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

In 2017, Belgium's HICP decreased by 54.8% compared to 2016, reaching 1.4%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 2.1%.

Belgium ranks 22nd out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 56.3% (from 3.2% in 2012).

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