The annual inflation rate is 2.1% in August 2025 compared to July 2025.
Services prices grew by 9.8%, food prices increased by 9% and prices of non-food items were 10.5% higher in August 2025 compared with August 2024.
In August 2025 versus August 2024, the highest food prices were recorded by fresh fruit (+41%), coffee (17%), edible oil (11%), bread and margarine (9%). Instead, potato prices fell by 10%.
As regards services, the biggest price increases in annual terms were registered for hygiene and cosmetics (19%), train tickets (18%), clothing (15%), car repair and healthcare (13%). Instead, air transport prices dropped 7%.
In August 2025 versus August 2024, the highest price hikes in non-food items were recorded by electric energy, with 65%, heat energy, with 13%, and books, newspapers, magazines, with 11%.
The inflation rate since the beginning of the year (August 2025 compared to December 2024) is 8.1%.
The average rate of change in consumer prices over the last 12 months (September 2024-August 2025) compared to the previous 12 months (September 2023-August 2024) is 5.7%.
The Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) in August 2025 compared to July 2025 is 102.09%.
The HICP-based annual inflation rate in August 2025 compared to August 2024 is 8.5%.
The HICP-based average rate of change in consumer prices over the last 12 months (September 2024-August 2025) compared to the previous 12 months (September 2023-August 2024) is 5.6%.
In August 2025, Romania’s central bank revised upwards its forecast on the country’s inflation rate for end-2025 to 8.8%, higher by 4.2 percentage points than the previous projection, being expected to surge even to 9%.