Official data · Eurostat HICP

What is getting more expensive?

Price changes over the past year in Bulgaria, September 2026, across 89 categories of household spending.

Country

All items

+5.6%

over a year

Food, alcohol & tobacco

+2.6%

over a year

Energy

+21.6%

over a year

Services

+7.6%

over a year

Goods excl. energy & food

+0.3%

over a year

Rising fastest

Items with the largest price increases, Bulgaria
Item	Change over a year	Weight
Fuels and lubricants for personal transport equipment	+42.2%	5.0%
Jewellery and watches	+26.9%	0.2%
Domestic services and household services	+23.7%	0.2%
Gas	+19.3%	0.2%
Other outpatient care services	+18.6%	0.7%
Other services	+17.9%	1.5%
Other services related to personal transport equipment	+16.1%	0.4%
Hairdressing salons and personal grooming establishments	+14.7%	0.4%
Diagnostic imaging services and medical laboratory services	+14.4%	0.1%
Maintenance and repair of personal transport equipment	+13.9%	0.9%

Rising slowest or falling

Items with the smallest price increases or falls, Bulgaria
Item	Change over a year	Weight
Equipment for the reception, recording and reproduction of sound and vision	−19.4%	0.3%
Small household appliances	−6.6%	0.4%
Photographic and cinematographic equipment and optical instruments	−6.6%	0.1%
Oils and fats	−4.6%	0.6%
Mobile telephone equipment	−4.3%	0.3%
Passenger transport by air	−3.3%	0.7%
Major electric and other household appliances	−3.2%	1.0%
Bundled telecommunication services	−2.9%	0.4%
Shoes and other footwear	−2.2%	0.8%
Fruits and nuts	−1.7%	1.2%

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.