Official data · Eurostat HICP

What is getting more expensive?

Price changes over the past year in Hungary, September 2026, across 90 categories of household spending.

Country

All items

+2.1%

over a year

Food, alcohol & tobacco

−2.7%

over a year

Energy

+5.2%

over a year

Services

+5.5%

over a year

Goods excl. energy & food

+0.8%

over a year

Rising fastest

Items with the largest price increases, Hungary
Item	Change over a year	Weight
Jewellery and watches	+21.4%	0.2%
Newspapers and periodicals	+14.4%	0.2%
Services provided by cinemas, theatres and concert venues	+10.6%	0.3%
Other information and communication services	+10.4%	0.4%
Veterinary and other services for pets	+10.4%	0.1%
Social protection	+9.7%	0.6%
Other outpatient care services	+9.6%	0.1%
Other financial services	+8.4%	1.7%
Hairdressing salons and personal grooming establishments	+8.3%	1.0%
Maintenance and repair of personal transport equipment	+8.2%	1.0%

Rising slowest or falling

Items with the smallest price increases or falls, Hungary
Item	Change over a year	Weight
Fruits and nuts	−12.4%	1.4%
Passenger transport by air	−11.3%	0.4%
Milk, other dairy products and eggs	−7.7%	3.5%
Coffee and coffee substitutes	−6.1%	0.5%
Live animals, and meat and other parts of slaughtered land animals	−5.5%	4.4%
Fruit and vegetable juices	−4.4%	0.7%
Equipment for the reception, recording and reproduction of sound and vision	−4.3%	0.5%
Shoes and other footwear	−3.8%	0.7%
Water	−3.1%	0.7%
Cereals and cereal products	−3.0%	2.7%

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.