May 17, 2024EU AND EURO AREA CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, APRIL 2024 Year-over-year (April 2024 vs April 2023)
The inflation rate remained unchanged at 2.6% in the European Union and at 2.4% in the Euro Area in April 2024.
The fastest inflation was reported in Romania (6.2%) while the slowest inflation rates were in Lithuania and Denmark (0.4% and 0.5% respectively).
Energy prices declined 0.5% in the European Union and declined 0.6% in the Euro Area in April 2024.
Food price inflation has continued to slow to 1.6% for the European Union and 1.9% in the Euro Area in April 2024.
Excluding the impacts of energy, food, alcohol and tobacco prices year-over-year inflation was slowed to 3.0% in the European Union and 2.7% in the Euro Area in April 2024.
Source: Eurostat; Eurostat Data