Official data · Eurostat HICP

What is getting more expensive?

Price changes over the past year in Albania, September 2026, across 72 categories of household spending.

Country

All items

+2.7%

over a year

Food, alcohol & tobacco

+2.4%

over a year

Energy

+8.1%

over a year

Services

+3.8%

over a year

Goods excl. energy & food

−0.5%

over a year

Rising fastest

Items with the largest price increases, Albania
Item	Change over a year	Weight
Fuels and lubricants for personal transport equipment	+19.9%	2.3%
Jewellery and watches	+15.8%	0.2%
Postal and courier services	+13.9%	0.1%
Package holidays	+10.0%	5.6%
Fish and other seafood	+9.5%	1.5%
Vegetables, tubers, plantains, cooking bananas and pulses	+7.2%	6.3%
Education not defined by level	+6.5%	1.6%
Outpatient dental services	+6.4%	0.5%
Electric appliances for personal care	+6.3%	0.1%
Other articles of clothing and clothing accessories	+6.2%	0.2%

Rising slowest or falling

Items with the smallest price increases or falls, Albania
Item	Change over a year	Weight
Major electric and other household appliances	−8.5%	1.2%
Information processing equipment	−5.3%	0.2%
Shoes and other footwear	−4.6%	0.8%
Fruits and nuts	−3.9%	6.6%
Equipment for the reception, recording and reproduction of sound and vision	−3.1%	0.2%
Garden products, plants and flowers	−3.0%	0.2%
Garments	−2.8%	2.1%
Mobile communication services	−2.7%	0.9%
Motor cars	−1.6%	2.0%
Glassware, tableware and household utensils	−1.3%	0.3%

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.