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

In 2018, Belgium's HICP decreased by 15.8% compared to 2017, reaching 1.6%.

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

Belgium ranks 17th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 15.8% (from 1.9% in 2013).

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