Official data · Eurostat HICP

What is getting more expensive?

Price changes over the past year in Montenegro, September 2026, across 74 categories of household spending.

Country

All items

+5.5%

over a year

Food, alcohol & tobacco

+3.8%

over a year

Energy

+15.2%

over a year

Services

+6.5%

over a year

Goods excl. energy & food

+2.2%

over a year

Rising fastest

Items with the largest price increases, Montenegro
Item	Change over a year	Weight
Fuels and lubricants for personal transport equipment	+33.2%	4.8%
Refuse collection	+27.2%	0.2%
Tobacco	+15.2%	3.1%
Other services related to personal transport equipment	+14.0%	0.6%
Services for the maintenance, repair and security of the dwelling	+13.5%	0.6%
Bundled telecommunication services	+11.7%	0.3%
Other information and communication services	+11.6%	0.4%
Domestic services and household services	+10.8%	0.2%
Maintenance and repair of personal transport equipment	+8.9%	1.5%
Passenger transport by road	+8.7%	1.9%

Rising slowest or falling

Items with the smallest price increases or falls, Montenegro
Item	Change over a year	Weight
Sewage collection	−13.1%	0.2%
Water supply	−11.2%	0.5%
Fruits and nuts	−4.6%	1.7%
Sugar, confectionery and desserts	−3.5%	1.8%
Package holidays	−1.5%	0.4%
Mobile telephone equipment	−1.2%	0.4%
Major electric and other household appliances	−0.6%	0.6%
Beer	−0.5%	1.6%
Motor cars	−0.2%	0.9%
Glassware, tableware and household utensils	−0.1%	0.5%

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.