Official data · Eurostat HICP

What is getting more expensive?

Price changes over the past year in Croatia, September 2026, across 92 categories of household spending.

Country

All items

+4.3%

over a year

Food, alcohol & tobacco

+0.2%

over a year

Energy

+19.6%

over a year

Services

+6.7%

over a year

Goods excl. energy & food

−0.9%

over a year

Rising fastest

Items with the largest price increases, Croatia
Item	Change over a year	Weight
Liquid fuels	+87.7%	0.2%
Fuels and lubricants for personal transport equipment	+27.2%	4.8%
Other services related to personal transport equipment	+23.4%	1.0%
Sewage collection	+22.9%	0.5%
Refuse collection	+15.8%	0.4%
Solid fuels	+13.7%	0.8%
Secondary education	+13.1%	0.1%
Services provided by cinemas, theatres and concert venues	+12.4%	0.4%
Electricity	+12.3%	4.4%
Hairdressing salons and personal grooming establishments	+10.7%	1.4%

Rising slowest or falling

Items with the smallest price increases or falls, Croatia
Item	Change over a year	Weight
Garments	−8.6%	4.3%
Fruits and nuts	−4.8%	1.5%
Sugar, confectionery and desserts	−4.1%	1.6%
Oils and fats	−3.6%	0.6%
Equipment for the reception, recording and reproduction of sound and vision	−3.4%	0.6%
Motor cars	−3.2%	2.8%
Milk, other dairy products and eggs	−3.0%	3.1%
Motorized tools and equipment	−2.8%	0.3%
Shoes and other footwear	−2.7%	1.2%
Other alcoholic beverages	−2.0%	0.2%

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.