Average inflation measured by CPI reached 1.35 % in 2018 in Italy, according to the National Statistical Office. This is 10882 % more than in the previous year.
Historically, average inflation measured by CPI in Italy reached an all time high of 1.35 % in 2018 and an all time low of < -0.001 % in 2016. When compared to Italy's main peers, average inflation measured by CPI in Austria amounted to 1.96 %, 1.86 % in France, 2.06 % in Slovenia and 1.08 % in Switzerland in 2018.
Italy has been ranked 149th within the group of 174 countries we follow in terms of average inflation measured by CPI, 17 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
Inflation as measured by the consumer price index (CPI) reflects the annual percentage change in the cost to the average consumer of acquiring a basket of goods and services that may be fixed or changed at specified intervals, such as yearly.
| Inflation, CPI (Average) | Unit | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
| Austria | % | 0.021% | 1.96% | 2.07% | 2.10% | 2.10% | ||||
| Belgium | % | 0.021% | 2.19% | 1.79% | 1.79% | 1.92% | ||||
| Croatia | % | 0.011% | 1.60% | 1.50% | 1.50% | 1.69% | ||||
| France | % | 0.010% | 1.86% | 1.85% | 1.75% | 1.82% | ||||
| Germany | % | 0.017% | 1.81% | 1.78% | 2.08% | 2.29% | ||||
| Hungary | % | 0.023% | 2.81% | 3.26% | 2.97% | 2.95% | ||||
| Italy | % | 0.012% | 1.35% | 1.42% | 1.48% | 1.58% | ||||
| Slovenia | % | 0.014% | 2.06% | 2.03% | 2.03% | 2.03% | ||||
| Spain | % | 0.020% | 1.81% | 1.78% | 1.86% | 1.89% | ||||
| Switzerland | % | 0.005% | 1.08% | 1.37% | 1.00% | 1.00% |
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