site.btaEurostat: September Annual Inflation Up to 10.9% in EU, 15.6% in Bulgaria, 9.9% in Euro Area

Annual inflation in the European Union, as measured by the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (HICP), reached 10.9% in September 2022, up by 0.8% from the 10.1% recorded in August. In September 2022, inflation in the EU stood at 3.6%, according to the latest data by Eurostat, published Wednesday on their website.  

Inflation in the euro area in September 2022 reached 9.9%, up by 6.9% year-on-year. In August, annual consumer price inflation in the area stood at 9.1%. Month-on-month consumer prices in both the EU and the euro area registered an increase of 1.2%.

In Bulgaria, annual HICP inflation rose to 15.6% in September, 0.6 percentage points higher month-on-month. In September 2021, consumer prices inflation in Bulgaria stood at 4%. 

In September, compared to August, Bulgarian inflation expanded by 0.7 per cent.

The lowest annual rates were registered in France (6.2%), Malta (7.4%) and Finland (8.4%). The highest annual rates were recorded in Estonia (24.1%), Lithuania (22.5%) and Latvia (22.0%). Compared with August, annual inflation fell in six Member States, remained stable in one and rose in twenty.