The annual inflation rate rose by 0.22% in December 2025 compared to November 2025.
In December 2025 compared with December 2024, food prices increased by 7.7%, services prices grew by 11% and prices of non-food items advanced 10.5%.
In December 2025 compared with December 2024, the highest food prices were recorded by cacao and coffee (24%), fresh fruit (+15%), sugar, confectionery and honey (14%), beef (11.8%), cow’s milk (+10.96%), eggs (+10.68%) and bread (+10.09%). Instead, prices fell by 10% for potatoes, by 5% for beans, and by nearly 1% for flour, corn flour and sugar.
In December 2025 versus December 2024, the highest price hikes in non-food items were recorded by electric energy, with +60.9%, heat energy (+18.8%), books, newspapers and magazines (+10.16%), detergents (+9.41%), tobacco and cigarettes (+6.68%), medicine prices (+5.49%) and fuel (+3.94%).
In terms of services, the biggest price increases in annual terms, in the review period, were registered for train tickets (24.4%), airline services (+18.37%), personal hygiene and cosmetics (+17.65%), car repair services (+14.72%), footwear and clothing repair and manufacturing services (+15.12%), rents (+8.63%), healthcare services (+13.59%), urban transport (+13.75%), and intercity road transportation (+8.86%).
The average rate of change in consumer prices over the last 12 months (January 2025-December 2025) compared to the previous 12 months (January 2024-December 2024) is 7.3%.
The Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices in December 2025 compared to November 2025 is 0.23%.
The HICP-based annual inflation rate in December 2025 compared to December 2024 is 8.6%.
The HICP-based average rate of change in consumer prices over the last 12 months (January 2025-December 2025) compared to the previous 12 months (January 2024-December 2024) is 6.8%.