The euro area annual inflation rate was 2.1% in October 2025, down from 2.2% in September. A year earlier, the rate was 2.0%. European Union annual inflation was 2.5% in October 2025, down from 2.6% in September. A year earlier, the rate was 2.3%. These figures are published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.
The lowest annual rates were registered in Cyprus (0.2%), France (0.8%) and Italy (1.3%). The highest annual rates were recorded in Romania (8.4%), Estonia (4.5%) and Latvia (4.3%). Compared with September 2025, annual inflation fell in fifteen Member States, remained stable in three and rose in nine.
In October 2025, the highest contribution to the annual euro area inflation rate came from services (+1.54 percentage points, pp), followed by food, alcohol & tobacco (+0.48 pp), non-energy industrial goods (+0.16 pp) and energy (-0.08 pp).
According to Eurostat, the largest contribution to Eurozone inflation came from services, which added +1.54 percentage points (pp) to the overall index.
This was followed by:
- Food, alcohol & tobacco: +0.48 pp
- Non-energy industrial goods: +0.16 pp
- Energy: –0.08 pp, continuing to act deflationary.
The mild easing of inflation reinforces expectations of a stabilization in price pressures across the Eurozone, at a time when markets and central banks are closely monitoring signs of a return to the 2% target.
