The euro area annual inflation rate was 2.1% in October 2025, down from 2.2% in September. One year earlier, the rate was 2.0%. In the European Union, annual inflation reached 2.5% in October 2025, compared with 2.6% in September and 2.3% a year earlier. The data was published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.
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The lowest annual inflation rates were recorded in Cyprus (0.2%), France (0.8%), and Italy (1.3%). Romania (8.4%), Estonia (4.5%), and Latvia (4.3%) registered the highest rates. Compared with September 2025, annual inflation decreased in fifteen Member States, remained unchanged in three, and increased in nine.
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In October 2025, services contributed the most to the annual euro area inflation rate at +1.54 percentage points. Food, alcohol, and tobacco contributed +0.48 percentage points, followed by non-energy industrial goods at +0.16 percentage points. Energy had a negative contribution of -0.08 percentage points.
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