The inflation in March is the highest in recent months, after 8.3% in February and 8.5% in January. In March 2025, Romania’s inflation rate stood at 5.1%.
Compared with February, consumer prices rose 0.9% in Romania, below the EU average of 1.1% and the eurozone average of 1.3%.
Portugal recorded the highest monthly rise in consumer prices, 2.3%, followed by Greece, 2.1% and Latvia, 1.9%.
European Union annual inflation was 2.8% in March 2026, up from 2.1% in February. A year earlier, the rate was 2.5%. Compared with February 2026, annual inflation fell in three member countries, remained stable in one and rose in twenty-three.
The lowest annual rates were registered in Denmark (1.0%), Czechia, Cyprus and Sweden (all 1.5%).
The euro area annual inflation rate was 2.6% in March 2026, up from 1.9% in February. A year earlier, the rate was 2.2%.
In March 2026, services (+1.49 percentage points, pp), energy (+0.48 percentage points, pp), food, alcohol & tobacco (+0.45 percentage points, pp) and non-energy industrial goods (+0.13 percentage points, pp) contributed positively to the annual euro area inflation rate.
(English version by Loredana Fratila-Cristescu)