A year earlier, the EU inflation was 1.4%, EU’s statistics office Eurostat said.
Romanian annual inflation came in at 1.6% in April. A similar annual rate was recorded in Austria. Finland posted the second highest rate of 1.3%, followed by Germany with 1.1%.
The lowest rates were registered in Greece (-1.6%), Bulgaria (-1.3%) and Cyprus (-0.4%), the data showed.
Romanian consumer prices rose 0.3% in April compared with the month earlier. EU’s monthly inflation was 0.1%.
Annual inflation in the eurozone was 0.7% in April, up from 0.5% in the previous month. A year earlier, eurozone’s rate was 1.2%. Monthly inflation was 0.2% in April 2014.