Services saw the biggest price hikes, of 13.5, prices of non-food item rose by 12.5% and foodstuffs prices by 6.7%.
For foodstuffs, the highest price increases year-on-year were registered for coffee (+21%), eggs (+14%), beef (+11.5%), honey (+10.6%), cow’s milk (+12%), bread (8.2%), fresh fruit (+7%), and poultry meat (6.8%). Beer and wine prices rose by 8% and 6.5%, respectively.
Instead, potatoes got 11% cheaper, while prices of beans, flour, corn and sugar dropped by 3%, 4%, 5% and 1.3%, respectively.
For non-food items, electricity is 55.5% more expensive and natural gas prices rose by 1.5% in May 2026 against May 2025. During the review period, prices also surged for gasoline (+30.5%), Diesel gas (+36.8%), thermal energy (+10.7%), books, newspapers, and magazines (+10.6%), detergents (+10.2%), tobacco products and cigarettes (+7.4%), medicines (+4.3%), and hygiene and cosmetic products (+7.14%).
In the services sector, the highest price increases were registered for rents (+43%), water supply, sewage and sanitation (+15%), car repairs (+15%), hygiene and cosmetics (+14.7%), medical assistance got 12.8% more expensive, urban transport and road transport saw price hikes of 9% and 13%, respectively, over the last year. The only price decline in the services category is registered for air transport services, which were 9.92% cheaper than a year earlier. Compared with April 2026, airfares fell by 7.08%. Postal service tariffs, which declined in previous months, increased by 9.65% year-on-year in May 2026.
Against April 2026, consumer prices edged 0.58% higher in May 2026.
The inflation rate since the beginning of the year (May 2026 compared to December 2025) is 3.7%
The Harmonized Index of Consumer Prices (HICP) in May 2026 compared to April 2026 is 100.69%.
The HICP-based annual inflation rate in May 2026 compared to May 2025 is 9.7%.
The average rate of change in consumer prices over the last 12 months (June 2025-May 2026) compared to the previous 12 months (June 2024-May 2025) is 8.4%.