Bulgaria reported the highest annual increase in industrial producer prices in the EU in February 2025, with a 19.0% increase, new data from Eurostat has revealed.
Other EU member states to see a notable annual increase in industrial producer prices included Ireland (+12.8%), Estonia (+12.7%), Denmark (+11.2%), Italy (+8.5%) and Spain (+6.7%).
At the other end of the scale, a number of EU countries reported a decline in industrial producer prices for the month, including Luxembourg (-5.6%), Lithuania (-1.5%) and France (-1.4%).
At EU level, industrial producer prices increased by 3.1% in February 2025, compared with the same month the previous year, while in the euro area, the year-on-year increase stood at 3.0%.
On an annual basis, industrial producer prices in the EU increased across all segments, by 1.0% for intermediate goods, by 7.4% for energy, by 1.7% for capital goods, by 1.0% for durable consumer goods, and by 2.0% for non-durable consumer goods.
On a month-on-month basis, the biggest increase in industrial producer prices was seen in Estonia (+9.5%), Romania (+4.8%) and Bulgaria (+2.5%), with the largest decreases observed in Ireland (-4.9%), France and Slovakia (both -0.8%) and Slovenia (-0.5%). Read more here.
| Country | Change (%) |
|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 19.0 |
| Ireland | 12.8 |
| Estonia | 12.7 |
| Denmark | 11.2 |
| Italy | 8.5 |
| Spain | 6.7 |
| Hungary | 5.4 |
| Sweden | 4.8 |
| Romania | 4.0 |
| Belgium | 3.9 |
| Netherlands | 3.2 |
| Slovakia | 2.2 |
| Greece | 2.0 |
| Germany | 0.8 |
| Malta | 0.8 |
| Croatia | 0.5 |
| Latvia | 0.5 |
| Portugal | 0.3 |
| Slovenia | 0.2 |
| Czechia | -0.1 |
| Finland | -0.3 |
| Poland | -0.7 |
| Cyprus | -0.9 |
| Austria | -1.1 |
| France | -1.4 |
| Lithuania | -1.5 |
| Luxembourg | -5.6 |
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