Official data · Eurostat HICP

What is getting more expensive?

Price changes over the past year in Malta, September 2026, across 86 categories of household spending.

Country

All items

+2.4%

over a year

Food, alcohol & tobacco

+2.4%

over a year

Energy

0.0%

over a year

Services

+3.4%

over a year

Goods excl. energy & food

+0.8%

over a year

Rising fastest

Items with the largest price increases, Malta
Item	Change over a year	Weight
Passenger transport by air	+11.8%	1.5%
Vegetables, tubers, plantains, cooking bananas and pulses	+10.8%	1.8%
Jewellery and watches	+10.7%	0.5%
Passenger transport by road	+10.6%	0.9%
Recreational and sporting services	+10.5%	1.0%
Package holidays	+9.1%	1.0%
Assistive products	+8.4%	0.3%
Canteens, cafeterias and refectories	+7.9%	0.1%
Services for the maintenance, repair and security of the dwelling	+7.2%	2.4%
Veterinary and other services for pets	+7.0%	0.2%

Rising slowest or falling

Items with the smallest price increases or falls, Malta
Item	Change over a year	Weight
Sporting, camping and open-air recreation equipment	−13.5%	0.1%
Mobile communication services	−10.8%	1.3%
Mobile telephone equipment	−7.8%	0.4%
Equipment for the reception, recording and reproduction of sound and vision	−7.4%	0.4%
Other personal effects n.e.c.	−5.2%	0.3%
Fruits and nuts	−3.7%	1.5%
Oils and fats	−3.4%	0.6%
Glassware, tableware and household utensils	−3.1%	0.4%
Motor cars	−2.2%	3.4%
Spirits and liquors	−2.0%	0.3%

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.