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

In 2018, Belgium's HICP increased by 92.9% compared to 2017, reaching 2.7%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 2.3%.

Belgium ranks 7th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 25.0% (from 3.6% in 2013).

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