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

In 2023, Belgium's HICP increased by 65.8% compared to 2022, reaching 6.3%.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 5.6%.

Belgium ranks 14th 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 293.7% (from 1.6% in 2018).

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