Romania reported the highest annual inflation rate in the European Union in April 2025, of 4.9%, new data from Eurostat has revealed.
Other EU member states to report an above-average inflation rate for the month included Estonia (4.4%), Hungary (4.2%), the Netherlands (4.1%), Croatia (4.0%) and Latvia (4.0%).
The lowest annual inflation rates, meanwhile, were recorded in France (0.9%), Cyprus (1.4%), and Denmark (1.5%).
Inflation rate in the EU
At EU level, the annual inflation rate stood at 2.4% in April 2025, down marginally from 2.5% in March, and 2.6% in the same month a year earlier.
In the euro area, the annual inflation rate in the euro area remained stable on a month-on-month basis, at 2.2%, in April, a slight decline on the 2.4% rate recorded a year earlier.
The biggest contributor to euro area inflation in the period came from the services sector (+1.80 percentage points), followed by food, alcohol & tobacco (+0.57 percentage points), non-energy industrial goods (+0.15 percentage points) and energy (-0.35 percentage points).
Compared with March 2025, inflation declined in thirteen countries, remained stable in three, and rose in eleven, according to the Eurostat data. Read more here.
Inflation Rate by EU Member State – April 2025 (%)
| Country | Inflation (%) |
|---|---|
| Romania | 4.9 |
| Estonia | 4.4 |
| Hungary | 4.2 |
| Netherlands | 4.1 |
| Croatia | 4.0 |
| Latvia | 4.0 |
| Slovakia | 3.9 |
| Poland | 3.7 |
| Lithuania | 3.6 |
| Austria | 3.3 |
| Belgium | 3.1 |
| Bulgaria | 2.8 |
| Greece | 2.6 |
| Malta | 2.6 |
| Slovenia | 2.3 |
| Germany | 2.2 |
| Spain | 2.2 |
| Portugal | 2.1 |
| Sweden | 2.1 |
| Ireland | 2.0 |
| Italy | 2.0 |
| Finland | 1.9 |
| Czechia | 1.7 |
| Luxembourg | 1.7 |
| Denmark | 1.5 |
| Cyprus | 1.4 |
| France | 0.9 |
