HICP - annual data (average index and rate of change) (1996-2025)

In 2009, Belgium's HICP decreased by 80.7% compared to 2008, reaching 1.1%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 1.6%.

Belgium ranks 17th out of 22 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 35.3% (from 1.7% in 2004).

Source: Eurostat dataset prc_hicp_aind, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.