Romania reported an annual inflation rate of 8.5% in August 2025, the highest in the European Union, new data from Eurostat has found.
Other EU member states to report a high inflation rate for the period included Estonia (6.2%), Croatia (4.6%), Slovakia (4.4%), Hungary (4.2%) and Latvia (4.2%).
The lowest annual inflation rates, meanwhile, were reported in Cyprus (0.0%), France (0.8%) and Italy (1.6%).
Inflation in the EU
At an EU level, the annual inflation rate stood at 2.4% in August, stable compared to July, while in the euro area, the annual inflation rate was 2.0%, also stable compared to the previous month.
On a sector-by-sector basis, the highest contribution to the annual euro area inflation rate in August came from services (+1.44 percentage points, pp), followed by food, alcohol & tobacco (+0.62 pp), and non-energy industrial goods (+0.18 pp). Energy reported a slight negative inflation rate (-0.19 pp).
Compared to July 2025, the annual inflation rate rose in 14 EU member states, remained stable in four, and fell in nine.
The biggest month-on-month increase in inflation was seen in Romania (2.1%), followed by Belgium (1.5%) and Luxembourg (1.2%).
The biggest decreases, however, were seen in Denmark (-0.7%), Greece (-0.6%), and Sweden, Finland and Lithuania (all -0.3%), Eurostat’s data showed. Read more here.
Monthly Inflation Rate by EU Member State, Sept 2025 (%)
| Country | Inflation Rate (%) |
|---|---|
| Romania | 2.1 |
| Belgium | 1.5 |
| Luxembourg | 1.2 |
| Estonia | 0.9 |
| Cyprus | 0.8 |
| Malta | 0.7 |
| France | 0.5 |
| Ireland | 0.4 |
| Netherlands | 0.3 |
| Austria | 0.3 |
| Croatia | 0.2 |
| Bulgaria | 0.1 |
| Germany | 0.1 |
| Slovakia | 0.1 |
| Czechia | 0.0 |
| Spain | 0.0 |
| Hungary | 0.0 |
| Slovenia | 0.0 |
| Poland | -0.1 |
| Portugal | -0.1 |
| Italy | -0.2 |
| Latvia | -0.2 |
| Lithuania | -0.3 |
| Finland | -0.3 |
| Sweden | -0.3 |
| Greece | -0.6 |
| Denmark | -0.7 |
