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Austria: prices

Austria's prices figures from Eurostat, set against the other EU states. Every figure links to the table it was read from; where Eurostat publishes nothing for Austria, the page says so.

Housing and utilities prices: Austria is the 2nd highest of the 27 EU member states (2025).

annual average change: 7.3% for Austria, against 2.8% for the EU as a whole.

Austria against the EU

Each measure with the states ranked next to it. The latest year with a published figure is used.

Consumer price inflation

all items, annual average change

Austria: 3.6% in 2025, against 2.5% for the EU as a whole — the 7th highest of the 27 EU states with a figure for 2025.

Consumer price inflation: Austria and the states ranked next to it, 2025
RankCountryFigure
5Slovakia4.2%
6Latvia3.8%
7Austria3.6%
8Bulgaria3.5%
9Lithuania3.4%
—European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)2.5%
  • Published from 1996 to 2025. Highest: 8.6% in 2022. Lowest: 0.4% in 2009.
  • Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 5.1%*.
  • Above the EU figure in 12* of 25* years with a figure for both (2001–2025).

Food prices

annual average change

Austria: 3.6% in 2025, against 3.3% for the EU as a whole — the 15th highest of the 27 EU states with a figure for 2025.

Food prices: Austria and the states ranked next to it, 2025
RankCountryFigure
joint 12Netherlands4.0%
14Hungary3.8%
15Austria3.6%
16Malta3.5%
17Slovakia3.1%
—European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)3.3%
  • Published from 1996 to 2025. Highest: 11.0% in 2023. Lowest: -0.9% in 1999.
  • Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 5.7%*.
  • Above the EU figure in 11* of 25* years with a figure for both (2001–2025).

Housing and utilities prices

annual average change

Austria: 7.3% in 2025, against 2.8% for the EU as a whole — the 2nd highest of the 27 EU states with a figure for 2025.

Housing and utilities prices: Austria and the states ranked next to it, 2025
RankCountryFigure
1Romania10.8%
2Austria7.3%
3Bulgaria7.2%
4Croatia7.1%
—European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)2.8%
  • Published from 1996 to 2025. Highest: 14.5% in 2022. Lowest: 0.6% in 2002.
  • Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 7.5%*.
  • Above the EU figure in 14* of 25* years with a figure for both (2001–2025).

Household energy prices

electricity, gas and heating fuel, annual average change

Austria: 14.7% in 2025, against 1.4% for the EU as a whole — the 2nd highest of the 27 EU states with a figure for 2025.

Household energy prices: Austria and the states ranked next to it, 2025
RankCountryFigure
1Luxembourg16.7%
2Austria14.7%
3Romania11.3%
4Spain10.7%
—European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)1.4%
  • Published from 1996 to 2025. Highest: 38.2% in 2022. Lowest: -7.7% in 2024.
  • Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 14.1%*.
  • Above the EU figure in 10* of 24* years with a figure for both (2002–2025).

Transport prices

annual average change

Austria: 1.6% in 2025, against 0.7% for the EU as a whole — the 6th highest of the 27 EU states with a figure for 2025.

Transport prices: Austria and the states ranked next to it, 2025
RankCountryFigure
4Slovakia2.3%
5Germany2.0%
6Austria1.6%
7Netherlands1.5%
8Portugal1.3%
—European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)0.7%
  • Published from 1996 to 2025. Highest: 16.4% in 2022. Lowest: -4.8% in 2009.
  • Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 5.4%*.
  • Above the EU figure in 7* of 25* years with a figure for both (2001–2025).

House prices

annual change in the house price index

Austria: 2.5% in 2025, the 22nd highest of the 26 EU states with a figure for 2025.

House prices: Austria and the states ranked next to it, 2025
RankCountryFigure
joint 20Belgium3.2%
joint 20Germany3.2%
22Austria2.5%
23Luxembourg1.6%
24Sweden1.0%
—European Union (27, from 2020) (reference, not ranked)no figure published
  • Published from 2011 to 2025. Highest: 11.6% in 2022. Lowest: -2.9% in 2023.
  • Average of the latest published figures (2021–2025): 4.4%*.

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The counts on this page are published by Eurostat (Statistical Office of the European Union) and are reproduced unchanged. Humanity Observatory has additionally derived the following from them:

  • A country's rank among the 27 EU states for a measure, computed by sorting the published per-country figures.
  • The highest and lowest point of the country's own published annual series.
  • The average of the country's latest published annual figures (up to five years).
  • The number of years in which the country's figure was above the EU figure for the same year.

Source: Eurostat. Reuse terms.

* Calculated by Humanity Observatory from published figures.

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