At 1.9% fell annually inflation to eurozone In May 2025, reduced from 2.2% in April. One year earlier, the rate was 2.6%. Annual inflation in the European Union was 2.2% in May 2025, down from 2.4% in April. One year earlier, the rate was 2.7%.
These figures are published by Eurostat, the Statistical Service of the European Union. The lower annual rates were recorded in Cyprus (0.4%), France (0.6%) and Ireland (1.4%). The highest annual rates were recorded in Romania (5.4%), Estonia (4.6%) and Hungary (4.5%). Compared to April 2025, annual inflation declined in fourteen Member States, remained stable in one and increased to twelve. In Greece, inflation in May 2025 ran 3.3%, that is, well above the average of the eurozone.
In May 2025, the largest contribution to the annual rate of inflation of the euro area came from the services (+1,47 percentage points, AM), followed by food, alcohol and tobacco (+0,62 am), non-energy industrial goods (+0,16 am) and energy (1,0).