Annual inflation up to 3.2% in the euro area - Euro indicators - Eurostat - ec.europa.eu

The euro area annual inflation rate was 3.2 % in August 2026 , up from 2.9% in July . A year earlier, the rate was 2.0 %. European Union annual inflation was 3.2 % in August 2026 , up from 3.0% in July . A year earlier, the rate was 2.4 %. These figures are published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union . The lowest annual rates were registered in Sweden (0.3%), Estonia (1.3%) and Czechia (1.5%) . The highest annual rates were recorded in Romania (6.3%), Lithuania (5.6%) and Cyprus (5.2%) . Compared with July 2026 , annual inflation fell in six Member States, remained stable in one and rose in twenty . In August 2026 , services (+1.43 percentage points, pp), energy (+1.29 percentage points, pp), non-energy industrial goods (+0.