Consumer prices were up 0.5% in April 2021 compared with March 2021.
Food prices grew 0.76%, service prices climbed 1.09%, while prices of non-food items were 5.21% higher in April 2021 compared with April 2020.
The average consumer price rate over the last 12 months (May 2020-April 2021) as compared to the previous 12 months (May 2019-April 2020) is 2.6%.
The inflation rate since the beginning of the year (April 2021 compared to December 2020) is 2.6%. The highest price increases were recorded this year by electricity (+18% versus December 2020), fuel (7%), edible oil (6%), canned vegetables (6%), while plane ticket prices fell by 20% and egg prices by 3%.
The annual rate calculated on the basis of the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) is 2.7% in April 2021 compared to April 2020
The HICP-based average consumer price rate over the last 12 months (May 2020-April 2021) as compared to the previous 12 months (May 2019-April 2020) is 2.2%.