Estonia reported an estimated 5.2% increase in annual inflation in September 2025, the highest in the European Union, new data from Eurostat has revealed.
Other euro area countries to report a higher-than-average annual inflation rate for the month, according to Eurostat estimates, include Croatia (+4.6%), Slovakia (+4.6%) and Latvia (+4.1%).
At the other end of the scale, Cyprus reported a flat (0.0%) increase in annual inflation rate, while France (+1.1%), Greece (+1.8%), Italy (+1.8%) and Portugal (+1.9%) also saw rates increase below the euro area average.
Euro area annual inflation
According to Eurostat estimates, euro area annual inflation is expected to be 2.2% in September, up from 2.0% in August.
On a sector-by-sector basis, the services sector is expected to have the biggest influence on inflation in the period (+3.2%), followed by food, alcohol & tobacco (+3.0%), non-energy industrial goods (+0.8%) and energy (-0.4%).
On a month-on-month basis, meanwhile, Italy reported the highest inflation increase in the euro area, of 1.3%, followed by Portugal (+1.0%) and Greece (+0.6%). Malta (-1.3%) reported the biggest month-on-month decline, the data showed.
The euro area includes Belgium, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Austria, Portugal, Slovenia, Slovakia and Finland. Read more here.
Monthly Inflation Rate by Euro Area Country, 2025 (%)
| Country | Inflation (%) |
|---|---|
| Italy | 1.3 |
| Portugal | 1.0 |
| Greece | 0.6 |
| Finland | 0.5 |
| Lithuania | 0.4 |
| Germany | 0.2 |
| Slovakia | 0.2 |
| Spain | 0.1 |
| Latvia | 0.1 |
| Austria | 0.0 |
| Slovenia | 0.0 |
| Luxembourg | -0.1 |
| Ireland | -0.2 |
| Belgium | -0.3 |
| Netherlands | -0.3 |
| Cyprus | -0.4 |
| Croatia | -0.6 |
| France | -1.1 |
| Estonia | -1.2 |
| Malta | -1.3 |
