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

In 2017, Belgium's HICP decreased by 13.6% compared to 2016, reaching 1.9%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 1.5%.

Belgium ranks 13th 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 24.0% (from 2.5% in 2012).

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