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

In 2019, Germany's HICP decreased by 38.5% compared to 2018, reaching 1.6%.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 2.3%.

Germany ranks 16th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 6.7% (from 1.5% in 2014).

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