmark | 3.4 |
| 18 | Luxembourg | 3.4 |
| 18 | Malta | 3.4 |
| 21 | Belgium | 3.3 |
| 22 | Germany | 2.8 |
| 23 | France | 2.6 |
| 24 | Italy | 2.5 |
| 25 | Estonia | 2 |
| 26 | Finland | 1.7 |
| 27 | Sweden | 1.6 |