Official data · Eurostat HICP

What is getting more expensive?

Price changes over the past year in North Macedonia, September 2026, across 79 categories of household spending.

Country

All items

+3.5%

over a year

Food, alcohol & tobacco

+1.6%

over a year

Energy

+12.4%

over a year

Services

+5.1%

over a year

Goods excl. energy & food

+1.6%

over a year

Rising fastest

Items with the largest price increases, North Macedonia
Item	Change over a year	Weight
Liquid fuels	+52.9%	0.1%
Fuels and lubricants for personal transport equipment	+29.3%	3.2%
Social protection	+23.0%	0.3%
Explicit charges by deposit-taking corporations	+18.7%	0.1%
Services provided by cinemas, theatres and concert venues	+17.5%	0.2%
Package holidays	+14.4%	0.5%
Accommodation services	+14.2%	3.2%
Other energy for heating and cooling	+12.8%	0.6%
Water supply	+11.2%	0.7%
Other services related to personal transport equipment	+10.6%	0.2%

Rising slowest or falling

Items with the smallest price increases or falls, North Macedonia
Item	Change over a year	Weight
Passenger transport by air	−38.7%	0.4%
Fruits and nuts	−13.9%	3.5%
Equipment for the reception, recording and reproduction of sound and vision	−9.6%	1.2%
Electric appliances for personal care	−5.4%	0.1%
Non-motorized tools and miscellaneous accessories	−2.9%	0.1%
Games, toys and hobby-related articles	−2.7%	0.2%
Other outpatient care services	−1.6%	1.0%
Cereals and cereal products	−1.5%	5.2%
Soft drinks	−1.5%	1.3%
Shoes and other footwear	−1.2%	1.7%

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.