Harmonised index of consumer prices - May 2025
- Belgium's inflation rate based on the European harmonised index of consumer prices (HICP) amounted to 2.8% in May compared to 3.1% in April and 3.6% in March.
- Core inflation (inflation without energy and unprocessed food) stood at 2.8% in May compared to 3.0% in April.
- The inflation rate based on the consumer price index (CPI) for May stood at 2.01% compared to 2.55% in April.
- The sub-indices with the largest upward effect on inflation were tobacco, electricity, natural gas, domestic services and restaurants and cafés.
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