HICP - COMMUNICATION (Annual average rate of change, Eurostat) by country
Countries reporting
31
Highest
8.5
Estonia
Lowest
-8
France
Median
0.8
Years covered
33
1993–2025
Data points
900
What the numbers show
HICP - COMMUNICATION (Annual average rate of change, Eurostat) is currently reported for 31 countries. The highest value is 8.5 in Estonia; the lowest is -8 in France.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.8, and the mean is 0.4968.
Over the past decade 17 countries rose and 10 fell. The largest increase was in Slovakia (up 2,800.0%), and the largest decrease in France (down 2,100.0%).
HICP - COMMUNICATION: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Estonia | 8.5 | 2024 | up 270.0% | volatile |
| 2 | Hungary | 5.7 | 2025 | up 1,800.0% | volatile |
| 3 | Slovakia | 5.4 | 2025 | up 2,800.0% | volatile |
| 4 | Poland | 4.7 | 2025 | up 80.8% | volatile |
| 5 | Finland | 4.1 | 2025 | up 197.6% | volatile |
| 6 | United Kingdom | 3.9 | 2019 | up 290.0% | volatile |
| 7 | Denmark | 3.6 | 2025 | up 185.7% | volatile |
| 8 | Latvia | 3.3 | 2025 | up 312.5% | volatile |
| 9 | Bulgaria | 2.4 | 2025 | up 177.4% | volatile |
| 10 | Lithuania | 1.8 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 11 | Spain | 1.6 | 2025 | up 188.9% | volatile |
| 12 | Greece | 1.5 | 2025 | — | volatile |
| 13 | Ireland | 1.4 | 2025 | down 12.5% | volatile |
| 14 | Albania | 1.3 | 2022 | up 333.3% | volatile |
| 15 | Montenegro | 1.2 | 2025 | up 200.0% | volatile |
| 16 | Slovenia | 0.8 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 17 | Czechia | 0.4 | 2025 | up 126.7% | volatile |
| 18 | Kosovo | 0.3 | 2022 | up 130.0% | volatile |
| 19 | Belgium | -0.1 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 20 | Croatia | -0.4 | 2025 | down 144.4% | volatile |
| 21 | Germany | -0.7 | 2024 | up 46.2% | volatile |
| 22 | Portugal | -1.1 | 2025 | down 126.8% | volatile |
| 23 | Romania | -1.4 | 2025 | down 1,500.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Luxembourg | -1.9 | 2025 | down 72.7% | volatile |
| 25 | Cyprus | -2.1 | 2025 | down 1,150.0% | volatile |
| 26 | Sweden | -2.7 | 2025 | up 32.5% | volatile |
| 27 | Netherlands | -4 | 2025 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 28 | Malta | -4.1 | 2025 | down 241.7% | volatile |
| 29 | Austria | -4.4 | 2024 | down 169.8% | volatile |
| 30 | Italy | -5.6 | 2024 | up 22.2% | volatile |
| 31 | France | -8 | 2025 | down 2,100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.