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

In 2019, Belgium's HICP increased by 12.5% compared to 2018, reaching 1.8%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 1.7%.

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 fallen by 18.2% (from 2.2% in 2014).

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