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

In 2019, Belgium's HICP decreased by 47.8% compared to 2018, reaching 1.2%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 1.4%.

Belgium ranks 18th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 140.0% (from 0.5% in 2014).

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