Romania continues to have the highest annual inflation rate in the European Union. In September, consumer prices were, on average, 6.5% higher than in the same month last year, while the average inflation rate in the EU was 3.8%. This means that prices are rising in Romania almost twice as fast as the European average, according to data published on Friday by Eurostat.
The situation worsened compared to August when Romania’s annual inflation rate was 6.3%. There was also an acceleration in price growth at the EU level, from 3.2% in August to 3.8% in September.
Romania is followed in the ranking of countries with the highest inflation by Lithuania (6.1%) and Bulgaria (5.6%).
At the opposite end is Sweden, where the annual inflation rate was only 1%, followed by Hungary and Denmark, both at 2.1%.
Annual inflation in the EU – September 2026, according to Eurostat:
– Romania – 6.5%
– Lithuania – 6.1%
– Bulgaria – 5.6%
– Cyprus – 5.2%
– Luxembourg – 5.2%
– Greece – 5.1%
– Spain – 5.0%
– Belgium – 4.5%
– Croatia – 4.3%
– Italy – 4.2%
– Poland – 4.0%
– Ireland – 3.8%
– Slovenia – 3.7%
– Austria – 3.6%
– Portugal – 3.6%
– France – 3.4%
– Germany – 3.3%
– Estonia – 3.1%
– Latvia – 3.0%
– Netherlands – 3.0%
– Slovakia – 3.0%
– Finland – 2.7%
– Malta – 2.4%
– Czechia – 2.2%
– Denmark – 2.1%
– Hungary – 2.1%
– Sweden – 1.0%
– EU average – 3.8%
– Eurozone – 3.8%
Source: Eurostat
### Prices are rising in almost the entire European Union
Eurostat data shows that annual inflation increased in September in 23 out of the 27 member states. It remained unchanged in three countries and decreased in one.
In the eurozone, annual inflation reached 3.8% in September, compared to 3.2% in August and 2.2% in the same month last year.
Energy had the largest contribution to inflation in the eurozone, with 1.71 percentage points, followed by services with 1.52 percentage points. Non-energy industrial goods (0.29 percentage points) and food, alcohol, and tobacco (0.25 percentage points) also contributed.
The annual inflation rate shows how much prices have increased on average compared to the same month of the previous year. Thus, the 6.5% inflation in Romania does not mean that all products have increased in the same proportion, but that consumer prices, taken together, are 6.5% higher than in September 2025.