Official data · Eurostat HICP

What is getting more expensive?

Price changes over the past year in the European Union, September 2026, across 108 categories of household spending.

Country

All items

+3.8%

over a year

Food, alcohol & tobacco

+1.2%

over a year

Energy

+17.6%

over a year

Services

+3.5%

over a year

Goods excl. energy & food

+1.1%

over a year

Rising fastest

Items with the largest price increases, the European Union
Item	Change over a year	Weight
Liquid fuels	+55.8%	0.2%
Fuels and lubricants for personal transport equipment	+31.4%	3.8%
Jewellery and watches	+12.8%	0.4%
Solid fuels	+11.2%	0.4%
Gas	+9.6%	1.6%
Information processing equipment	+8.0%	0.5%
Accommodation services	+6.1%	2.3%
Tobacco	+5.9%	2.2%
Inpatient long-term care services	+5.8%	0.5%
Other information and communication equipment and accessories	+5.8%	0.1%

Rising slowest or falling

Items with the smallest price increases or falls, the European Union
Item	Change over a year	Weight
Oils and fats	−7.2%	0.5%
Equipment for the reception, recording and reproduction of sound and vision	−4.5%	0.4%
Fruit and vegetable juices	−2.7%	0.2%
Motorized tools and equipment	−2.1%	0.1%
Sporting, camping and open-air recreation equipment	−2.1%	0.4%
Small household appliances	−2.0%	0.3%
Major electric and other household appliances	−1.4%	0.7%
Bicycles	−1.4%	0.2%
Fruits and nuts	−1.2%	1.3%
Milk, other dairy products and eggs	−1.1%	2.2%

Source: Eurostat HICP, annual rate of change by ECOICOP class (prc_hicp_minr) and item weights for 2026 (prc_hicp_iw). Weight = share of the average household's spending. Categories under 0.1% of spending are left out so that tiny items with volatile prices do not crowd the lists. Red: prices up; blue: prices down.