EU inflation rate by category December 2024| Statista

In December 2024, energy prices increased by approximately 0.7 percent in the European Union, when compared with a year earlier, according to the harmonized index of consumer prices index. This represents a change compared to the dramatic deflation of energy prices experienced between September 2023 and April 2024. During December 2024, the inflation rate for food prices was three percent, while in non-energy industrial goods, costs were estimated to have gone up by 0.7 percent. For services, prices in December 2024 have increased by 4.2 percent compared to the previous year.

Harmonized index of consumer prices (HICP) inflation rate of the European Union from January 2002 to December 2024, by category

Characteristic	Food including alcohol and tobacco	Services (overall index excluding goods)	Non-energy industrial goods	Energy
Dec 24	3%	4.2%	0.7%	0.7%
Nov 24	3.1%	4.2%	0.8%	-1.2%
Oct 24	3.2%	4.2%	0.7%	-3.3%
Sep 24	2.8%	4.2%	0.7%	-4.7%
Aug 24	2.6%	4.5%	0.6%	-2.1%
Jul 24	2.3%	4.3%	1%	1.8%
Jun 24	2.3%	4.4%	1%	0.2%
May 24	2.3%	4.5%	1.1%	0.5%
Apr 24	2.6%	4.1%	1.3%	-0.6%
Mar 24	2.3%	4.4%	1.6%	-1.6%
Feb 24	3.7%	4.4%	2%	-3.3%
Ene 24	5.4%	4.5%	2.5%	-5.4%
Dec 23	6%	4.6%	3%	-5%

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February 2025

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January 2002 to December 2024

Supplementary notes

The monthly inflation rate in this series is compared with the same month in the previous year, rather than with the previous month in the same year (i.e. the price level of December 2023 is compared with December 2022, rather than November 2023).

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