Official data · Eurostat HICP

What is getting more expensive?

Price changes over the past year in Slovakia, September 2026, across 94 categories of household spending.

Country

All items

+3.0%

over a year

Food, alcohol & tobacco

−2.2%

over a year

Energy

+14.0%

over a year

Services

+3.9%

over a year

Goods excl. energy & food

+2.6%

over a year

Rising fastest

Items with the largest price increases, Slovakia
Item	Change over a year	Weight
Other energy for heating and cooling	+28.0%	2.3%
Water supply	+23.0%	0.6%
Fuels and lubricants for personal transport equipment	+22.2%	2.8%
Sewage collection	+14.3%	0.4%
Games, toys and hobby-related articles	+12.7%	0.3%
Veterinary and other services for pets	+11.7%	0.1%
Mobile telephone equipment	+11.0%	0.7%
Postal and courier services	+10.3%	0.3%
Secondary education	+9.2%	0.3%
Other financial services	+8.9%	0.1%

Rising slowest or falling

Items with the smallest price increases or falls, Slovakia
Item	Change over a year	Weight
Fruits and nuts	−10.0%	1.8%
Oils and fats	−8.8%	1.0%
Milk, other dairy products and eggs	−8.6%	3.9%
Live animals, and meat and other parts of slaughtered land animals	−5.5%	3.8%
Sugar, confectionery and desserts	−4.5%	1.8%
Fruit and vegetable juices	−4.1%	0.1%
Coffee and coffee substitutes	−3.1%	0.5%
Spirits and liquors	−2.2%	1.0%
Wine	−2.2%	0.8%
Beer	−1.6%	0.9%

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.